F¡ '.,,r .... I1. 1 VA. M I 1¡ IIIY 694 Chap. 4 t . EAn Expofition upon the Book, of J o a. Vert'. . a®: of Leviathan ; fo here, C 'z any man fland before me, or as the fight of me ? Is atiy man able to abide my look, the majeftyof my eye ? Surely no.Th- fence is much the tame with that of our reading, Who then is able to 'rand before me ? Hence, Obferve ; Our inability to fland before mighty creatures, fbotsldmind ad of our utter inability toHandbefore the AlmightyGod. This is the moll proper rife that ever was made of a `do&rine; TheLord made a promife ( and it was a verywonderful promife which the Lord made ) to fofpua (fof{9. r. S.) There ¡hall not any man be able to Hand before thee all the days of thy life. What a promife washere to a span ! f ofhua was indeed one of the wor- thiefl warners that ever was upon the earth, and may well be , reckoned, not onlyone of, but the cheifor moll worthy, among the nine Worthiesof the world , firing no man could fland be- fore him, nor fhould,in way of oppofition,all the days of hislife. Now if the Lord promifed fuch a power unto f o fhua, and made it good, that none fhould be able to ({and before him all the days of his life ; then who among the children of men (hall beable to (land beforeGod ? The Prophet Malac byfpeaking of Chrifis coming (Chap. 3. 1.) faith, Behold he (hall fuddenlycome into bee Temple, even theMcffenger of the Covenant. But what follows ? (var.'s.) who mayabide theday of his coming ? If there was fuch a terriblenefs in Chrifis coming in the fiefh, as to the fpiricual power and effeets of it, that the Prophet faith, who mayabide the day of his coming ? O then, who (hall be able to hand before Chrifl, when he (hall come in glory to judge the earth ? If they could not abide the day of his coming, whenhe came with refi- ners fare, and fullersPope, how will they be able to (land before him, when he cometh withcon(ningfire! Noman can(land be- fore God, in any of thefe four ways. Firfl, In his own wifdom, to plead it out with God. If we plead withCod, our wifdom will be found foolìfhnefs, and we our felves (hall be confounded as fools. The Lord ( faith fob, Chap. is. z7. )maketh the fudges fools. judgesare ufually full of wifdom, yet God maketh even them fools. God in flri& fence maketh none, nor would he have any made Judges, but the wife ; yet he himfelf can make the wifefl of them fools. And if f o,
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