362 Vert. 25. t/1:n.F.iT.4tion upon t`r:e Book of Jo a;. Chap. :367 circumfian.ial confiderations , exceedingly magnifie the work of Coçl. A bare beiii l.l, a tranlëiìt look may di' c. ver no great mat- 'ter, but if we fericufly weigh every particular, we ihall then fee caufe enough to magnifie the work of Cod. Eliah (a Kings i13. 43.) commander? his fervant to go,look towards the lea, did when he tent fìrfl he law nothing, but being commanded togo (even times, he at the feventh faw a little cloudrifingeut of the feá, as bigas a'mans hand ; but at the'lafl, heaven was blackwith cluds and wind, and there-was a great rain. If wewould look a- gain and again, if we w; uld look leven times upon the work of God, that which at firm teemed nothing, or afterwardsno bigger than a mans hand, or no bigger than a mans hand could effeel and bring'abour, will at lafl be magnified to fuch a vaanefs, that all mu(} confefs, the hand of God hath done it. Thirdly, We then magnifie the works of God, whenwe freely fubmit to God in them, as jut and righteous, when we accept and take them kindly at his hand, not only when they are outward kindneffes,but croffes.. All the great words and rhetorick we can bellow upon the works of Godwill not magnifie them, unleCs we freely fubmit to them as jtaf{'and righteous. They that would mag- nifie the woks of God, muff 'fay, judgment and rightcoufnefr are theHabitation ofhis throne, whileuhey can fee nothing but Closed: and darknefs round about him (Pfal, 97_ a.) I (faith the Pial- mill) am in the dark about all that God is doing at this day, yet of this I am as confident as confidence it felf,judgment and Rtgh- teoufnefsare the habitation of his throne; I know GodBoth nothing amifs, no not in the Ieafh. Thus John in the_Revelation(Chap. t g, 3.) law them that had gotten the vitiory over thebea.ft,,andover hisimage, andover bzs mark,andover the number ofhis name , and they (faith he) fing the Song of Mofes, &c. fayingg,great and marvelous are thy work!, just and true are thy ways. The works. of God in Judgment upon Babylon,are full ofjufiice,and we tnag- Tiifie them by proclaiming and crying them upas jufl ; yea,-the work of God in judgment upon Zion, is exceedingly magnified, whenZion fubmits to ir, and embraceth it as ¡aft and. righteous. It was the great fin of the houle of ¡frael, when they laid (Ezek 18 a s,) 7hewkyes ofGod are not equal, if they had fa}d, are thefethe Lords equal dealings, that we his People fhould be gi- venup to thehand of the enemy, and fuser fuch things as there,.? yea,
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