Chap. 36. efPÿ Expoftion upon theboo of J o s. Verf. 5. tS3 anddryeth upall the Rivers : Bafhan languifheth, andCarretel,and the Flour of Lebanon la:auijheth.. What was the meaningof all this ? it only fignified that the Lord was highly difpleafed with the great and mighty Ones of the world, who were toothers, as the Sea is to a River, and as Carmel and Lebanon were to the Plains atad lowValleys of the Earth, exceeding them in height and greatneffe; I fay, he was highly difpleafed with thern,becaufe these carried it =ifs in the exercife of their high Power; is was notbecau le they were high and great, but becaufe they had nor exalted God in their highneffe,nor acted towards man as became thole whowere advanced above, and over other men. Thus all along the Lo:d (peaks again(, and rebukes the high and mighty, upon no other account but the unrighteous admit itiration of their might & highnefs.Godquarreiswith no min ineerly for his mig.bt. The Hiftoryes of all Ages have reported the great and mighty men of the Wo.l j, oppoing the mighty, purely becaufe they were fo. Some fay they did it out of Reafon of State, but the true Reafon of i :, ufually was their own pride, or envy, becaufe Superbra they could not bear thole that were equal with them, as Pompey, reai non fern. much leffe a Super iour, as Calar could nor. Or it was out of fear that the great wouldundermine their greatneffe, or bring them down. Thus mightymen oppofe the mighty, as mighty ; but the Lord is infinitely above thefe thoughts, He is mighty, and hede- 112agnífresss fpifetb not the mighty, nor Both he let hirpfelfagainst them, be- magnicenria,e caufe they are mighty. The liberal(Ifa. 3i. 8.) devifeth liberal cogórabít.Hetk things, and by liberal things fhall hefáand. David a g eat P. ince, prayed (Tfal. 5 I . t a.) that God would ofablifh him by his free (or Princely) Spirit that being a mighty Icing, he might never anyMore entertain low and unworthy thoughts of anyman,nor do maimrts r ír- any thing unworthy of God, or of himfelf. lute corde. Again, Our Tranflation difiributes the latter parr of the verfe Coc. into two Branches of the mightineffe of God. He is mighty, fr:l, inffrengtb ; and fecondly, Ir, wifdome.Thìs, by others, is rendred é(i ro. bore orenr rorci,i,F, aEngle PropofLion. He is mighty in frength ofheart. Strength paler animi of heart may be taken threewayes o Firft, For courage in dan- prxjianria, gets. Secondly, For patienceintroubles. Thirdly, For, noble- eJiina;ni ar..i- netfe and greatneffe of mind, in all we do. In this third or lei 9ní ergo opera fenfe, we are to underfiand it here; as if Elihu had faid, 'The na""ura rua- Reetfen why the Lordbeingmightp, deb net de/ . e the "eighth is turn tennit.. can this
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