Chap. 3 r. An Expofîtion upon the Books of J o B. Vert. 23 509 by any rulebat his pleafure. Our Godú in the Heavens (faith the Church in anfwer to that feared reproachof the Heathen, Pfal. 115. 4. Where is now tbrirGod ?) and hash done what/..ever he pleated. And thus muchal-leathen Prince, The k-Iigheft then on earth, after feven yeares banifhment amongbeafts wasconvinced of ( Dan. 4. 34, 35. ) land at the end of the dajes, I ;buchad- nezzor lift up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine ands rflanding re- turned unto me, and Iblefed the M-.t High, and praifed and ho- nored him that tivethfor ever ; whofe dominion ie an everl.fing dominion, andhis (in dotnefromGeneration togeneration; And asst the inhabitants of theearth, are reputed as nothing, and he dab ac- cording to bia will in the army of heaven , and among the inhabi- tants ofthe earth, andnone canflay bra hand, orfay unto him, whoa df} thou ? Here's abfolute Highnefs or Soveraignty ; God dotlt what lie will and he cannot be $opt or hayed in what he will doe ; and as none can flay his hand from what he will doe, fo none can Tuition or call him to an account for what he bath done. And here I might (hew the Highnes of God in the abfo- lute exereife of a fixt fold power ; Firft, in commanding ; Se- condly, ih forbidding ; Thirdly, in permitting ; Fourthly, in re- warding ; Fifthly,in punifhing ; Sixtiy, in letting upand pulling doOne, what &whom and how he will. He cloth all chele things (and chele are the flowers ofhis Crowne) according to the plea - lure of his ownewill, and who may fay unto him, what di thou ? Take threeor foute Inferences or Coraliaries from the confi- derationof this Highnefs of God. Firft , If God be foHigh, Then ware humbly before him, and keepsyour mints low, that is, lowly. The Prophet propofeth the peoples Q2eltion ( Mich. 6. 6.) Wherewith fall I come before tie Lord,and bowmy felfe before the highGod ?fball Icome before him with burnt s fferings, with calves of a yeareold ? will the Lord be pleated with th,,urands ofram.r,or with ten thou/and rivers ofogle ? Shall Igivemy fi fl bornefor my tran/grrfon,thefruit ofmy aedy for thefin of myfoule? As if they had layd, If any of t5efe chin(;s will ple ife theLord, the molt highGod, he fh2ll have themwith ail our hearts : yet they would not give God their hearts, wh c.lb was the thing he looked for. Thus they hankerd and beate the bah, defiering to put theLord offwith (hadowes and rerun( - nits, With facrilces and oblations. But Rill they kept dole to them
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