326 Chap.i . An Expo(tion upon the Bookof JOB. e:1.24. them fo th;r wills are in his hand to guide and over-power them. They who are mallets of men, 47 not mattersof their own:, will. A Kingwho rules others, a not un.ler bW own rule The fi- militude is very elegant , God turneth his heart even u the ri ve,'s, orfpringsofwater : Rivers ofwater are led by their cha- nets, you may dra:vthem this way or that wa, by cutting out water courles. When the will of any one of the chiefs of the earth runs lrongly in fuch a conitant ftream , God ca!: itop it , cut out Mures (as it were)and give it a new channel,he can empty the ftream of a Kings will, onto a channel of his own enaktng, and caufe this river to run u,mn what ground he pleafeth, some of the A dintsobferving what ftrange c+mrfes the h. arts of mofi Kings have run, turn the interpretation of thn text into another channel, tellingus it muff be expounded of the Saints who are Purás ùod eorfpiritual Kings. Doyou than!¿,, fay they, that the heart ofPha- fai,i mp r raoh, Anttuchuÿ, Herod, or of w,rs w the hand of God ? no to ma u Vet Doth God turn the heart into the wales of blood and perfecuti- fuit ? aóf t f d on againft his people ? Surely fuch mens hearts are in the hand de i/ dren , of theDevil, not ofGod , fo they argue. But by their leave gun regnánt fu we are not afraid to fay , that even the hearts of wicked Kings per pr.cRta. :e on in are m the band ofGod, yet he bathno hand in their wickednefs, Put. 037 unlefs to bound it. The wills of the moll wilfìal Princes are flexible and moveable at the will of God, even-while they move, yea fpurnagain! it : he makes them fu j a to his feeret will , while they are rebelling again$ his reveal,ci will. Th,y will not do the later , but the former is done upon them whether they will or no. Some men are fo wilfll that they tarn their wholefoul into will ;, therefore is nothingofreafonot underftandnnc, no- thingof love or all'e ion appears in them, but all of will Their fouls are loft in their wills : yet thefe wills God fnndes out and difpofeth of. The will ofPrinces (faith a Heathen) i lift and Nec me fugït ftróng, unready and Unwonted to the direEl:on of others. They guà-n dudts dv Who are full ofpower think all muff obey cheer wills ; therefore ve:è inf,t. ns to make their wills either u jet or obedient argues trán :cen- ad reíi.a dEF ri fb J , g regine no/it ou- dent power. The wills of molt men are ready to follow the mot. Senec. wills of Princes , ás the thadow Both the body : therefor: to Ada. make their wilts follow is the work of God (Eccle f8.4.) Where tht word of á King is, there is power, and who may Jay nn- to hint, what doff` thou ?, Princes will not be lopped but by a fu- periour power, their priviledge is great , and many times the vio-
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