Chap. 40. an Expo/ition upon the Book, of J o B. Verf.a 4. 60t often and ufually makes ufe of mans hand to fave us by (Obad. vet, ult.) And Saviours (halt come upon mount Zion to judge the mount ofEfau, and the Kingdompaidbe the Lords. Now, though the Lord ufeth other right hands to Cave us by, and to judge the wicked by, befides his own, yet we mua truf} in his alone ; for °cis he alone that faveth us, by what hind foever our falvation is wrought or brought tous. Fourthly, Obferve; Tofave by afelf . power, is thefoie prerogative of God. Only he who (lands upon his own bottom, or fubfifts in and of himfelf alone, can liveor do any thingof himfelf alone. And as none can do any thing alone, or by a fell-power, but God ; fo none fhould prefume that they can do, or undertake to do the leaf thing alone. Wemay, yea, we muff ufe our hands ; that is, Divinitatis do our endeavour for the accomplifhment of every work (for gioriam fibi God doth not work fo as to let man Band Bill and be idle) but arrogant, (7 we mull not fo much as have a thought, that we can effe& any agere volant. thing by our hands. That wife woman Abigail intimated to Da- vid (a Sam. 25. 31.) that, if he had gon_ on to avenge himfelf uponNabal with his own hand,itmight have proved grief to him, and offence of heart, that is, trouble of confcience. Now, as we mua not at all ufe our own hand in avenging our felves,nor think of avenging our felves by our own right hand (for faith God, Vengeance is mine, and I willrepay it) fo it is exceeding finful to imagine that we can fave our felves, ordo any thing, effedtually, towards it byour own hand. I may fay thefe four things, to thew the finfulnefs of fuch an imagination. Firs, It is high nrefumption to think fo. It Was the prefumpti- onof the great Affyrian(Ifs. 10. 13.) to fay, By the flrength of my hand haveIdone it, and by my wifdom, for Iam prudent ; and 1 have removed the bounds of the people (he had no mind to remove their bonds) and have robbed their treafures, and Ihave put down the inhabitants like a valiant man. So we render the fimilitude, L ;ke a valiant man, and fo do moil interpreters, both ancient and ArnoldBoo- modern ; yet a late learned critick diflenring from themall,ren- tius, Rnimad. tiers, I have knockt rhemdöwn, or flaïn them, like a bean or bul- facr.iu vents lock forftaughter orfacriface; 'Which expofir.ïon he cohfirms,as by tef}1ib.3. the fenfe of the word there ufed, foby the cuflom Of fpeaking cap. N hhh in
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