Chap. 9. An Expofitionupon the Bookof JO B. VerC 19. 291 weakeft inftrumentswhich God ufes are tironger,fcil. in their ef- fe ts, then the ítrongeft which men ufe. God can do more with tenmen, then man can do with an hundred. The moll (tammer. ing,tongue and flatteft language thall perfwade more, if God fpeak with it, then the molt_ fluent tongue and fparkling O- ratory fpokenmeerly by man : IfI fpeak of ffrength, lo, he is ftreng.! And ifofjudgment, Whofhallfet me a time toplead IfI cannot by force and power,may I not by fubtilty and wit, by reafon and argument,by eloquence and rhetorick prevail againit him ? No, If ofjudgement Whofhall fet me a time to plead ? As I cannot deal with Godat the (word, or in the field.; fo neither can I deal with him at thebar, or at the judgement feat. There are two wordsin the Hebrew which are ufed for judo:<rng. The firlt is, Dan, the name of one of the twelve Patriarks, and ;ciwn, from him ofa Tribe in,Ifrael s Danfhalljudge his people (Gen, 49. rail.,. 16.) And that word (in ftrif nefs) lignifies to give doom or fen- tence in a caufe. The other word is that in the Text, Shaphat, which lignifies more efpecially the doingof right, or the righting ofa marlin any controverte. The Greek word takes in both, Kplvr. Now,while lob faith,IfofJudgement,oriftvefpeak,of judgement, the queltion is what judgement Both he mean ? Judgement is taken three wayes. Firtl,For the ruleofjudging,or for the Law whereby we judge. It isfaid(t Sam.io.25.)that Samuel (afterhe had anointed Saul for King) told thepeople the manner ofthe Kingdome,aud.wrote it in a book, Thin manner ofshe Kingdome was not thecommon praâife and cuftome ofthe Kingdome, but(it.is the word of the text)the judgements of theKingdome, that is,thofe rules and laws by which the. Kingdom ought to be governed and judged. Secondly, judgement is put for an ability or fitnefs to judge, to difcern and weigh things, to fcan a caufe, and try out the ut- termost truth ofeverycircumaance:judgement is-the ability of the perfon judging. And Thirdly, judgement is taken for the fentence given upon the perfon judged, after the evidence<of his caufe is heard and taken, Judgement,in this third fnfe is the refult ofthe former two. Foe . when by judgement, as it is the rule ofjudging, and an ability ,to judge, the Judge Bath wrought and trycd out what the merit of a Pp t mans
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