i 82 Chap. 36. min Expofition upon the Book of jr o B. Verf. 5, Ecce Deus being mighty himself, doh not defpife or rejedt chofe that are potentem mighty, becaufe they are fo ; there mull be forne other rearm non faflidit, vel; EcceDe- (ttts not their mightineife) why God defpifes and carts down the uspotensnon . migh y. God is mighty, andde(pifcth not the mighty. fa/Edit fc. po T tentern N .Cure Hence c.te. enim vorbo The god ti no 'enemy to greatreffe. Lilo aicuftti- vat addend GoC, doth not defpife the mighty, the Kings and Princes of the fü,fatiusei% Earth, as they are fuch á he bath no an:ipachy in him again3ii exprxcedenti, greatnetîe, nor doth he reject any manbecaufe he is great ; ifhe n .D1 Poten loth at any time rejtec a great man, it is becauf. of the abufe of tern re ante glom óbfe£um hisgreatneiie : God diflikes no mans jufi power, but the unjuil exmenre,+rn- exercife of t`at power.The Authorityand Power of man over man gore. scult. isof God, therefore God doth not defpife men becaufe they are in powt r. Erk ordaineth Powers,There it no Power but ofGod, Nonpntenti,t the 'Powers that be, are ordained(or as our Margin hach ir,crdered) j:rf$afed aPfio ofgod, He puts pEwer into the hands of men, and difpofeth of prava damrra- their power.God cannot defpife his onOrdination.' Tis the abufé tut. Greg, 1, of Po,ver, and not the Power it fetf, which the Lord fers himself 26. c, z{, againfl, and that indeed heBoth fet hitnfelf againft ; he defpifeth the molt m ghty and powerful Princes of the Wog Id, when they infleadof governing, are only vexing others with their Power : This caufeth him topourecontempt upon Princes (Pfal. 107. q.ó.) and renders him terrible to the Kings ofthe Earth (Pfal.76. r a.) Yet theLord is never fo angry with, nor cloth he fo aggravate the faults of thofe that are inPower, as to makePower it felt faulty. Indeed, when great andmighty men turn their Power into op- preftiion, then the Lord (peaks as if he had conceived a difplea- fure againlì all great and mighty men, yet he is nor difpleafed with their greatneffe, but with the mif- improvement of their greatneffe, and mal-adminifirationof their Power. The Prophet puts the Qeflion (Hab. 3. 8.) Was the Lord difoleafed againfl the divers ? was thine anger againft the Rivers ? was thy wrath R a:nfi the Sea ? What was the reafon why God turned the River of Nile in Egypt, into blood ? What was the reafon why GGd divided the Red Sea ? Washe wrath with the River,or with r.he Sea ? No, he was wrath with the great Ones of Egypt, his wrath was againa Tharoah and the Egyptians. Such an exprefiïon we have (Nahum a. 4, ) He re6 iketh the Sea, and waked; it .dry, and
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