Chap. 2o. An Expofition upon the Booke of J OB. Verf. 7. 463 (ver/. 3,4. )The prideof thine heart bath deceived thee, thou that drvelkli in the clefts ofthe rockes, whofehabitation is high,that faith in his heart, who /hall bring me down to theground ?Though thou exalt thyfelfe as the E.agle,and though thoufet thy tuft above the Starres, thence will I bring thee downfaith the Lord. Poflibly therewas no man on earth, that durli accept Edoms challenge, when he thus threw down his Gauntlet andbid defyance in his heart toall the powers of the world, Who Jhall bring me downs to theground ? But prefently the Lord accep:ed (or rather dif- dained,) the challenge, and undertooke that vaine boalter up- on higher termes then himfelfe propofed, not ouely though thoudwellefl in the clefts ofthe rocke, but though thou fee thynel (where no man ever fet his neft)above the ftarres,yet thence w ill Ibring thee downe. god is the high and loftie one ( Ifa. 57. 15. ) andtherefore the loftines ofmonths!' be boweddown,andthe haugh- tines of men!hall be made low (Ifa. 2. 17:) God is the high one. andhe inbabiteth Eternity ; that is, he is eternally high, his hap_ pines is as Beady as it is lofty. But the higheft ofmen ( when they inhabit their higheft, lungeft ) doe but inhabit time,& moli that arehigh inhabit but a little time, yea; commonly theywho are higheft inhabit the leai`time ; The triumphing of the wic- ked is fhort. Men are high, but their time is in his hand, who is higher then the highell, . who is not only high as the Heavens (which is the utmofl ftretchofmans ambition) but higher then the heavens ; and not only higher then the heavens, but the ma- ker of the heavens. And as it is the honor. of God to exalt them who are low, fo to abate thofe who are exalted. He cafleth downe the mighty from their feates, but exalteth'the humble - and meek. Many have flood fatter by tailing themfelves down before him, but none havefood by lifting up themfelves against him. Asa godlyman needeth nor tofeare, though he walke is the very valley ofthe fhadow ofdeath (.Pfal. 23.4.) So a wicked min hath caufe enough to feare, and then to fearmofi, when he walketh upon the tops ofthe mountaines, and fees hisfoote upon the hils. This Zj.phar affuresus in the next verfe. ,. Verf. 7. Tèt /tall he periJhfur ever likehis own dung, á7aP' Tap ¿Lo xñ odio x 7eesn -' The Septuagint renders theft words paraphraflically For plxsat 707. whenkefeimeth to be el,41 +ed,then he ¡ballperi,(h to theend:The Q. sn'c a?®r %ord ee+2d - scf.
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