Chap. 28. an Expo/tion upon the Book of J o S. Verf.2 §. 31 9 that camefrom thewildernefs (Chap. r . 19.) yet this is only a de- rivativeand permiflive power ; God bath the fupream power there ; and we fhould own him in ir. The forcerers in Mojes time could doe miracles ;but it was by a limited power,the Lord checkt irwhen hepleafed. And therefore (as one of the Ancients fpeakes) The power oftoe Magiciansfailed in lice ; God flopped 1i7gorumpo. them there, to (hew that he could have flopped them in the firfl. tenuadefecit And though they did not confels the finger of God till then, yet inmufars, the hand of God was in all. Andwhatever florms and tempefis are railed by the devil,he therein a &s the counfel of God(chough not at all intentionally) more then bis own malice. As the D_vil, together with the Magicians and forcerers,his fervants,were con- founded and could not make a lowfe, when God took away their commiffion, and reflrained their power ; foneither can all the Devils inhell, nor Witches upon earth, makea breath of wind to move a feather, if the Lord doe but hold up bis finger and fupe:- feed their power. There is nogreater argument of fpiritualnefJe, then to honour God in naturals. He is an holy man indeed that is holy in dealing about civ it things ; and he is a fpiritual man in- deed that feesGod in natural things ; He snaked) a weight for ton winds, and he weighetb the waters by 'meafure. The word fignifieth to weigh in a balance. ,The Prophet .1 11 Appendix; o j funt ex Hebrx- 4ó. 12.) letting forth the glorious power and cremes of God, üquì exponune faith, He weigheth the mountains in fcales, and the bills in a bal- pro !7t1 apra- lance.Here we have a like argument of his power,Ne weigheth the vii direxfred waters ; And (as was touched before, upon the former claufe, malo ur an weight for the winds) The word here alto tiled to we;gb,1ignifies pro altpenderex , not only to take the weight of a thing in abalance, but by any MVierc. way or means eo-attainthe due knowledgeof ir,, Weighing, in a metaphorical or alluuive fenfe, is an a& of the underflanding, °tis the highe(1 and nobler] a& of the underfianding, even our in ternal dilcourfe concerning the worth and truth of any propofi- tion or a&ion , upon which we make up a judgement either pro or con,affirmatively or Negatively. So the word is tiled and ap- plyed by Hantoab in her Fong of praise for that fon who was as much the fruit of prayer as of her womb (r Sam. 2. 3,) Talk ato more:fo ova:ding proudly, let not:arrogancy comeout of your mouth;
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