290 Chap.' 2. 2nExpoftion upon the Boo4o fJOB.V authority is overthrown. God who gives weight to the word of a man, can alto make it light, he ¡hall fpeak and none regard. Fifthly,Godaverthroweth the mightinef of courage: Hemakes the valiant faint, and the manwhore heart was like the heart of a lion, to run like a coward at the ¡baking of a leaf: God who faith to them that are of afearful heart, be ilrong, fear not (1fa, 35 4,) andmaketh the feeble to be as David (Zach.12.8,) his Godcan fay ro the ítrong, be ye afraid, and to him that was as David, be thou feeble: He that overthroweth thecouragious, can allo overthrowcourage. Thus theíttengthof body,the ftrength of r?ches, the ftrength ofhonour, the ftrength of authority, and the ftrength of cou- rage are all overthrown by the ftrength of Gad. Who can conceive how much ftrength Godbath, who is ftronger than all rhefe ítrengths ? Arid as the Lord alwayes overthroweth the mighty, and gets the day ofthem,when he engageth with them; fo he defres to engage with them. Mighty men feem to be Tome match for God, and the fall Of thefe makes God more known as he is Almighty. Hence that of theProphet (14.2.L2,) The dayof the Lord of bolts fball be upon, Whom ? he cloth nor fay Upon the low, weak &poor,but it ¡hall be upon,eve'y one that is proudand lofty,and uponever) one that is lifted up: What day of the Lord is this ? Ir is the day of the Lords judgmenr,the day of his wrath, when he contenleth with a people, then he picks out the great on:es,chiefly,to contendwith. His day'fhall be upen All the cedars of Lebanon, andupon all the oakr of Bafhan,and up- onevery fenced wall, that is, upon men who are in theaccount. of theworld tall like cedars, ftrong like oaks, high like towers, invincible like walls of bran;, with thefe the Lord, will be deal- ing in his day, and (verf17.) The Lord alone fball be* exalted in that day, as if he had fa id, thefe men were exalted before; now the Lord overthrowing them, he hirnfelf (hall be exairéd. For the text may be taken two ways, he (hall be exalted either a; the Agent, that is, it ¡hall appear that he .alone bath over thrown chefs mighty ones Or fecondlv,the Lord alone ¡hall be exalted,that is, he will comeinto the place of thole mighty men.; thefe carried it in the eye of: the world, as the only great ones, now the Lord comes into their place, they Ihall be exalted no more, his Name 'hall be exalted, and his only. When God ap,, pears
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