638 Chap. 24c An ,Expoftion upon the Book. of J OB. Verf. 22, But what bathGod promifed?Deborah tells himwhat in the next verfe ; and Iwill draw unto tbee to the river Kyho», Sifera the Captaine offabi»s Army with his chariots and his multitude; and willdeliver him into thine band. But it may be queftioned how God would drawSifera with his Army thithevlt was no by any outward force, only God put a purpofe into his heart to draw up his Army to that place,that fo he might fall into the fnare; Sifera hada ferret motion or impulfeupon his fpirit,which he couldnot withiand, though be fell by obeying it. Thus alto God draweth fouls to himfelf, by the inviffble power of his Spirit,in theirefce- daail vocation andconverton (leh.6.44.) 2f.2 man can co, le to me except thefather weichlint one draw him:bow dorh God draw he drawes by perfwafion, not by compulfion ; his perfwafion carryesa mighty commanding power with it:This drawing is not a bare morall perfwafion, by the propofall ofan ob;ed before them, and fo leaving the firmer purely to his own election, but it is a perfwafion which hath an overcoming power going along with it ; Goddoth not drawus againft our wills to Chrift,buthe drawes the will toChrift, or makes us willing to come toChrift. And the Lord drawes beleevers thus alto after converfion to nee- rer converfe with Chrift. Thechurch begged the putting forth of this powerful! drawing (Cant.1.3.) Draw one and I will run after thee. As the foule mutt have a drawing before we can come toChrift at all, foafter we are come to Chrift, we need drawing Rill, that we may follow hard after him. This fenceof the word may have place in the prefent text. Wicked men havea power of drawing others after them, though they doenot ad anyoutward power. Hedraweth the mighty by his power ; That is, he allureth them to his fide,or to a compliance with him ; And hedoth this fomtirr es as without any formal threatnings toexercife his power againft them, fo without any formali promuesof ufinghis power for them ; As theyufually draw the mighty by the power ofper- fwafion, their power and example draw much without per- fwaúon. Secondly, There is a drawing by an outward violence, or a drawing by force. And this I take to bemolt proper here ; He caufeth the mighty to come in and foope to his power, though they have no mind at all to it. He
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