Chap, An Expeftien urn the link of JOB. if.f ff. Take the point more (iriç'ly ; Thewords of truth, are full of power, full of (lrength. Naked truth it too . hard for ,armed erreur. Truth loath the Jtrength of God in it, therefore that m aft needs prevail. The Apo(ile profeffes, 2 Car. a. iÿ. ¡Fe can do e no obingagainJt the truth ; He means it in regard of the bent, of his , fpirit, his heart could not move againit truth ;but we may ufe_it in another fence, We can do northing agatnjt the truth, that .:is, let us put out the outermo(i ofour power, we can, never prevail' ,r,- gain(l the truth. Look upon truth in the promifes, that will con- quer all ; Look upon truth in the threatnings, that's forcible to overcome all. Jer. a _ i o, God gives the Prophet a commitfìon,_-f have fee thee over the Nations,. and over the Kingdoms, to. ropt _out, and to pull down, and to_de(troy, and to throw ,ido wn, to build and to plant d Here is a flrangge commillion for a Prophet ; How could Jeremiahplant or cool up, build or pull down Na- tions ? He never drew fword, yet,he performed this commiffion fully, by his word he (pulled them down, and rooted them zip by the word of threatning, and he planted them and built them with the word of promi.fe,, Zeçb. a. ao. Your - fathers are dead, they are gone, but my words ( faith the Lord ) which`, i I fpeakby myfervanes tke Prophets., did not they take holdof your fathers ? Your fathers are dead, and the Prophets are dead), but my words live dill, and didnot they take hold of your .:fa- thers-? you efteemed my words as wind, hit they were a ({rung wind, they blew down the power of your fathers. The Apoftle gives this honour to all the word of God (which is all right)that it is mighty, orforcible,through God, to bringdown firong holds and to bring every thought intofeebjeilion unto Ghrift.AndHe12.4..12.The word ofGod is mighty. inoperation; The energie of it is fuch, that nothingcan (land before it, no lu(t can (land before it, no errour can (land before it, it bear, down all with fine force. Therefore take heed of (landing in the way of right words. Truth comes with fuch a force that no man is able to bear up again(l it, It is better to have all the men of the world againjt us, than ,to bave one wordof God againft us. One word of, truth will doe more againli us, than all the - Armies in the world, no force can flánd.againfl this force; the, force of the, word, will defiroy the force of the.fword. Truth will be thegreat Conquerour at laft. Z zz Thirdly,
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