Secondly, This is matter of wonderful comfort, to all that fear God, and trust upon him, whether Princes or people, whether mighty men or mean men. What though ye see no hand for you; yet 'tis enough if he be for you who saves you without hand. The protecting and saving power of God, is as great and as effectual as his destroying power is; yea, he oftener saves without hand, then he destroys without hand. As the Kings of the earth, so the great King of heaven and earth, loves to deal his favours, and bestow his rewards immediately with his own hand, but usually afflicts and punisheth by the hands of others. That's a most pregnant Scripture to this purpose, (Hos. 1.7.) where the Lord promiseth to save Judah; But Judah might say, I am in a very low condition, and no help appears: Therefore he addeth, I will save them by the Lord their God; and will not save them by Bow, nor by Sword, nor by Battle, nor by Horses, nor Horsemen. Judah shall ⟨p. 655⟩be saved, though there be no hand to save them. I will save them (saith the Lord) by the Lord their God. I will do it immediately. And the Lord doth not only say (in the affirmative) he will save them without hand; but he saith also (in the Negative) that he will not save them with hands, But I will not save them by Bow, nor Sword, nor Battle, nor Horses, nor Horsemen; there shall be no appearance of these helps, I have heretofore destroyed you by Sword, and Bow, by Horses, and Horsemen, but I will have all the honour and thanks of your salvation to my self. Though the Lords people have neither horses nor horsemen, though they are as helpless as is imaginable, yet the Lord is able to save them, & he will do it in the fittest season. As this is true in reference to Princes and Nations in their public capacity, so private Christians may take up the comfort of it. What though great distress and affliction be nigh, and no hand to save you, yet the Lord can save without hand; if you are low, he can raise you, though none lend a hand to raise you; if poor, he can enrich you; if weak, he can strengthen you, though you have no means for either: It is an everlasting spring of comfort, that the Lord can do all things without hand, that he needs not be beholding to the creature, nor stands in need of their help to effect either threatened judgments against Babylon, or his promised mercies unto Zion.
Secondly, This is matter of wonderful comfort, to all that fear God, and trust upon him, whether Princes or people, whether mighty men or mean men. What though ye see no hand for you; yet 'tis enough if he be for you who saves you without hand. The protecting and saving power of God, is as great and as effectual as his destroying power is; yea, he oftner saves without hand, then he destroyes without hand. As the Kings of the earth, so the great King of heaven and earth, loves to deal his favours, and bestow his rewards immediately with his own hand, but usually afflicts and punisheth by the hands of others. That's a most pregnant Scripture to this purpose, (Hos. 1.7.) where the Lord promiseth to save Judah; But Judah might say, I am in a very low condition, and no help appears: Therefore he addeth, I will save them by the Lord their God; and will not save them by Bowe, nor by Sword, nor by Battel, nor by Horses, nor Horsemen. Judah shall ⟨p. 655⟩be saved, though there be no hand to save them. I will save them (saith the Lord) by the Lord their God. I will do it immediately. And the Lord doth not only say (in the affirmative) he will save them without hand; but he saith also (in the Negative) that he will not save them with hands, But I will not save them by Bowe, nor Sword, nor Battel, nor Horses, nor Horsemen; there shall be no appearance of these helps, I have heretofore destroyed you by Sword, and Bowe, by Horses, and Horsemen, but I will have all the honour and thanks of your salvation to my self. Though the Lords people have neither horses nor horsemen, though they are as helples as is imaginable, yet the Lord is able to save them, & he wil do it in the fittest season. As this is true in reference to Princes and Nations in their publique capacity, so private Christians may take up the comfort of it. What though great distress and affliction be nigh, and no hand to save you, yet the Lord can save without hand; if you are low, he can raise you, though none lend a hand to raise you; if poor, he can enrich you; if weak, he can strengthen you, though you have no means for either: It is an everlasting spring of comfort, that the Lord can do all things without hand, that he needs not be beholding to the creature, nor stands in need of their help to effect either threatned judgments against Babylon, or his promised mercies unto Sion.