793 Chap. 26. An exprRica upon the Tookçf j O B. Verf. to beçaufe, then we go out ofour (elves to t;hrilt for ftrength, that is the meaning of the Apoftles r:nfefiìon,Wren Iamweake, then rn Ijt -erg (z Car. 12. 10 ) And they who are ftrong in them (elves, mutt needs be weake, b c ;:u`e the ftrength of God goeth out agsinft chem. And therefore it will not be unprofitable for us, before I come co the fpecial explicationof the proud here inren= ded, co rneditae upon acel make ufe of this Scrip:ure in the full latitudeand corpafft of the word. F.>r whofoever he is that is proud,whether he be proudofhis natural or civil or fupernatural ilrength, let him look to himfelfe, God underfïandeth him, and by his un.+erftandieg he will finite through the proud. The proud man is alwayes in danger of falling,thongh (b caufe of his pride) he leaft ofall men, either feareth or fufperteth a fall. How can they be fafe againft whomGod bath declaredhimfelf an enemy. There's no artnou; of proofe againit the ftroakes of God,if God fmiceh an enemy, he fmireth through, a;}d fo he alwayes fmireth the proudSaul attempted more then once to (mite David to the wall with his Javelin;yet David avoided his blew and got ont of his furious prefence ; But when God cafteth his Javelin at the proud,they (hall not efcape a fmiting through and nayling to the wall. Bt Isis underflanding be feniteth through the proud. But more diltinftly, who is the proud in the text whomGad fmireth through ? Fitft, Some fay the Devil; He indeed is the proud oue his pride was his fall fromGod, and God hath fmitten him through for his pride. EtJcienúafrra- Secondly, Others underftand by the proud, the whale in the r tus eft rem lea; thus the feventy trar(1 rte, and by has knowledge be loath de- i.e. fus trnperiofiroyed the whale or Leviathan, ofwhom the Lord faith (in the jubegit. 41. Chapter of this booke, v. 34.) He is a King over all the children frride. Inte?igentia fua Thirdly The Chaldee .paraphrafe faith, He bath fritten pe cult Gigan- through the Giant', Which whether it be meant of the Whales tier. Targ: who are Giants among the fifties of the lea ; or of Giants who are like Whales at land,bigger and more formidable then the rgft ofmen,the fence is the fame; both agreeing in thi,that God can quickly deftroy and fubduè tholewho are greaten, firongetkoncl to proudefi in this world. But leaving all thefe (uppofitir;ns, (hall conclude. Fourthly,
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