Chap.9. An:Expofition upon the BoolZofJ O B. Verf. 2. 239 I3h fhall fay unto him, what doff thou. That's further coní derable ; man is not only not able to flop the Lord fromwhat he would do, but he bath no right to put in Supremsts judas a plea againft what he bathdone, no nor to ask him what hehath eft aq on been doing,or why he did it.The fuperiourmay ask the inferiour, porejteffo pro- and call him to an account : Every inferiour Judge and Court, is vacsrio. accountable to thofe above ; that is the highett Court, and he the highett: Judge, to whom no man can fay, What dolt thou ? The Parliament ofEngland is therefore the highetl Judicatory in this Kingdome,becaufe their aEtion's are not queftionable inanyother' Court; one Parliament may fay to another, What had thou. done? This Parliament hath faid to Parliaments that have gone before,' what have ye done in making fuch and fuck Laws ? No power of man betides their own can queflion force men, much lets can any man quell ion God, and fay to him, What dolt thou ? he is fu- pream, there is no appeal to any other higher Judge, or higher Court. Hence obferve, Whatfnever God refolveth anddetermined) concerning us, we mull bear it, andquietly fubmit. Noonan_ may fay unto him, What doff thou ? Why doye fit frill uqutdde (faith theProphet,jer. 8. 14.) Affèmbleyourfelves, and let us en- noóuUeur jta_ ter into the dejenced Cities and,let ttr befilent therefor the Lord bath rendam Jt. put us to filence, andgiven ui waters of gall to drink, becaufè , we havefinnedagainft him.The Lordbathput us to filence; that is, the Lord bath done there th;ngs,and we are not toquefiion him about: them, or to ask himwhat he bath done, or why he bath done thus ? Therefore letusbe filent, fay they.Let us not murmure at, andcomplain over our own fufferi.ngs, much lefs tax and charge Godfor his doings. It becomes us to obey Gods fufpeni.ìon; to be filent, when he puts us to filence. The Lord never filenees any (unlefs in wrath to thofe who would not hear) from. fpeaking, inhis Name, and publithing his Word. But he bath filenced all from fpeaking againft works ; and it will be ill with us, if our pallions (howmuch foever God feems to aet against us) (hall: take off this fufpenfion. The Lord is , uncontrollable in all his works, When Nebuchadnezzar (Dan. 4. 35.) came to himfelf, and began to thinkand Cpeak like a man,after he had been among the beads :fee what an humbleacknowledgment he makes con- cerningGod i t9ll the Inhabitants of the earth (faithhe) are re puted
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