;1 5$0 .Chap. 40. an Expofition upon the Book of J o B. yerf.12. v the Lord of Hafts /hall be 'upon every one that is proudand lofty, and uponeveryone that is lifted up ( inhis ownconceit cfpecially) and he ¡hall be brought low, and upon all the Cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up,anduponall theaaks ofBafhan,andupon all the high mountains,&c. What meaneth the Prophet by thefe ? is the Lord angry with trees and mountains ? Thefe are but the fhadovvs of great and proud men ; the dayof the Lord (hail be upon every one of them, and his hand will be heavy upon them in chat day. Proud men look upon themfelves much above o- thers ; but as God is above them, fo he loves to thew himfetf above them, efpecially when they (hew cut their pride. As 7e. throe laid to cillofes (Exod. 18. 9,11. ) Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods, for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them. God fheweth himfelf above all, when he ads above proud men, and aas them doma in their proudell aaings. And as the Lord delights to 'bring proud men down ; fo he will certainly do ir, he is refolved upon it, He looketh upon every one that is proud to abate him. The Angels that fell were proud, they kept not their fis-fi efiate, but left their habitation, they did not like the fine wherein God had placed them ; and therefo e God cafi them down, and he loath referved them in everlafting chains under dark,nefs unto the judgment of the great day ( Jude 6.) When man in Paradife began to be proudand would bemore than God made him ( God made him above all earthlycreatures,but he would be as God, as his Creator ; he would be, as it were, the founder of his own happinefs ; pride and unbelief at once took hold of him and led him to his fin-fall,and)then followed his fall, his judgment-fall; God call him down, God abafed him,and not only that proudman, but man-kind for his pride ; they being in him , his pride was theirs. And to this day God bath ail along let his face aoainfl all proud men, and the pride of all men, (James 4. 6.) God refifleth the road. The proud contend with Godthey, as it were, wage war with God, and therefore God will wage war and contend with them, he refifieth the proud (Prov. 3.34.) Surely he fcornetb the [corner , but he giveth grace to the lowly, The Lord bath two great works to do in the world. The firfl is, to lift up and exalt the humble. The fe- vimd is, to humble and pull down the proud. Thefe two are the doily
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