Chap. 40, An Expofitien on the Book of .1 o B. Verf. 10. 643 Hence Note, Firth ; Cod can refrain th'e firongeff and oesofi dangerous creatures fromhurting the weaken. Magma ejt The beanswould have littleheart to play where the Elephant Etephas,neq; feeds, werehe as fierce andcruel as he is great and flrong.Tnus ants con9rej- the Lord orders the fpirits of powerful men, or of men in great tra anima. power, into fuchmeeknefs and gentlenefs, that even the meanelf lia,fed Leta it, live quietly and peaceably by them without fearof hurt, as was iifdempafeua toucht before. The Church is Jet forth playing, as it were, not vcrfanrur. only where the Elephant, a gentlebeat} feeds, but where wilde Plin.l.694 .9. and ravenous beans feed (Ifa. it. 6, 7, 8, 9.) he wolfe ¡hall dwell with the Lamb, the Leopard (hall lie down with theKid, the Calfand the young Lion and the Fatling fhalllie down together, and a little child (hall lead them; that is, the Wolfe (hail not hurt the Lamb, the Leopard (hall not trouble the Kid : yea, faith that illufirious Prophecy (verf. 8.) The fucking child ¡hall play on the hole of the Afp,the weaned child ¡hall pat his hand oie the Cockatrice den, they fhall not hurt nor defiroy in all my holy mountain, for the earth ¡hall befull of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the Sea. The care of God over his Church and fervants appears twowayes ; Fir(1, In hiding therm from fuch as would do themhurt. As it is faid (fee. 36. 26.) when Baruch and Jeremiah had done that fervice commanded them by the Lord , Jehoiakim was an- gry,and rent to take them; but faith the Texr,7he Lordhid them. So the Lord moved Obadiah to hide his Prophets by fifty in a cave, from the wrath of Ahab and Jezebel (t Icing. 18.) Now as the Lord keeps his fervants, by hiding them from thofe who are enraged againl4 them, fo Secondly, By meekning their fpirits, as he Both the Elephants towards the beans of the field, (hewing themmuch kindnefs, and fuffering theta ina fort to play before them, that is, to enjoy great tranquility. The Pfalmifi faith, it was the Lord who turned the heart of the Egyptians tohate hispeople,and to deal fubtilly with his fervants fal. 105. 25.) And 'cis doubtlefs of the Lord, that anyChew them favour, and deal kindly with them. Again, from there words, Where allthe beat#: of the field play, N n a n 2 Note ;
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