Chap. 6 . An Expo fstian urn the look of JQ B. Vcrf. 4. 433 muftered and marfhal'd his army; and led it upcxaaly forn'd,to a pitcht band againli him. Obfe.rve from hence, heft, Alflie-lion comesfometime by multitudes. You (hall have a whole Army of them together;Sometitnes we Betfum arc fee aduel or fingle combate, one man matcht with one trouble ; virum. Here man and an afliQ'ion ; there a man and an affli-ion ; but another timewe may fee a man & an army ( as he fpake in the flo- ry,when one made good a pafs againft a whole hull of the enemy) In the fpiritual war,one foul grapples with a multitude oftroubls, and conflicts. with a thoufand temptations : As there are legions of evil fpirits; fo légions offpiritual evils aflaulting a t once. Se- condly Obferve, Godfometimes appesres as an enemy to his own fervants. The terrours of God are the arrowes ofGod (faith Job) God fhootes the arrowes, and fet the terrours in array. Job expelled favour and fùccor fromGod, but he finds terrours and arrowes f Thofe wounds make our hearts bleed mofti which we appre- hend givenus from his anger, whomWe have chofen as our only friend. The Church had that apprehenfion ofGod ( Lam. 3, 3,) Surely againft me is be turned, he turneth bis hand mving me all the day. The Church (peaks , as if God were quite changed, as if he having been her friend, were now turned enemy. So lob I that was wont to have fhowers ofTweet mercies, (hot and dar- ted into my foule, now fede deadly arrowes there, (hot from the fame hand; my fpirit was wont to drinke in the pleafant influen- ces ofHeaven,but nowpoifon drinks upmyfpirits.j was want to walk fate, under the guard ofdi vine favours, but now divine ter- roursaffault me on every fide. Thirdlyobfcrve : When Godappeareth an enemy, man is not able to bold out any longer. See, how Job'poor foul)cries out as loon as he found, that thefc wereGods arrowes, and Gods terrours, Job was a man at armes, a man ofvaloúr, and ofan undaunted courage ; Aman that had been in many skirmifhes withSatan, and had often, .through the power of God, foiled him, and come off with victory. Chaldean"` and Sabeants, were (indeed ) too hard for his fervants, and cois- quer'd his cattel, yet the fdirit ofJob beat thofe bands of rob- bers and triumphed over them; but, he was never in batted with God before, and perceiving now God himfelfe to appcare as an enemy in the field, hecryes out, 0 the tearrours of God, 0 the arrow' K k
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