5;0 Chap. 1 Expofition upon -the Bookof101. o , :.Verf. 25 a';d wilt thou firive with me ?. While he faith, wilt thou do its ? he intimates that 'tis not Gods Manner to do this:. - Hence Obferve, Firi , God ufethnot to a lid thofe that are ofiaeti, or tó aa.hts j?rergthupon thofe whohave nofyrength. 7 he day of the Lord. (faith the Prophet, Ifa.z,.12) fhdl/loe upon every one that isproud and lofty, andupon every one that is lifted up, and he fhkill be brought loix; upon the Cedars of Lebanon, and upon the Qaks of Bafban, and upon all the mountains, andupon the híls, that are lifted up. God doth not ufe tddeal with the leaves of the Oak and Cedar, but with the body and roots of the Oak and Cedar ; his quarrel is not with the Bubble which grows upon the Nils and mountains, but with the his and mountains thetnfelves. Heloves`not tohumble the humbled,b.ut the proud, nor to bring down thofe that are low, but the lofty, 'Tis true the meaneft Gainer (hall not efcape his judgment, . but he chiefly delires to Ipe doing with the mighty. Ufually the`Lord gives ftrength to the weak, he rarely oppofeth the weak with his ftrength. That's the report which the fame Prophet makes Ufa, 25.4.) hots Lord haft been aflrength to thepoor, aflrength to the needy in theirdiflrefs (thou dolt not put out thy ftrength againft the poor and needy(in their diftrefs) Thou art a refuge from theflorm, a fhaáow from the beat ( therefore furely thou ufel} not to ftorm thofe that are in the ífotm, or kindle a fire :qon e,2 conve.. upon thofe that are in theheat.) 'Tis theLords manner to bind niens uCätignisttp the broken, not to break the broken, to heal the wounded, fo tiffimn. t) comfort the mourners, to raife up them that are call down ofteaderet fuamhe ufeth not to fmite the wounded, to grieve the mourners, or debili man re to call them - lower who are already cat+ down. 'Tis theway of Aquin. _ God to weaken the ftrong, and to litengthen thofe that are weak. dtane veáis to Will he breaka leaf ? he will not. fortein peabere secondly, Job fpeaks it as a thing unbecoming, and below . conterendo folio the great, the mighty God, to contend with the weak. pod vent* ra_ Hence Obferve, contra um ur ?Pin. It is no honour to theflr®no' to overcome the weak C fo[l cni avellendo Is' it an honour to theEagle to catch a fly, or for aLyon to kill fatis eft tenor_ a moule? ThusDavid befpeaks Saul(t Sam:24.14.) After whom iffinane fpiritus, is'the King ofIfragii come out ?'after a dead'dog, or after a flea? Am vhcmere in es I a match for thee ? Go rather and lead thy army. agaínt+ the venom? Philiftines, engage with thy equals if thouwouldell get honour. To
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