An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…

This and the next verse contain a proof of mans weakness, as the former doth of mans ignorance and blindness, He passeth by, and I see him not. There is mans blindness: He taketh away, and who can hinder him? There is mans weakness. Suppose a man should see God in his works, and apprehend what he is about, yet though he hath so much light, as to see God, he hath not so much strength, as to hinder God; Is not this an argument of mans weakness? What! contend with God? God doth many things, and thou canst not see him, or if thou seest him, yet it is not in thy power to stop him, Behold, he taketh away, and who can hinder him? Yea, man is so far from being able to stop or hinder God, in ⟨p. 234⟩what he is about to do, that man hath not right to question God, or to ask him what he is about to do. Man is neither strong enough to stop him from what he will do, nor righteous enough to question him for what he doth. This is the total denying of any possibility in man to deal with God. How can he stop God in what he doth, who cannot so much as ask him, what he doth? Who shall say unto him, What dost thou?

This and the next verse contain a proof of mans weaknesse, as the former doth of mans ignorance and blindenesse, He passeth by, and I see him not. There is mans blindenesse: He taketh away, and who can hinder him? There is mans weaknesse. Suppose a man should see God in his works, and apprehend what he is about, yet though he hath so much light, as to see God, he hath not so much strength, as to hinder God; Is not this an argument of mans weaknesse? What! contend with God? God doth many things, and thou canst not see him, or if thou seest him, yet it is not in thy power to stop him, Behold, he taketh away, and who can hinder him? Yea, man is so farre from being able to stop or hinder God, in