An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of…

Vers. 28. He dwelleth in desolate Cities, and in houses wherein no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps.

This Verse shows a second cause of the wicked mans fierceness against God, His power over men; which is described (as the former) by the effect of it, He hath made Cities desolate. It requires much power to overthrow whole Cities; that which is strong cannot be destroyed without strength; such was the power of the man whom Eliphaz describes, such his strength: He subdued strong Cities, he conquered men, and he thought he could conquer God too. But though to destroy and pull down intimate strength, yet to build and set up Cities requires grater strength.

This Verse shews a second cause of the wicked mans fiercenesse against God, His power over men; which is described (as the former) by the effect of it, He hath made Cities desolate. It requires much power to overthrow whole Cities; that which is strong cannot be destroyed without strength; such was the power of the man whom Eliphaz describes, such his strength: He subdued strong Cities, he conquered men, and he thought he could conquer God too. But though to destroy and pull downe intimate strength, yet to build and set up Cities requires grater strength.