Chap. 5. An Expofition upon the Book of .1 (Q B. VeCG i a. 287 prevail again(' the Lord. Men, ufualiy catch others, when they are at a fatalt,or take them upon force advantage; and error in their counfels. .1''1oú/accept ofmen, are made out of theflips and de- feat of their adverfariet :. They take upon niiflakes, etcher ìttt ad vifng or acting but after the moll deliberate and grave debates, the choifefi and heft grounded refolvesr, the Lord rakes them.. For ( r Cor. j. 25.). The foolifhnefa of CÇcd to vifer than man: And if the wifdom of man cannot match the foolifhnefs of God, how fhall it contend with the wifdom of God ? As the Prophet le. rcmiab (peaks in another cafe, If I have run with footmen and they wearied me , how can I contend with korfes ? So if thefe men are not akle to deal with the foolithnefs of God , how (hall they deal withhis wifdom?Not,that there is any,the leaf' imaginable fcolifhnefs in God,for as Çod light, and in him there it no dark- neft at all, fo God is wifdom, and in hirn there is no foolifhnefr at all ; but the holy Ghofl {peaks thus,to put fSod as low as the foo- lifheff thoughts of man can put him, which is to think there is foolilhnefs in God,yet in that, or then,' he is vial then they. - Secondly obferve That God turneth the cotonfelt of wicked men againfi themfelvet : He taketh the wife,not only in,bte.t by their crafrinefs; Hebears their own weapon again(' their heads He wrens. their weapons out of their hands, and with them wounds their hearts. Thofe counfels and contrivements, by which hey thought to fecure themfelves arc their deffrti Lion. He de(1royes them in their counfels and by their counfels. This wonderEuliy magnifies and commends the wifdom of kifcritrerw God:He Both not trouble himfelf to devife forne newway or cfeartemuita flea' a em to take chefemen,but he makes ufeonly of that which r'uínteteúàe they havedevifed.Ii is the nobleft way of conquering, to con- micandi,quo. quer our enemy with his own weapon; filch was that vi;}ùry of ties cacao David over Goliah:a,ud that was a type of Chrifls victory over umóotteedver. the Devi! and all fpiritual wickedntfres.And Inch will his viC o- farij, in tof#i: ry be over :x;11 the wickedrnflès.of this world. The Lord is ( and tenaclypeum (hall evrr be ,'l,nçwn by the judgment which be execatetb, the wicked it it conçro ;rear ei it the wort: ofbit own bandt,Higgaion Selab *, mark an_í me- DataH vulnerat ditate, Pfa'.g. t6= terga, Sere. ire It was theplot of Sarart,to tempt man, who was made in the u irg A fl Ido iraagt- of God(for the doing of good and avoiding evil)to defire dan fum.nÈtn to be as God,knowinggood and evil ; he tempts man toaffe& 4 )un.in lac. Diet
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