236 Chap.iz An ExpoftionupontheBoold,ofJOB.Verf. tq, ftrength, theyPallmount up with wings Eagles, they(hall run andnot be weary, and they pall walkzandnotfaint The Lord gives his much ofhimfelf, theyPallall.. litze godwho truft in,God. yobhaving arrayed the Lord in all thefe excellencies, proceeds .to illuftrate what he had afferted by fume fpedal inftances. As ifhe had faid,left any [hould think.that I fpeak only general no- tions; I will give you particular proofs, which you who are old men have furely made out by your own Obfervation, andare a- ble from experience to atteft my difcourfe. Verfe xd . Behold; he breaketh down, andit cannot be built again , he fhutteth up aman and there can be no opening. 'Here is an inftance of the ftrength and power,yea ofhis wife- dome and underftanding ; all thefe concurre in one all ofpro - vidence ; though force one appear and be put forth more emi- nently. I will tell you (faith yob) what God doth : this Godof whom I have fpoken great things,, dothgreat things ; Yea, it is far caller for him todo great things then for me to fpeak of them , for himfe.lfcan as eafily, and as fpeedily do them,as fpeak them. The Works which fpeak him great, are more then can be fpoken ; Of force I (hall now fpeak. Behold, he breakleth down, and it cannot be built again. Thefe words relate to the attributeof power. Withhim is ftrenóth. And they are more then a hare affirmation that God is Jiro eg they prove that he is firongeft , or that there is no flrength a match for his : This the inftance reacheth fully, Be =in` hold, he break¿gthdown, andit cannotbe built again. No man, no Fso iiè dine. nor Angel is able to preferve, what Godwill overthrow, or to ,u,diyave- reftore, what he bath once deftroyed. The word which we tranflate tobreaQ dorp , ftgnifies an utter Ampavalde diffipatation or difColution,even the putting ofa thing out ofits A7 iavalde being : Some interpret itbyt Anathemratizing,turfing, orexcont- eJt, ruafgnif mianicating, which imports the devoting bothof things and per satio deJtrmen- fons to a total and perpetualruine. e,ur etiam de- Firft, forne underftand Job fpeaking here of his own children mvoter A,atbe- and family which God had brokendown, with a highand ftrong arilare ex- cçmrnu hand. Children are a livinghoufe, Afon in the facred language mcareb ;;;t,, bath his name from.building,becaufe fans build or continue their fathers.
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