Chap. 23. An Expofition upon the Boob of JOE. Verl. 6 339 Rand him fo, he expreffeth his negative ; r'igl he plead withme with his great power no,His power is not, norever will it be againfb \ she. He will take fome other courfe with me, he will dea!ewith me upon the account ofgoodnes and mercy, not upon the ac-. count of power;He will not break me a bruifed reed, nor quench me who am but fmoaking flax,he will rather bind me upand the cifla the !raft fparke which he perceiveth alive in me,will be plead againfi rase with his great power ? Hence obferve ; Firft, God hathgreat power, mauth power, 1/111power is hir; Thepower ofmen and Angels is his;What power foever,whe- ther for kinde ordegree,is in the hand ofany creature,that power belongs to God. Thus David, aman ofGreat power, hates it, rd bath /pollenonce, twice have Iheard this, That power belangeth unto god. The power that is fcattered and divided all the world over is centred and united inhim.God bath a greatnefs ofpower, in commanding and difpofing what andhow thingsnaafi be done, he an bath a greatnefs ofpower in doing and ex outing what he bath commianded,The commands ofmen are often unperformed, either becaufe they to whom their commands are tent have no power toperforme them, or becaufe they want power to backe theirowne commands. We may con.àder the Greatneffe of the powerofGod feverall wages. Firít, As he can doe all things, and is otnnipotent,there is no- thing toohard for. him, his hand is not thortned in reference to the lóna.ft or thegreateft works, and d fficulties. And as he can doe whatfoever he bath a will to doe, to he will doe whatloever be pleafeth tohave done, whatfoever he purpofeth to d.,e,what- foever is upon hisheart to doe : maneof his counfell# ever byled, nor. have any ofthe thoughts of his heart been fruftrared. Men often purpofe to doe, but they feldome have power to doe what they have purpofed;they are bigge with the conceptions of many great matters,but when the childrencome to the birth,they have no ftrength to bring forth. God never faites-in his power to doe whatfoever he bath a purpofe or a minde to do.. God bath power enough to hack his commands, and he can fupply power to thofe whom he calleth toexecute them. Secondly, The greatneffeof Gadspoweris fecne in this that Xxz He
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