Chap. 23. An ExPoftian up;n the JS ck f J O B. Vert 13. I ;he Lvrd havefp,s` n it, it 112411 came to pwff and I will doe it, I will notgoe bache, neither zri 1 IIpAre,neither will I repent ; accor- ding to thy rvayes,and accordi>rf to thy doings, /hall they:page thee,, faith the Lord As if the Lord had laid, Ie is my will to,h4've it thus,and chereíoreic flail b4 thus, That which is mofl fìn;ull in Man, is moll holy in God, to of according ro his of=.one will: Mans will i toocrooked a,rule for others to guid their aaiors by, or for himfelle to guide his at ions H; that faith., I will doe this or that,becaute I wil,doth nothing as he ought.There fhould be much whiingne(fe, but none ofour own wilt ha what we doe. But as Gods will fhould be both the rule arc! reafon ofour t,& lags, fo it alwayes is ofhis owns. There is (as-I in :y fay) an ho- ly wilfuilneflâe in God. He voitihave vrhzt he will, andhe will doe what he will. God will not doe many things which he can, but he can doe tvhatfoever he will; and whàtfoever he will doe, he is juft and righteous in doing it. And this is the glory of God, to have loch a power,°and fuch a will. And there being loch a pale! inGod, with loch a will, we need not feare his power. We leave men to their will as little as we can, whom we croft with much power. When men inpower have nothing but their will to guide them; we prefently feare opprcflïon and'tyranny, and that we that! be far from leading peaceable and quiet lives under them in all godlines and honefly,which is the mod defireableand bleffed fruit of Magiflracy. Nor is this apannicke or groundleffe feare, Peeing the will of man is corrupt and tinfoil, felfifh and revenge- full. And who càn burfeare to beunder that power which lath no limits but acorrupt will ? But who would feare tobe under the poweriofGod,< Eyed by his wil l,feing he willeth nothingbut what is righteous, juft, and good. What canwe expect but right from himwho is righteoufne(f ? what but good from him (inka a good caufe)who is goodnes it felf,how great or howualimitted° foever his power is ? If force men might doe what they would,. what evill would they not doe?' There's nothing ftands between Tome men, and the wronging of all men they have to doe with, but thewant either ofpower or ofopportunity to doe it. The Lord cando what he will, but he will doe hothing but what is good. He is able ro ruine all men, hot he will wrongno man, no not the wbrft ofmen. What his foul defireth even that he doth ; but it is impofflble his foul fhould del re to. doe any thing but what iss right.. Laitly8,
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