44 Chap. i8. .oln Expoßtion typon the Book of JOB. Verf. $, by which he hoped to bring his counfels about of which we -reade in the former verfe ; But he is every way difappointed, His cWWn coMnj rl'ball caft him down, andhis feete cat him intoa net. Now, when both a mans moti ferions counfels and aflïduous endeavours turne againfi him, how is it poflible that he fhould profper? Thirdly , The net may be interpreted , as for the-way to his ruine, fo for the ruine it felfe into which he falls, his troubles, mi- Retia f :nr jtp_ ferico, and afflidions are his fnares ; for as the wicked mans fianes p1 is per qss are a net and his own wayes are a net, fo that is a net towhich ho no a comet thefe nets leadehim, punifhment and mifery, thefe hamper and randa (7 otti- bewilder thofe fart enough, who fall into them. He is caft intoa ntnda volop:ate etinour. net by his ownfeete. But here it may be queftioned doth any mancaft himfelfe knowinglyor willingly into a net ? Surely no; he is laid to be caft into a net by his own feete, not as iftheman did ac`iively contrive and promote his own un- doing or did weave a net purpofely to entangle himfelfe; but Jra ¡e dingo- God fo difpofeth of his plots God fo orders, and Over-rules vole o'9' atí;,rn his aftions, that he makes his own feete carry him into the net, fuo fat7odour- while he thinkes they are carrying him into a Paradife offree- barge, Jun: dome and content ; at leaft, that he is making an efcape from danger, and that his feete at next eel) will let him beyond the borders offeare or trouble; the over-rilinghand and providence of God that doth all this ; as 7ofcph fpake to his Brethren, ( qen 45. 8.) when he difcovered him felfe. to them in Egypt, whether they had betrayed and fold him ; Nov it was netJIM thatfent me hither, but Cod; they fent him thither inftrumentally and envioufly, but it was God that fent him thither providen- tially and gracioufly, it was his power and'wifdome which orde- red that difpenfation ['weedy, elfe his Brethren had made foule worke of it; or they Pent him thither to- Make him a flave, that was their defigne, but God fent him thither tomake him a Prince and Ruler,tomake him a preferver offgjpr, andofhis own Fa- milie too; as he concludes in that verfe; He bath aeeide me afather to 'pharaoh, and Lordof all his hoofe, and a Ruler thrortghont all the Landof 0,/fgyp-. Now as God over-rules the evill ac4ions of men for the good of his own people ; fo that theymay fay it was not yee that did
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