Chap. 34. 4n T_xpofitson upon the Book of J O B. Verf. 29, Secondly , The Lords power is paramount ; He cati effe& what he willeth , whether men will or no. That's plaine in the text. Ifhegivequietneffe, who can mate trouble ? To come a little nearer;This day,thisfifth of Novesnber,which we folemnize in a thankfwll remembrance of our deliverance from the Gun-powder treafon,is avery great confirmation of this truth. Who is there that was alive at that day ( as feverall here í knowwere) yea who is there that hath heard of that day, of the fubftance and circumflances,of thematter and manner of the Gun- powder treafon, but can tellus, that a Popifh party at home with their correfpondents abroad,intended tomake trouble in this na- tion;furely there was a purpofe tomake trouble in thenation that day, if ever there were a purpofe tomake trouble in any nation. What did they leaveunattempted,to promotethe trouble of this nation ? Counfels were joyned fora conjunótionofforces to trou- ble this nation. The men tngaged in that plot, may properly be called Trouble-maters; It was their bufnefs or their defigne to trouble the waters, that tbemfelves might fish in thofe waters of trouble. We maywith refpe& to their purpofe, ( though God prevented it gractoufly) truly fay to themwhat Ahab fayd falfly ro`Elijah, 7hefe were themen that would have troubled our Ifrael; they would havemade trouble ineveryway , and in every thing, Avherein trouble could be madeby men. Would it not havemade trouble to deftroy theKing the chiefe Governour of there three nations, withhis royal! iffue in one day? Would it not have made trouble, toblow up the reprefenta- rive of the nation, the Parliament, in one day ? Would it nothave made trouble, toput the wholebody of the people into a confuted heape, without ahead,' in one day :? Would it nothave made trouble in thenation , to have feene Papal power,withPopifh Do6trine and worfhip brought inagain upon us within a few dayes? Would it not have made trouble, tohave feene poore foules imprifon'd, perfecuted, and confumed toaches for their confci- entioas witnefs-bearing to the truths of the Gefpei? Would it not havemade trouble, to have loft our civil liber- ties, and tohave had a yoke of fpirituall Bondage layd upon our necksby worfe thenEgyptian task-matins? Bbbbb Would Y31.
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