Chap. q. An Expofttion upon the Book of J Q B. Ver f, 15. Chtifl breaks forth into a vehement gratulation to his Father, (Mat.r t.2j. ) I thank, thee 0 Farber , Lord of heaven and earth, becaufe thou ball hid thofi things from the ;oft and prudent, and ball revealed themunto babes. The wife and prudent could not fee fo much as childreee.Theywere fowife in their own conceits, that they could not conceive the things of God.As it is in fpiritu- als,fo likewife, in regard of civili counfels. God hides wfdome from the wife,and underflanding from the prudent. They (hall not be able todo or tee,what a child might have done or teen, they (hall doe fuch things,and foabfurdly, thatachild would not do them.Mylleries are plain, when theLord opeus,and plainefl things are myflerious,when he (huts the eyes of our underffan- ding. - Thus farre .Fbpbaz bath fer forth the power and juflice ofGod againfl fubtill,crafty counfellors,Now he thews the oppofite of fett of his ',Cower and göodnefs. VedaS.But be favetb the poor from the Sword, from their mouth, and from theband ofthe mighty. But he (aveth the poor.]It is very obferveable in Scripture, that ufually,if not alwayes,after the mention of judgment and wrath. upon the wicked, the mercy,goodnefs and love of God unto his owne people are teprefented,leaft any fhould thinke, that judge- ment is a workwherein Goddelighteth, hequickly páfeth from ir, and concludes in what be delighted', Mercy. As be retains- not hieanger for over towards hit own people, Co he (layer not long upon the defcripcion of his auger againfl his enemies, becau(e be delighteth in mercy, Mic.7.18.A fnbjea of mercy ie mofó pleafant both to the band and pen of the Lord. He wifhee rather to write in bony then in gall, and to draw thegolden lines of lope, then bloody lines of wrath. Satan is a de(}coyer, and he cloth nothingbut deftroy andpull down.TheLord deftroyeth,and hepullechdown,he de- feats & difappointeth, but he bath another workbetides, he laves and delivers,he builds up and revives the hopes of his people. He faveth the poor.] Theft poor:, are Gode poor:: Same may be called the Devi le poore, for they have done his work, and he bath given them poverty for their wages:Saran will give all his hirelings full pay when they die, The wages of fin is death ; while theylive,many of them receive only the ears ofi of ir,pover- ty and trouble. All that are poor, Band not under the rich in. QSl ff fences 2 9?
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