528 Chap. 40. an Expofition upon the Book, of J o B. Verf. 6. Fire, By his providential aelings, in deflroying proud and wicked men. This we have in the ro,ar,t2,13, and r4verfes; Deck thy ¡elf now with majefly and excellency, and array thy ¡tif with gloryandbeauty ; call abroadthe rage of thy wrath, and be- hold every one that is proud, and abaje bins, As if the Lord had laid, thefe things I do ; I look on everyone that is proud, and bring him low , d tread down the wicked in their place, &c. All this I cando, and do in my providences daily ; yob, canfl thou do fo too ? Thus we have a proof of the great power and foveraignty of God taken from his judiciary proceedings with proud men. Secondly, He gives of a proof his great power by a double in- f}ance,from the work of creation;as in the former Chapter by the worksofprovidence alone,fohere by the works of creation andpro- vidence too. And this double innance is given in two great vat} living creatures; one of them the greatefi upon the earth, the other the greaten in the waters. The fire is Behemoth, the vanefl creature that breaths upon the earth, who is defcribed from the r 5th ver[, of this Chapter, to the end. The fecond is Leviathan,the vaf'efi creature in the water,who is defcribed quite through the one and fortieth Chapter. The Lord having fpoken of many other creatures formerly, in the forming and ordering of which, his power and-wifdom fhine forth ; he referved chefe two toclose with, that yob by the con- Tideration of them; might fee what apoor thing hìmfelf was, and how unable to grapple with the great God,whomade thofe great creatures ; for that is the general ilfue. If God hash made fuch huge, creatures as thefe, then what a one is God 1 howmighty and powerful is God? what is the caute, if the effe&s are fuch ? what is the fountain, if we fee fuch flreams? Such is the drift of God in this his lad anfwer to yob, and thefe are the parts of ir. Wemay rum up all in this brief ; here humane weaknefs and di- vine Power are compared together ; mans no hingnefs, with Gods Allnefs orAlfufficiency, that fo man (Job in fpecial) might be convinced, and conclude that he could no more charge God with any fault, thanhe was able to refill his power. So then, this whole oration or difcourfe tends to the confir- mation of Job, yet more, in believing the ìrrefa(lible providence of God ; which, when he íhouid'well underhand, he would no more
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