Cap, i y, AnExpofition upon th Book ofJ. O B. Vert-. à 2. g curled him,God bath bid Shimei curfe: This kept down thofe angry motions, which muff elfe have boyled up as high in his fpirit, as they did. in Abjkaes,himfelfbeingmore deeply con- cerned in it thenAbifhai was. Job having difcovered this frame offpirit more then once before, I here only touch upon i t. Lafily, Take this comfortable Corollary from the whole. Though God doth often deliver his choyc i Servantsinto the powerof wicked men, yet he never delivers them up to the will of wicked men : They cannot dowith his people what they pteafe, they thall only dowhat God himfelf plea, feth,though they difpleafe God highly in doing it. Godne- ver turns the leaf of thofe who believe in his Name, out of his ownhand,though he turn themover into the hand of the ungodly : as God keeps his title to them Gill, fo he frill keeps the poffdfon ofthem. Saints in the hand of the vilettmen, are in the hand, or poffetlïon ofGod two wages. Firfi, They are in the hand ofhis power,he can fetch them out of the hands ofmen when he will. Secondly, They are under the hand ofhis care, and this five wages. Firff,, To provide, that though they endure much hardfhip in their hands, yet they fhall receive nohurt ; God doth not turn his into the handsofevil men for evil but for good. Secondly, hebath them in the hand ofhis care to furnitl_ them with ffrength to fuller. Thirdly, To teach them how toprofit by fufferingsr Fourthly, To moderate the hands of the wicked towards them,their hands (hail not be heavier then he hath appointed, they thall not give you a frock more then he hath nurnbred out. Lafily, As to order how much, fo likewife how Iong they (hall fnffer : Our times are in Gods hand,when we are in the handof men. As they cannot add a drop to our cup, fo not a Sand to our Gig's, beyond what the Lord hath appointed out,
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