80o Chap. 26. An expofitiorr upon the 736c,l;of J O B. , Verf. 2, the fea, but kill ir, or ttrike it dead (as the word of the text im ports.) There is a particular tea which is calh.d 7 he deadfea,But God can ni; ke all the feas _deadfeas,and then he delights mob to doe ir, when they threaten to fwallow up all living. This miy be a great fupport to us among the normes which we meet with here at land. When men and nations are divided and riiging againft one another,God can quiet them It is an eafie matter co make divifions among men, but it calls for much holy skill and wifedome, even the wifdome of God, toheale and fo- der them. And when the fpirits of menare proudeft and lifted up like the high waves of the fea ; thenufually 'tic Gods time CO appeafe and ftrike them through ; At his word (as the Prophet fpeakes, (Ifa: It. 13 ) The envy ofEphraim [ball depart,ard the adverfaries of yudah (h ill be cut , f ,Ephraim ¡hall net envy 7udab, and 7udah fhall not vexe Ephrein., Wherce is it thatEphraim en- vyeth 7udah? whence ir is that 7udah vexeth Ephraim ?is it not from their pride? faith not Solemon(Pro: 13. io.) By pridecon- meth contention.How then (hall the contention between Ephraim and ?udab ceafe,hut by f riking through their pride?When there is leffe pride amongmen,there will be more peace,and God will finite the proud& rather then his people (hail not have peace. As the Jews were divided among themfelves,fo likewise were the Jewes and Gentiles,Till Ckrift reconciling both to god in one body by the Croie, didfl ,y enmity thereby (Eph: a. 16 )And how did he flay their enmity, even by fmiting through their pride, and humbling their fpirits ender his one croffe or fuffering,, by which, and the throne ofGrace, theywere at once reconciled to God, and one to another. Secondly, That God who can appeafe the rage of the proud feas, can alfo appeafe or deffroy the rage ofthe proudett men who oppofehis people.So fomeunderfland that, (Zech. t o. t I.) where we have a prophefie ofbringing the children of 'Traci out ofEgypt and Affyria into their owne land ; And he Ad paffe through the lea with affl Ftion,and befhall [mite through the waves in thefee; and all the deeps of the river ¡ball dry up; that is, Chrift the deliverer of his people,fhall paffe &rongh the nations who are like the red fea,ttanding in the way ofhis peoples return,& he will affli& them,or bringmuch ali&ion upon them, and he will [mite thofe who like proud waves (till threaten co fwallow them up.
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