Chap. z6. An Expofstion upon the Bookef JO B. Vert if. of man to beare up when the Lord fhewes himfelfe in any ter_ rible dernonftrations of his prefence. Aga ire (7ya.a 104. 32.) He lsoketh cn :be earth, and ie :rembleth, he tcucketb the kids, and they ftnoake. There is a twofold looke of God,Firn,there is the looke of Gods favour, and thus Saints often pray that God will looke down from heaven upon them ; this looke is the re- lieving yea the revivingof the bole ; fecondly, there is a look ofdifpleafure,an angry,a frowning look,when cleudsand norms are teen in the bro,v : Thus in the Pfalme God is laid to looken the earth frowningly,chidingly,and then it trembled, he r ucherb the hills, and they /moake, that is, theyare as all on fire; The na. turai hits fmoake at Gods touch, and lo doe the metaphorical) hills;whenGod toucheth the great men ofthe earth they fmoak, prefently they fret and fume, till they breakout into a flame of rage, heating and vexing both themfelves and all that are neer them. (Ifa. go. 2.) Behold, at my rebuke, Idry up (or I can dry up) the Sea,I am as able to do it now with a wordof my mouth, as I once did for the deliverance ofyour forefathers, (exod:r4. z s . 29 ) Iwake (or I can make when I will with my rebuke) the rivers a reilderneffe (that is,as dry as a defart or wildernes u- feth to be ) their fi¡h fiinketb, betau/e there is no water, anádyeth for thi,fl. What ftrange worke doth the rebukeof God make ? By that he drieth the Sea, by that he maketh the rivera wilder- ness& and as he doth this by the pourer ofhis reproofs upon the fea and rivers natural, fo upon the fea and rivers minical He can dry 'up thole worldly helpes which feeme as inexhauftible as the lea, and as lafting & conftant tous as a river which is fed with a continuall fprirg, And when any power rifeth up againn us as deep and dangerous as the lea, as wel fupplyed and feconded as a river, yet we need not fear. for God can prefendy dry it up,and make us a paffage over ir,or through it.Yea they who are as wel bottonr'd and foundation'd as the earth,íhall quickly feel the ef- fc is of his power (Pfat I X4 7.) Tremble thou earth at the pre- tense ofthe Lord: at the prefence of the Godof lacob.But forne may fay,if the earth trembleth at the pretence ofGod,then the earth muff alwayes tremble,for God is alwayes prefent;or what is the prefence of God there fpoken of? I anfwer, as there is a pre- fence of God, that maketh all thole that enjoy it to fang for joy; In thy prefence is Madreof,oy,andat tb7 right handare plea- Hhhhhz furze 7x7
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