72o Chap. 26: An Exponion stpcn the Bock of j O B. Vert z. In '.us re adte- original I;.. v s it in fuch words as may be determined upon either, ail]rjentertr d and may aswel be rendrtd, rhat, whisk bath no power,as, hi,m that tt+am dr grevi- kath n, p, r er: And the thug without power , which this inter- üexrra par- , ucalari, roe q ra prttatîon ati.mcs at., is the opinion Or tenet which B:Ldad, and his m,r tin: v.- friends bad held forth in their difcourfe : which 764 is conceived rH. "Hare ez to !Duke upon., as woke, and withour power, as having neither debrxatrgir, ft:er-gh nor wifdoine in it. And bee. uîc 134dadmade the laft re- "Q")' Pd ply, f;, (according to this expofir.on) belpeaks him thus; Thine q.u! 4r,'iuvi¡ yata ,l: sro f.rrner arguments, as 4lfo thcfe tf try friends, had no power, r.? frengtlocf reafor,, nor true wifdsme them, aed 1,11 :boo men- ded the n,stter now, bFftthou by what th>'u fpakcft loft poet any ffrengtk into wk/It katábeen weakly andfeebly argued already ? As for my felfe I am neither better enfornted nor csmfortsd,tbcn I sae, and therefore have reafon to conclude, that there ù no ocreftrengtk nor power in what it now (aid, than in what was jeid before. I( is tifual to apply ftrength to a [perch, we fay lush a man made a ftrong fpeech, as for inch a one, his fpeechhad no ftrength no fi- newesin it. And that fpcech which bath ro ftrength in it, can ne- ver admiritter ftrength to thofe to whom it is spoken ; fo that to lay, bow !soft thou helped him that loath no power, is to fay, the fpeech( by which thou haft attempted or endeavoured to help him that hath no power, Yet I conceive that b doth I ere iwtend floc de deo ac- a perfon, whom his friends fuppoied without power, ftrength, or cpio o qu m wifdome rather tiren his friends fpeech,which: himfelf judged and esregie earn (as his own reliefe) found to be fo. ad)uvi;ti çui Secondly, By bird that bath no power, avel the arme that kath erar, noftrength; fome underftand god himfelf; who is indeed ali pow- (jJ 1nL'ai d.9 er pa er, all arme, who is altogether t rong and onely wile. As if 744 trornatut. eta¡, tut de- had laid, OBildad,tbou haft jibod up in the defence of god, at ifhe '¿'en fone dens bad not been able to defend kimfelfe, tr ou haft been arr Advocate fer aoaig,rit. hint, >a b, bath no need thorn fhould-ji. Rath not he power ? loath hie Mere: arme noflrergrh in it ? or it be di ftítute ofceunfel?furely cJ :dkath uss no needof thy patronage or a ffiance ? Theref re confider w oo fe bel- tr marinbail. to Q7 fuflentar per thou heft been ? what ? the helper ofhim that it weake, and haft bran um eiwt thoufeeftained the armes e f bins that loath no ftrength ? Jurely no, quinon eft for- codhat!, ftrength enough to defendbit own eauje, and wifelon<e e J zuiR°Ix;i4eta neugh to tnaintaine l,ù owls ails againfl ire and all men ells. Thou ct, ati nwr p o ongh:eft indeed to have helped him that hatlo nopower, but thew l afii tentia?,Hoot. crselygiven help to him that loath all power. Theis Tomecarry on the whole
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