.02 Chap. 6. An Exp®fition upon the Bool¿pf J O B. Vert; t 2, the word to commit the evil of fin. So in his natural capacity, Hammes Ada. to fay his flrength is the ftrength offlones,notes him a man able manttnt, farrei, to bear all the evils of troubie,and to (land agaìnft all the ilormcs faxei, nati è of tribulation. fcoputi:. Suchkind of(-peaking is frequent among the ancient Writers, robr .estriplexcirca who when they would exprefs a man of undaunted courage, a Qtfi::s.Hor. man whole ftrength would not'eati y be broken , or his fpirit be Grsri vxant taken down ; a man infoperable, whom no difficulties could o- írcf73* vercome. Of filch an one they fay, he bath, An heart of brafs and aback offieell,he it aman made upoflimes, born ofa Rock.,; he is a man of Adamant, he hath Treble brafs about his breaff ; as he was defcribed, who firfl ventured into his chip to lea. The common ufeofthe word hath made it proverbial in all languages; for a man of more flrength than is commonly found in man, or for a Mailer ofdangers and extremities: tubs quefftion denies, Is myflrength the flrength of flows ? Or is my fiefh ofbrafs? No, it isnot : As ifhe had faid, I am made ofB_ln and blood, as well as others, I muff fhortly yield to thefe ftroaks, I am not able to hold out and to contend everlaflingly with affli4ions, I cannot (land againfl thefe afíaults and batteries for ever, I am made of the fame mould, whereof your (elves are, lam fenfible how it is with me,I feel what I endure,and I cannot long endure what 1 feel. My flrength is not the ftrength of itones. Note hence, Firfl, Mint natural conflitution maker himfenfible of a5iielion, and Jisbduable by it. Mans body is no impregnable Caille. We are not made of Hones and brafs, but offlefh and blood ; I will not contend'fir ever (faith God, Ifs. 57. t 6.) neither will 1 bealmayes wrath. For thefpirit pouldfail before me; &c. The fpirit ola man (that is, his cou- rage and refolution) are fare flronger than his flefh (namely his natural temper and' conflitution `and yet that cannot hold out for ever. The fpirit will come down whether we will or no, if God contend long with us : how then mutt the flefh wither likea leaf before him ? and therefore the bodies, the Beth and blood of the damned, who are to bear the wrath and contendings of God for ever, their Beth and blood (I fay ) are (in a fence) made fpiri- tual, that is, they have more flrength given them, than flefh and blood yield naturally, otherwife it Were impoffible for them to hold out for ever under the wrath of God, and the torment of their
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