Chap.i5. AnExpofttion upon theBook of J O B. . Verf.25. 133 again(t us (1 Pet. 2. It. ) Dearly beloved, 1 befeeeh you as $rangers, andpilgrims, abflain from fiefhy luff.r ( he.doth not fay , which fight againft, or difhonour God, but ) which war aping the Soul : we have noreafon tobe dallying with tufts, or to-be friends with them, when we hear that our tufts war againfi us ; but when we remember that our lulls war a- gainft God , we íhould not only abftain from them , but ab- hor them. Every thing is by fo much the worfe , by how much that is better which it is contrary unto : There are four confiderations which heighten the evil of fin upon this account, that it is a fretching.out of the hand againft: God. Firti, Stretch out a hand againft God ! No rear fhtw'.d dare fo much as to lift up a word againft Gott, Secondly, Stretch out a. hand againíl God ! No man íhould dare fo much as to lift up a thought againd God. Thirdly , Stretch out a hand againi God ! Every man ought to fall down before God , and be well pleated with whatfoever.God faithor doth. Fourthly , Every man is bound to Stretch out heart and tongue, and hand, to think, and fpeak, and do for God, and when all this is done, we have.done but our duty,and the ut- mote that any man Both or can do in theft, is not half his du- ty. Howwide is he then from, how oppofite to his duty,who ítretchethout his hand againfl God ? And ( as it follows, in the next words.) Strengthenshimfelf againft the Almighty, That is , as the Original imports , who makes himfelf. a tioboravit,for- thon Warrier and will thew his valour againft theAlmi h- Icen ßeilfaer em. g g eonoturjepraa- ty : So Mailer Broughton , He tvouldbe valiant again$ the Al- bere,virutn et. mighty. Or as another tranflates to the letter of the Text, He que majcuium: (hews himfelf a man againft the Almighty;as ifhe had faid,This in Deanfee" wicked manftrains all the (trength hehath,to thewkimfelf a man gate :njui. tarepr,e ofhis bands, or toplay the man againft God. The Apoftleufeth:ft that word., in reterence to temptation, Play the men, or quit - contra omni: yourfelves like men :. Saints play the man againft .Satan,: wicked potentem re' onesplay the man againft God:he$rengthens himfelfagainff virumesbi- ,But how ? What doth the 'wicked man to frrengthen himfelf ? 14.r* Doth he gather, Armies, lay in Ammunition, forti jc Cities, r cor,s4,13 and
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