142 Chap. 5. An Expofitionupon tbeBook of J O B. Verf. 19. the uext proves more over-cart and lowering then that; even in fuch a cafe, know, God hath a wind in his fiff, which he can let out to fcatter thole clouds, before they difolve;or if they dif- fo.tve, he hath a Sun, at command, to dry up the fallen raine. The Lord bath a fucceffion ofmerciesfor ourfucceffion offarrows. Say not then we have got off thistrouble, but what if another come? Ifanother come, you have the fame God, and he cangiveyou anothe r deliverance. Have not our later experiences taught us this truth? Havewe not been delivered infix troubles,yea infeven:Our !traits have not been fingle; wemay fay ( as fhe in Genefis at the birth of her fon ) Behold a Troop. Enemies have not given over confpiring and a6ting againfi us, and (we ought to (peak it to his glory) our God hathnotgiven overdelivering and doing for us.Not onceonly, but many a time,may our 1frael nowfay, Ifit had not been the Lord, who was on ourfide, when men rofe up againfi- us, they had [wallowed ué up quick, when their wrath was kindled againit us. The waves and billowsofour Seas ; The rocks and clifts ofour, Shores, the foundations and the pinacles ofour Parliament houfes,thewalls & gates ofourFenced Cities,the fwords and bucklers of our Migh, ty men in the high-places of the Field,may all bear this infcription, Sbaddai delivers in fix troubles,yea infeven. The Lord fpake once tohis people,as ifhe were weary ofdelive- ring, or would not deliver ( Judg. r o. 20. ) There we read the peopleofIfraelina great ftrait,crying to the Lord fordeliverance, but he anfwers, ver. r r. Didnot I deliver you from the .Ægypti- ans, and from the Amorites, and from the children of Ammon , and from the Philiffines. The Zidonians alfa, and the Amale- kites, and the Moabites did opprefs you, and ye cryed unto me, andI deliveredyou out oftheir hand. Here are (even troubles in which they found deliverance. But, as iffixor feven deliverances (which we have expounded for boundlefs deliverances)were now the utmofl bound ofdeliverance, he refolves, v. 13.1 will deliver you no more. Andat the 14.. he turnes them off to their Idols fox helpe ; foe ( faith he ) and cry unto the gods, which you have chofen, andlet them deliveryou in the time ofyour tribulation But what was the reafon of this refufal ? The reafon was this, not becaufe God was weary of delivering that people, but becaufe That people were weary of God. Ye have forfaken me and chafen other gods,ver. 13. If we choofe our felves anothergod, then we choeJe our felves another deliverer ; fo long as we looke
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