• ~150 _ :Go n_il perfo8. · po.wer,and being,that he is thine enemy,and that his enmity is heavie, for beewhich it, is againfi thee.Ifthe creature be fet againfl: thee,.it is but as / ' alittle clay or duil:,they cannot hurt thee unlelfe his arme go along with it;and then it is not·t'hat . creature,but his arme that doth it : As when·· they came to take Chrifl, it is faid, bee pajJed thorsw the · midjlofthem; they were to him as a little dufr, and as the army that came again.ft David,/fJ{huah, and Elifha~ they were to t~emas a little water 5 but when Go,o comes agamfr a man, then every little thing,ifhe pleafeth toextend and joine his power,.is able therewith to,queltthe frrongeft man .. Then, one man {hall chafo a thoufand, and .a thoU{and-Jbalf put ten thoufand to flight, Iieut. 2 8. He is a mightyRiver, that carries all -before it, Nahum.r. Therefore re.gard the enmity of the creature,as fmall things,his enmity is only te> be refpefred~ · Ifthou tbinkefl: ofhim thu'S_,thenthouwilt be fatisfied with him;for thou .haft him that it>and thou wa:nteft:only the thing thatis not;& there– fore thou muft· fay' when thbu haft lp!l: any _thing, I have loft that which is,nothing-; when thou haft ·gained any thing, fay,rha.t thou hall: gotten that which isnothing:it is a-hard thing to fay fo,but yet it is fo; a:s it is faidofriches in the Prov.z-3. 5•.fo'it is trueofhonour, pleafure; pro- , fir,&c. Indeed riches tomen are their fubfl:~nce; fo they call them:, .but to Godthey are nothing, and fo he cals them : riches,honor;&c. they have .but a littlediminutive being,as iftheywe're no.: ·. . thin~~ ..;.. .....c - ....
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