446 Chap. IS. AnExpofttion upon the Book of JoB. Verf. t 5 temporally, fo it is ti:e fame power of God which cosh great or ftnall things for us : and therefore we Mould in all depend upon God, knowing that without him' we cannot do the one, and that we (hall be able todo all things through him ffrengthning us. Yea,laitly, we mutt croft God in our enjoyments, as well as. in our wants. It is an hard thing to' fay, 7hough heflay me, yet Iwill troll inhim; but it is harder to fay, Though he make me alive, yet I will truft in him. It is a glorious tryal of trult, to fay, ShouldGod make me not worth a groat, yet I will truff in him ; but it is a greater glory of this truf, to fay, Though God make me worth thoufands, yet -I will truft in him ; It is hard to truft God in a low and trouhlcfome eflate, but it is harder to truft God in a full and, profperous eftate. When we (to fenfe) have the lealt need of Gods help, then to truft in him, and depend upon him, (hews we are molt fenfible that we need his help: For by this we in one aEt give tell mony to the Al-Efficiency of God,and to the emptiuefs of thecreature; by this we make God all, and the creature nothing at ali. Faith gives a more fpiritual difco- very of it felf, when it convinces us that we are poor in the midit of our abundance without God, then when it convinceth us that wehave_abundance in God, though we are poor. 'Tis noble when' we can fay, Though God aflliff me and empty me,I will truft in him; but 'cis heroically Chriffian to fay, Though God comfort me and fill me, I will truft in him. TheJironger we are ingrace, the left wego, either alone, or upon the crutche:r of the creature. While I affirm this, I would not at all derogate from the ex- cellency of joss truft in God, I only thew you a more excellent way of trufting him. But it may he queltioned, Doth not706 derogate from, yea contradia his own profiled trop, whenwith tite fame breath with which he concludes,T. hough heflay me,yet will "troll in him, he concludeth allo, Ent Iwill maintain mineown waits beforehim. In the former part of theverfe job difcovered the highett con- fidence in God. In this latter part he feems to difcover too much confidence in himfelf, but I will maintain mine own wales before him. The ApofIIe argues the inconfftency of thefe two (Rom. r r. 6,) If by grace, then it is no moreofworks ; otheiwife grace
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