Chap.9. An Expofition upon the Bookof J' o B. Vert: i z. 227 his nature ? Why,hc is mofi limple,he is a fpirit without any true, without any compofition, without any'materiallity, he is in- viable, bodily eyes cannot behold him, therefore certainly bodies arc notable to overcome him. Man being a materia11 fubltancc, is not able to fee the Lord, then finely, he is not able to contend with, much lefT: to conquer the Lord ; What then doth he med- ling with him?It is fàid in the 4thver& ofthis Chapter, In) ever hardened birnfelfagainft him,and Lidoprospered ? Is ll fh and blond anymatch for a Ipirit ? If man fhould 'hive with god, where ¡honk] he have him; He goeth by me and I'fie hires net ; be paJfetb onalfö and I perceive him not ;I. know not where to meet him, he can come upon me on every fide, he may take me at all advanta- ges, and detiroy me, for I ktiow.not how to guard or defend my ielfr Ifa man were to fight an Ln my, whom he could not fee, and yet his enemy law him, what an advantage had his enemy againlf him ?" Doth any man harden hitnfelfagain(] God ? Hego, etb by, andwo fie him not ; how then can we deal with him, or fiand againi him ; Thus ( 1 lay) it may be an argument to make good that great afErtion, 1 i.,st there is no contending with God, tleth. and blond are too weak for a ípirit. It is the argument which,the Apollle ufes,to Chew that the devil is toohard for man, We rvreftle not with flefb andblond, but with principalities and powers, withfrp rituallwickedneffes,&c.Eph f 6.They pals by us,and we-underltand it not,they are now here ainangli us, and we take no notice ofit : We are no matches for evil fpirits, much Ids are we able to match the mot} holySpirit. bpiritnall wickedneffésare E/linvií?i ho= f rong, bnt fpiritnall belineffes are ftronger. This third in"tcrpreta- Íls defcriprio. tion renders the words a defcription of an invincible en- emy. Signi narurhíe Fourthly, It may be underfrood in the general], to note the in- fusnms dí flan_ rte inter ];erns finite dillance which is between God and than, Or the dignity of d: mine, ; God above man, The Lord is oniniprefent, he is going by, and he Defies omniavi- ispalling on, he is in all:places,and he ads his power and wifdom der,ír,' rebus where he pleafeth. Poor man is confind to a place, to a fpot off rraéut ra- earth;when he is mere, he cannot be there; but God is every where: ciafualnrerve- ,And though God be every where, yet he cannot be teen any nit, ho where he is. God fees all, himfelf being unfeen, and fills all places, mo fee aix- his:prefence being unperceived;` nothing is hid fibril him,yet lie is á`loco i¿6; hid to every thing,bút the faith of his own people. Thns klegoeth, in e ,1" s. andwe fee him not, hegaffeebon,andweperceive him not. G g 2 And
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