55.6 Chap. 4o. An Expofition upon the Book of .J o B. they gloried in that whichfool proved their fhame. Thirdly, If any trot} in any armof fle(h, it will bring a curie . upon him (Ter. 17. 5.) Curled be the man that makethflefh hi.t arm, andwhofe heart departeth from the Lord. Nor cloth the Pro- phet onlypronounce a curie upon chatman,but explains the curie,,. or tells himplainly what it (hall be, both in the negative, and in the affirmative ; Hefhall be like the heath in thedéferr,and¡hall not jet when good cometh, but(hall inhabit the parched places of the wildernefs, an afait land, and not inhabited. Then, chafefrom man who/e breath is in his noflrils, for wherein is he to beaccounted of ; Whatfoever account is to be made of man, this is not, that he fhould be ,trufted in. We may apply to men for help, but we muff not truff_in them, as if they could carry the matter for us ; have men an arm like God ? Mans is but a weak and withered arm ; and as the arm of man isnot to be tru(?ked in for any help he can give us, fo Secondly, The arm of man is not to be feared for any hurt he can do us. Thefe two have a near relation to, anddependance upon each other ; for they who are fo firong, that we are ready to tru[I them, if we canmake them our friends, chofe we are as ready to fear, if they turn our enemies ; and they who never trufi in man unduly, will not fear man but according toduty. And we have no reafon, if we confider that, and whar, the arm of man . is in the handof God, to fear the arm of man. The Scripture . fpeaks oftenof the Lords dealing with the firongeli arm of man (Ezek. 30. s.) Son of man, ,Ihave broken the arm of Pharoah,, King of Egypt, and lee, it (hall not be boundup to be healod,to put a roller tobind at, to make atfirong to bold the/word. Pharoah had an hurting arm, an arm ffretched out again¡ the Ifracl of God but God did more than hurt, he broke chat arm. And confider how the Spirit of God followech the metaphor, It (hallnot be. bound up. Tharoah would fain have got his broken arm fer,hoping it might be fironger than ever No, faith God, It ¡hall not be surd up to be healed, toputa roller to bind it, to make:it frond. As if the Lord had laid, Pharoahmay call for his Chyrargions to bind . up his broken arm, yet it (Ball be without effe& ; all their skill.. and-Chyrurgery.(halibe in vain, his arm fluff not be healed nor made thong.. Again(or. 48 2 5.) Thehornof Moab is cutoff, tetkis dorm is broken, A,favage beaff cannot hurt us when his. born: Verf. 9.
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