438 Chap. i 3. AnExpo f ition upon the Book of Jos. Vcrf. 15ó yet be enlarged in dependance upon God. We have David again breathing out the very fame fpirit of faith in like expreili- ons, Pfal,z7.2. and Pfa 46.z. Though the mountains be removed, and thoughtheearth be carried into the midi 'of thefea, yet will not we fear. He puts not only filch cafes as he wasnot in, but fuch as there was noprobability that everhe Mould be in ; that thehill fhould be carried into the feet, that earth and fea fhould mingle. Davide faith conquerednot only real evils, but all imaginable evils. As the, Lord puts the remote+ fuppoûtions to fhew his own faithfulnefs, fo do the Saints to Thew their faith ( lfa. 54. to. ). Though the mountains fhali depart, and the hile be removed, yet my 1Zindnefs find! not depart from thee, neither.(hall the cove- nant ofmypeace be removed, faith the Lord, Though the whole courfe of nature fail, yet the Lord will not let one jot of the covenant of grace fail : And that's indeed the reafon why the Saints rejoyce over all difficulties, even becaufe they know God is able to help them in greatee difficulties : He hath norfpent the treafures nor the ffores of his 'wifdom and power upon for- mer falvations; they know if they need (+ ronger and firanger falvations, he bath arength and wifdom enough to work them, andwill, becaufe he is as faithful and true, as he is thong or wife. Thirdly, Obferve, Trufi isdue to God, it isdue to God inall ofates. Some true in God in fair weather; when they are full they can true in God for bread; and when they are fafe, they can ,true him for proteetion : but for a man to true God for bread inwants, and for fafety when he flayed' him, totrue God in all turns, this is not only a benefit to our felves , but a duty unto God. There is nothing moredue to God, as God, then trufl; is : even a man in high place looks to be trutted, and the higher any man is, the more he looks to be trueed. .Md fhall not the molt high God it We read (Judi. 9. 15,) that when the trees had chofen the brambletobe their Kin ,the brambleputs thefe terms upon them, (Jsedg. 9,15.) Ifindeedyouanoint me king overyou, then come and putyour truf in my fhadow, and if not, letfire cor¡se out of the bramble, and devour the Cedars of Lebanon. Even a bramble looks to be trotted in, if you fet him up for your king: Now, if creatures love to be trufted,, though they be but exalted brambles, how much more d.oth the Lord,the great and glorious Lord
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