Vift often upon the fame arguments for fcbftanc^f^ upon the fanieaiifwfrs sndreplyes; fob hath alreadytola his friends more then once, ineffect, what he is about to call •themin the next Verfe. f V«rf. b. Know that Cjodhathoverthrewneme,andcompared me about with.his net'. ■ W ill'you plead my reproach, or myaiffiftibn againft me ? If you will, 1defire you toconfider whence of fromwhat hand P g affliction comes-, Know thatCod hathoverthrownme. ; Know, thtfe is. fpmetimes a threat, alwayes a reproofe in this forme of fpeakirtg. Know, is I would have you know; Or you flrall know to yOttr colk It ufusily implyes a teaching bycor- reftion,yeaby deftruftion, not by. inftittftion. ( Exod. T%. ) WhenGod faith, The -sEgjptiansfiali knowthat f amthe Lend, Heraeanes, they fhail knowit tO.didr -forrhWy;«rhy'tfieir-jfot>- yow • Asifhe had fatef, Toit willnn aknowledgedr,butjoirjhall irtow’that lam theCord;youpall kjiowbjjonr owne pstnifbments that'I have power both to cordnfand and puniffu •%< hive a like expreffion, { Pfd, prio .1)-; ‘Tut them in feare, 0 Lord, thatthe Nations mat kttiwthemfelvestobebut men. But were theNations unskill’d in this piece of knowledge? Itisindeed a very hard thing for aman to know himteife, butit feemesvety eafie for any tnanto knowthatheis butaman. TheOrator'faith, Therewas iiever anyNation fo ruddy barbarous,but knewthebe was a God; and furely' there was neVer any Nadon fo blindly ambitious, as not to know themfeIvesto be butmen.| The Pfalmift there- fore doth hot fuppofe that they thought themfelves morethen min ih the'cohftitutioh of tbyir nature, but iri the inftitution oftheir lives. They thiniie themfelvesGods, who either will aft by their owne rules, or are confident they cangive fuccefic to their owne anions; when men either doewhat they plcafe, or thinkethey areable to carry wbatfoever thiydoe, thenthey forget that,they are but men. *BenceT)4to<fpr&yes,© Lord,put themin feare. dafh their counfel*,breaketfieir plots; thenthe NatiWs will know' thatis,- thou (halt make them know that they are butnten; So here, Know that ifvd hathirbetthrowrieme$ is, as ifhe had faid, YouhaveHotiahpnmice ofihisf rhajefpqken if.it beforehandjaawould -notreceive it,feu have efte'd towardsthe. C h a p 1 9 A n E x p o s i t i o n u p o n t h e H o o k , o f J 0 . 8 . ' V i t i ' 6 . m Mir.at bslet hachqtttwU founds.
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