690 Chap. z5 An L+xpojétion tapen the deok®fJOB. VarL3 and can make warre. His armyesare at hand, and thofe no con- temptible ones.As ifBeldAdhad thus befpoken lob; It it in vaine for thee t bo art a weake man, to thinks ofcontending withGad, who bath nermberle(fe armyes to take his part againjf aß oppcfers. The word which wee tranflate Armyes, properly fignifies Treepos Ir there any number cf his frappes ? And this is given in name to oneof the Patriarchs ( Gen 3-0 t z.) ,ndLeah fayd, a Troop cometh ; And thee called his name çad.A troop is a little Ar- my; and a great Army conflits of many troupes. Wee fay, Is there anynumber of his Armies ? When the Scrip.ure fsyth, that God bath armies,it is not to be underaood as ifGod needed them, eyther to prole& hirnfelfe, er to frapx reffe his enemies ; The Lord of his himfelfe is infinitely f#ronger then all the armyesand hots ofwhich he is Lord. Earth- ly Princes have their Arroyes, and guards, to proteEt their perfons and dominions from danger and invafion. They want armyes to helpe their friend abroad and to defend their Subje$s at home. Worldly Rinces borrow power from others to protect them- felves, while they undertake toprotect others. But God is the guard of his guards, and the ftrength of his own armyes. Princes are rived by their Armyes, but God is the fafety of his armyes. TheGods ofthe earth are afraid ofwhat man may do unto them, but the God of heaven is not only above thole fares, but al`o a- bove all want of doing any thingfor him. So that, se gad i.t net worfkipped with mans bands (as the Apoftle tells The Athe- nian!, AS. 17. 25.) as though he needed any thing, fo neyther is he affifted by mens hands or by any hand, as if he needed any thing, (coing hegivetb to all fife and breath and all things. And therefore when the Lord is fiyd to have Arsnyes, it is ey- ther to fign fie, fit t, that he hath all things at hiscommand, and is full ofpower, or fecondly, that although hecan doe all thit:gs by himfelfe,yer he will ufe the agencyofthe creature togifted his purpofes. Thisqueflion, Is thereany number ofbit armyes ? refolves it felfe into this negative, There isno number of his armyes, or there is no number of there. But what are thole armyes ofGod ? Fitt, The Angelis are his armyes : we read of one Angel that deftroyed a whole army, (aKings 19. s.) Andit came to pajfe that night , that the Angel of the .LQrd went rut, andfmote in the campe
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