An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…

No man hath showed him or enjoined him his way. He is the fountain of light, he seeth what to do; who hath been his counsellor? (1 Cor. 2.16.) that is, no man hath, or may instruct him (Isa. 40.13. Rom. 11.34.) Again, he is the fountain of power; none hath authority to direct him, he is above all; as he needs not the counsel of any, so he receiveth the rule from none. I have had occasion more than once in the process of this Book, to say somewhat of the sovereignty of God over all creatures, and therefore only remind it here, Who hath enjoined him his way?

No man hath shewed him or enjoyned him his way. He is the fountain of light, he seeth what to do; who hath been his counsellor? (1 Cor. 2.16.) that is, no man hath, or may instruct him (Isa. 40.13. Rom. 11.34.) Again, he is the fountain of power; none hath authority to direct him, he is above all; as he needs not the counsel of any, so he receiveth the rule from none. I have had occasion more than once in the process of this Book, to say somewhat of the soveraignty of God over all creatures, and therefore only remind it here, Who hath enjoyned him his way?

Or who can say, thou hast wrought iniquity?

The world is full of iniquity, but in God there is none at all. As God is not obliged to give any men an account of his works, so no man can find any, the least, real fault or defect in any of them; and if his works do not appear so to us now, yet at last they will appear to all without any shadow of iniquity. Samuel called together the Israelites, and demanded (