6$ : Chap. i i , eftn Expoftion upon the Took,of ,JO B. Verf. 4. againft the counfel and purpofe ofGod thoughmany things are done againft, the command and appointment of God. For as he is with every hand that helpeth us, fo he is with every hand that fmiteth us ; as he is with every tongue that bleffeth us, fo he is with every tongue that curfeth us. When Shirnei curled David, he knew God was with that tongue and therefore he faid , So let him curfe , becaufe the Lord hat!) faidunto him , Curfe David,. ,2 Sam.' á. io. We indeed pray to God.., Our Father inheaven. Heaven is- the throne of God , but heaven it is not the prifonof God, God is never fhut up in heaven, though hisglory Thine molt in heaven. But Mofes faith to Ifrael Go not up, for the Lord is not amongyou (Numb.a4. 42.) I anfwer, The Lord is not among a people when he doth not affift, profiler and bleffe them , but he is then among theln, both , to obferve what theydo , and to punilh what is done ami fe. Thus God is near.thofe who depart from him, as is farther cleared in the next point. Fifthly, Obferve, God beholds all the good, and all the evil that is done in the world. His wifdom being higher then heaven, and longer then the earth brings him in intelligence fromall the quarters and corn- er's of heaven and earth; our works are before him, and fo are our words (Mal.3. 16.) Then they that feared the Lord,Çfiakeof- ten one to another , What then ? Did they whifper fo in one a^,^ thers ear, that no ear elfe heard them ? No, theLord hey>, and it, the, Lord liltened_ (as it were) at the keyho1as under the window, and what then? .4book,ofremembrance wad written before, him ; all was kept upon record. And when they who do not fear the Lord (peak one to another, when wicked men plot againil the righteous, or confpire againft the righteous waies ofGod ; He hearkneth andheareth, and there is a book of remembrance kept of that too Let them whifper as foftly as theycan, God can hear, and will record all their malicious Epee- ches , all their evil devifes and contrivements againft himfelf, or againft his fervants. Sixthly, Obferve, There is no avoidingorgetting from the inflict ofGod. ; God is higher then heaven and deeper then hell, &c. Some ' who have done wickedly in one place , efcape the Law by getting into another : they will be out of your bounds , and then they aLe
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