GOD COMPARED TO A GIANT. Book II. felf Jehovah, denoting the faithful Performance of all his Promifes and therefore may be rightly called a St,.ong 'Tower. JO. The la~ Elion, Altijjimus, Pfal. iJ>. 3· and xcii. 9· to which the Greek 0 • .),,,~, mofl Htgh, anfwers, Luke 1, 32. //[Is VII. 48. whrch fees forth the furpallino- Dianicy Excellency, and high Sovereignty of God, which is over and above all. 0 0 ' In all thefe RefpeC\s God's Name is a Strori$ 'Tower, for he is their Support: He is Almrghty, and fo can de~roy fuch as nfe agam~ lum; he commands the celejlial and terrejlial Hofis: And la~ly, he is the malt High, fo that there is no contendino– with him. 0 BeGdes, the other Attributes of God are as fo many ftrona Towers to fecure his People. His Wifdom orders all Things for the belt-His Good~efs and Mercy eno-aaes him.to fatherly AffeC\ion.-Hy his Omnifcience he knows all their Wants, Tempta~i;ns, Affircbons, &c. Hrs Faahfu!nefs gtves them Alfurance, that he will not fail, &c. C 0 R 0 L L A R I E S. I. JF God be fuch a ftrong Tower, let the Righteous make hafl:e and run into it. An Imere~ in Chrifl:, an Exercife of Faith, fin cere Prayer, Confeffion of Sin &c. is the Way. Motives to this are, ' 1. No other Strong Tower can fecure them: Vvifdom,_ Honor, Riches, &c. will not do it, Pfal. xx. 7· and xlix. 6. 2. To fly to other Strong-holds, is a Breach of God's Law, and brings a Curfe: Curfed is the Man that trufleth in Man, &c. Jer. xvii. 5· 3· It is abfolute Folly and Madnefs to depend upon any other, for they cannot fave in a Day of Wrath, Job xv, 31. Pfal. xxxix. 5· 4· There you will be fafe from all the Enemies in the World. II. From hence we may infer, That all the Attempts of Hell, and wicked Men, will certainly prove vain and unfuccefsful againft the Church and People of God. III. That there is no refting in a bare lifelefs Form, (which are the Outworks) but fuch as will be fafe, mufl: get the Power, as well as the Profeffion of Religion. GOD Cf>MPARED TO A GIANT. He breaketh me with Breach upon Breach, and runneth upo11 me like a Giant, Job xvi. 14. JOB, under the heavy Prelfures of AffiiC\ions, maketh this bitter Complaint. I know not any Scripture beliJes, wherein God is held forth by this Similitude, viz. Running upon his People, or a particular Saint, like a Giant. Which fhews, as Mr. (}aryl well obferves from the Place, how much Tenor God is pleafed to clothe himfelf with, and what Strength he puts forth, whilfl: he contends with thofe that fe;;r him. God cloth not only affiiEt fuch as he loves, but fometimes he affliCts them fore!y : Doth he not fo, when heJhakes them in Pieces? Doth not he fo, when he Jets them as his Mark, when a Multitude ofJkilful Archers compafs them about, when he clea·ves their Reins afunder, when hepours out their Gall upon the Ground? Doth he not fo, when he fees Engines of Battery, to make Breach upon Breach, and thenrrms upon them ltke a Gtant? DoEt. God fometimes in cha.ftijing or af!IWing of his People, runneth upon them like a Giant. SIMILE. I. A Giant is a mighty Man, or a Man of more Strength and Robuftnefs than others, as Goliah, and the Sons of /lnak were : When a Giant alfaults a Man, it is more than to be {et upon · by an ordinary Man. PAR ALL EL. I. GOD puts forth his Strength, when he is !aid to break forth againfi a Man like a Giant. What is a weak Man, or a poor feeble Child, in the Hands of a Giant? How much !efs is Man, in the Hands of a ftrong and mighty God? !I. God
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