Chap. 4. AnExpofitionupon the Book of J O B. nerf; y. can breath ; Pfai.73 t o. How are they brought into defolatiort in moment ! A blaft, you know, is gone in a mom,i t : Ifalab42.9. Thefe two thingspall cone upon. thee in a neoment, lofs of children and widowhood. God can withone breath, brow away both the husband and the children. So (Jer. 4. 20 ) the Church of the Jews fpeaks thus,De iucuion upon dejtruCtion is cryed,far thewdsols land is Jpoiled, fuddenly are my tents f poi'ed, and my curtains in a moment : God doth but blow upon the Tents, and prefcntly the coards break, and the flakes thereof arc loofened. If man be angry, he mutt fit down and confult, he muff lay his plot and contrive a wayof revenge ; but no fooner is God angry but he can revenge ; That wrath cannot want an inJtrument, which can make one. Infinite wifdomfees all means at once, and infinite power can ufe them at once, As the grace of God knows not long Mfcï tsda delayer, it comes fwiftly, as a fweet blaft or holy breath, Grace mo1mine is fpeedy and upon the wing ; Co likewife the wrath of God rim', ¡anfli knows no tedious long delayes: They who do wickedlyand fund grats. out impenitently, fhall p.rifh fuddenly. And though the Lord be flow to anger before he ftrikes,yet when he (hikes, he can do it at once, it is but a blaft of his wrath, and a breath ofhis difpleafure, and the ftouteft of the Ions of men are dryed lake a leaf. Thirdly note, That Goddeftroyeth wicked melt fecretly and in- vifibly. To deftroy by a breath, is a clofe way of deftroying, So (H :g. r, 9 )his anger is exprefl againti his own people,for neg.= lef,}ing his Ordinances and Temple, Te lookedfor much, but löe it came to little, and whenye brought it home, I didblow upon it, that is, I font an invifible and fecret curie upon it. Laffly, we may obferve from the manner of this deftrud'ion, That the deftrui&inn of wicked men, the plowers of iniquity, is un- avoydable; it is done by a breath, now The wind bloweth where it lijteth, no man can countercommandor flop the wind. The wind is fwift, as well as firong, no man can out-run the floral of Gods difpleafure. He that fleeth of them, (hall not fly sway í for it is a wind that followeth them) andhe that efcapetb of thém, Jhall not Amos. g. r a. be delivered,it is a.blail that is gone our after them : they cannot deliver themfelves by art or cunning,by wit or policy;they cannot deceive or cozen the wind : they cannot deliver themklves by power or.ftrength, they cannot conquer or overcome this wind s It comes fuddenly, invifibly, irrefìltibly who can (land before God when he is angry, yea,who knowe h thepower of his wrath' or blade. I 2 This
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