43.8 Chap. 23. An'êxpr f Lion upon the Bookof J O B. Vert.. 13. no knowledge to doe good, or no pratkicall underflanding in the things of God ; loch, I fay, may urge their relation, and get no- thing by it ; He that made them, will not have mercy on them, and he that fo,medthem, will (bent them nofávcur. The Lord profef feth wrongly againß any power which a relation fhall bave upon him to turne him,or take oft the proct fie of his Judgement under high provocations from the highef# ofmen. (ver. 22. 24.) As' Ilive, faith the Lord, though Coniab the Ion of ?eboi.:kim Kingof 1adah were the fìgnet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence, andgive thee into the hand of them that fecle thy life, &c. Tobe as the ügnet upon the right hand, notes themoil intimate neerenes of relation,yet the Lordbreaks through this,and will not be turned away by ir,from the fevered aclings ofhis own puepo- les. Thus it bath appeared that as the Lord is unchangeable in himfelfe, fo nothingcan change him, He is in one minde, whocan turne him.? eA'nd what bas futile defireth., even that he Both. Henceobferve That GodBoth wbatfotver he will, or whatfoeverbe defires to do. There is no bound to the power of God, but his own will. When the Heathen asked in fcorne,where isyour god ?ThePfal- mit} tells them plainlybothwhere he was, and what he had been doing, ( Pfal. 1a5.3..) But our god is in the heavens, he bath done whatfoever he pleafed. The doings ofGod know no bounds but his own pleafure ;He bathdone whatfoeverhe pleajed. He will not indure to have any articles put upon him, nor any circles or limit-lines drawn about him.The power of,God is regulated and determined bynothing but his will. A great Prince once fail, That he bad indeed a circle about his head (meaninghis Crowne) brat he wouldnot Beare it to have a circle about his feete ; be rout go which way himfelfe,pleafed. and doe txharfoever his fettle defined. Yet there are circlesdrawne about all the powers ofthe world, only Godbath none; His government is purely arbitrary. Nor is it fit. that the government ofany but his (bowed be fo ; 'Tianeither fir sor fafe that any fhonld governarbitrarily or purely at:rill, but he *Isewill is altogether pure, but he rshfe will is f, far from nerd- iag a rtsle,thai ie is one, yea thi onl unerring One,,(Ezek.24.14.)
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