528 Verf. 14. z/fn EArftionupon the Book of J o s, Chap, 37a ;n1nr7ii1t a .5:1 irrteltí- sere. he in a gt;iet frame when the works of God trouble us,or are trou- blefome ro us. l bus (Al fes befpake the Ifraelite; (E.tod, r . r 2.) S*andRill , and fee the falvatian of God. It was a very t ouble- foi. e time with the lfraelites,they were ready to give the n elves and all they had o: lo(f, when Mcfes exhorted them toRandfii!l, Nothing but faith'in God can make us (land (Ii11 when we a-e ' ea- dy to fall, and that will certainly do it. Unbelief mekos the heart as urquiet as theirs was upon the report of a war arainft fudah (Ifa. 7. 2. ) Andhis heart ( that is, rhe'heart of .,4haz) w& moved, axd the heart of his peopleas the trees of the wood are moved with the wind, fis hard travel o ffoul to !take' (tilland fie the falvatian ofGod, when every thing (teen threatens deflation. The Lord is reprefented requiting us to do fo (Pfal. 46. so. ) Be ftr'lt, and know that Iam God. When the Lsfalmift had f óken of the defolarirg works of God, he added this word from the Lord, be(till; as if he had faid, the Lord coximandeth you to be of a gi,iet and compofed fpirir, when ali things Teem to be in a hurry or confufion; for, he had laid before (verf.8.) Come, be- hold the worksof the Lord, what defolations be bath made in the earth ! Yet even now ( faith the Lord) Be ¡till, and know that I amGod.David at the beginningofthe Pfalm had profelfed a firm purpofe in himfelf and in all the faithfulw't'h him, for fuch a fii11- flanding,how-ever things movedor matters 1h öuldgo, yea,rumble in this world (verf. a,2.) Though the earth be moved, and thosegh the mountains be carriedinto the midJI- or thefea, though the waters thereofroar, &c. We will not fear,. God it our refuge and'f$rength. How comely is it for man thus to Rand ail] in a filent and be- lieving confiderationof what God bath done or isdoing; to which Elihat called fob exprefly,in the next words, Eland(till Confider the wonderous works ofGod,. Here is, Fir II, Confideration. Secondly, Confiderationof the works of God. Thirdly, Confideration of the wonderous works of God. To confider, is the fpecial work of the Underflanding, or of the intellectual Powers. To confider, is the moll proper work of a rational creature. It is no eafie matter to confider our felves, what we are, and what we have done, or what we are doing (flag. 1, 7.) Confideryour ways c But 'cis a harder matter to con..
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