306 Çhap.I2. An Expofition upon the Book ofJob. Verf.2i. or !effort the ftrength which he have. As we cannot o afte Gods' ftrength, fo we are not matters of pur own. Sampfons ttrength was a tetrour to the Pbilißins, but as loon as God was gone from him,his ftrength wasgóne,and then they defpiíed itim,wbobet,;re trembled at him; and c. ailed him out to make them fport,wíio:e pretence" had fo often fpoiled their fport. How many mighty men kithGod weakned ? Howmany invincibleArmies and Ar. madoes of men ( as proud men have!tiled them )hath God con- quere ? How many potent Kingdoms and Common- wealths bath God reduced to confuted heaps ? OncebathGod fpokeìt; yea t vice have Iheard thus,that power belongeth untoGod",alfo unto thee, O Loi d, belongéth mercy (P aí.62. U,12.) 'fis fafeft for us to fly to this mercy, fetingwe can neither fly from, nor Rand before this power. :Thou NOa might arme,0 God, firong is thy hand, andhigh is thyright hand, Pfal. 80. a ;. The weaknefi; of God is ftronger than man : And before God all mans ftrength is turned into weaknefs. All the inftances which Job hath already given,prove this great truth,7hatwith Godisrvifdom andffrength; and left any Mould think it is not yet provedenough, he is ready in the two neat verles to give us yet a;further, and ( if a clearer may be ),, a clearer proof,; JOB
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