28 Chap.12. An Expofitionupon the Bookof JOB. Verf. 19. andgreataeefs will be no bar againfrtheir own mifery, He leadetle Princes away[plied, and BL70 Heoverthroweth the mighty. Supplanrare in- Here is another at ofDivine power. That, God is omnipo- jleilere mutate tent proves he cando all things, but the doingof them is a vin- dejicere,detur- hieproof of his omnipotency. bare. To. overthrow , Imports utter ruine : he loth not only (hake and difplace, but he (hakes them to peeces, roots them up and laies them flat. Fie overthroweth the mighty, Princes are among the mighty ones of the earth , . yet force Princes have 'no great might ; but how mighty foever Princes are, down they mutt , whether they will or no , when the Al- 1 't mighty wills it. Robujfut forrú The Hebrew word fignifieth the molt confirmed ftrength, e- a tad. t f ven thatftrength which feems to laugh at oppoftion,and to have yus vox mere outgrown all fear of being weakned, or overpowred. Great fortitudinem and impetuous rivers are fet out by that word (Pfal,74 t 5 ) quondam. qua Thcu driedfrup mighty rivers, or, rivers of might , rivers which non permirrrr fe nothing can stand againft ; 'what can withltand a fwelling tor-. traífari, d7 rent ? The weight and violence of water beareth down all be- iuritiem V12 b perrinaciter fore it : no bonds , no boundsof mans making can flay it. Yet the Lord can, he, and he only beareth down the waters or he i'iuvios Ethan. drieth then up : he either drieth up mighty rivers, or ftoppeth their courbe, whilethey are running with full dreams , in a full career. Hence learn, Fir(t, That allfrrength and might i weal¿,, before th. 'irons andmighty god, Heoverthroweth the mighty (i Sam=2.9,) byftrength 'ball tth man prevail ; when we conclude the probabilities , whether a party lltall prevail orno we count upon their ftrength : we reckon their numbers, we enquire what Armies theyhave in the field, what Garrifons in Cities , what friends and confederacies abroad, yet in all this we reckon not upon that which will do the thing, ftrength cannot do it , by ftrength no man 'hall pre- vail , The Lordoverthro veth the mighty whatfoever strength we have to affilt us, or to oppofe us, the Lord is ftronger. There
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