380 Verf. a6. e/fn Expofition upon the Book of J o S. Chap. 36, andfeafons, The Lord puts a new face of things upon States and Kingdo.nes ; what changes bath nor,cannot the Lordmake among the tons of men ? The realen of all is, he is eternal!. Fourthly, If there be no fearching out the number of the years of God, if he be eternal!, then How ought we to reverence and adore God! We have a Com- mand fromGod to reverence thole who have attainedmanyyears in this world, which alai's are very few, none at all to the years of God ; the aged, the gray-headed mull be reverenced, (Lev.t 9. 3 2.) And one realen of that Law may be, becaufe the aged have Lome fhadow of Gods eternity upon them ; they who have many years have fonae refetnblance of him, the number of whole years cannot be fearched out ; therefore God will have theta re- verenced. Now if the ancient are to be reverenced, how much afore God himfelf, who is called ( Dan, 7.9.) The ancient of dayes Fifthly , If Godbe eternal!, then, we may trollhim, yea there- fore we ought to craft him, (Píal.74. t 2.) Thou art my King of old, commanding deliverances. O how did 'Davids confidence a- tile upon this, that God who uas King of old, is King now, and will be King for ever, ( Pfal, t o. t 6.)7he Lord is Ki g for ever And ever;the Heathen are perifbedout ofhis Land,that is,they (hall furelyperiflt. God will not alwayes bear with evill men in his Land; For if becaufe God was King of all the Lands, he therefore draye the old Heathen out of Canaan, and planted his people there ; doubtlefs, if they who bear thename of his people there, live fo like the old Heathen that theymay be called Heathen, he will allo caufe them toperifh our of his Land, and all becaufe he is King for ever and ever, and therefore can do it at one time as well asat another, and now as eafily as at any time heretofore. Trryfl in the Lord for ever, for in the Lord febevab is everlajling ftrengtb, ( Ifa. 26.4. ) .David a Great Prince makes it an argu- ment to drawdiem trua frommen, from the greatefi men,from Princes, becaufe they are not for ever,( Pfal. 146. 3, 4.) Trait not in Princes, nor in any-Cbi//drenofmen ; why not ? many reafons may be givenwhy nor ; but the only realen there given is their ffrailty, and the confequents of it ;, His breath goethforth, tic. As if he had Paid, Suppofe Princes are never fogood , and jufl, andgracious iaathe exercifeof their Power, yet trua -not them,
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