226 Chap. 19. AnExpofi(ion urn the Book of Jo B. Verf. z. foule, ( that is, to thee) bow oio,ene that we may goe over, and thou haft laid thy bodieas sheground, and as the_greet to them that went over ; That is, thou bait humbly fubmitted thy felfe to their prou- deft cruelties. Indeed , wicked men .( according to the letter of this Text) would have the foules of the Saints bow to them by ycelding to or following their finfull counfels and commands ; but the foules ofSaints ( in this fence) are Ili& and cannot how ; as for their bodies or outward man, they can lay them downe and bow, not onely to the ground, but as the ground or as the ftreete for their enemies to goe over. So here, thefe troopes ( faith ?ob) havemade me as the veryground, or as the fireets uponwhich they trod ; they have trod upon me. As 70/hira gave order to the people of Ifrael (Chap. iO. 24, ) when he had o- vercome thofe Kings ( who were a type of all the enemies of the Church, over whom the people ofGod íhall triumph ) It came to pafe, that when they brought thole Kings unto 7othua that he calledfor all the men ofifrael,andlaid unto them, Corne neere and put your feete :upon the neckes of thefe Kings; goe over them, make them your way, doe not fland upon it becaufe they are Kings and great ones, tread upon them , and feare not. As to tread upon enemies, and make our way over them notes the compleatett vietory and higheft triumph, fo to be troddenupon byenemies, and to be made their way, (peaks the loweft fuffer- ings, and contempt. But I rather follow our owne tranflation, they have made their way againft me ; That is comming ogairft me , they have made, or prepared their way. As if he had fayd, whatfoever lay in the way of my affliftion they have remooved, that fo they might have a cleere marke, and make a full charge againft me. Hence obferve ; That when Godfeneleth evills upon aper/on ( 'tis true alit when he fendeth them upon a people ) nothing /hag hinder. His troopes fhall raife up their way againft the belt and firongeit ; Though it be a barred way, a rough mountainous way, a craggie way, like the Alpes, ( which Hanniball paffed with his Armie againtt the Romans ) yet the Lords Armie will ( as he fayd ) finde a paf- fage or make one. Wee have anexpreffion in the78 Pfalme w. 49. very mere this where the wrathofGod againft s.gypt is
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