¿hap- 40. An Expoftion upon the Book of J o B. Vetf. 2. 6" ç Secondly, From thefe words , Canfi thou draw up Leviathan with a hook.? Note Great things cannot be done ordinarily with fmallmeans. A hook and a line may ferve the turn, to dram up any fmall and fotre great fifhes, but they will not ferve turn to draw up a Levia than. There mull be a proportionbetween the infirument and the work, elfe nothing canbe done in a natural way. As we need not call for a beetle tokill a fly; we maydo that with a touch of the ringer r in which (cafe David fpake(t Sam. 24. 14.) Againf ' whom es the King of lfraelcome forth?againfi adead dog or a flea? As if he had Paid, I wonder thou fhould'F raife an army againft rne, who have fo little ftrength, and intend thee no hurt, had I arength (as I have hadopportunity) to do it. Now ( I fay ) as we need not ufe great means to effeot little things, fo we muff ufe great means co do great things, and we fhould ufe means propor- tionable for the doing of every thing. You cannot batter down a Roue wall, or a ftrong tower with paper-floor, nor with a pot- gun, no, you muff plant cannon for that Cervice. Again, when this Scripture faith, Canfi thou draw out Levia- than? The cmphafis (as was {hewed before in opening the words) lieth in the word thou. As if the Lord had faid, tleoos cans not, but Itau. Hence, note ; The Lord is able to do the greafefl things by fma&efl means, Leviathan to God is but as any little fifh to us, which is taken with a hook and line. To take up Leviathan, todo the greateft thing,is as uric to Gcd,as the leaft to Haan. As the power ofGod fupplyeth all the weaknefs of the creature to do any thing, fo it furpaffeth all that ftrength and greatnefs of the creature, which may feem to hinder him from doing any thing with it or upon it. He( faith the Apoille, Phil. 3. ai. ) (hall change our vile body, that it maybe fa(hioned like unto his gloriette body_ (how fhall he do this ?) according to the working of his mighty power, whereby be is able to fubdese all things to bimfelf. The Lord can,doubt- lefs,fubdue Leviathan to himfelf by the working of that mighty powerswhich fubdueth all things to bimfelf. And it is much qqq MOM
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