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

Fifthly, If God be eternal, then, we may trust him, yea therefore we ought to trust him, (Psal. 74.12.) Thou art my King of old, commanding deliverances. O how did Davids confidence arise upon this, that God who was King of old, is King now, and will be King for ever, (Psal. 10.16.) The Lord is King for ever and ever; the Heathen are perished out of his Land, that is, they shall surely perish. God will not always bear with evil men in his Land; For if because God was King of all the Lands, he therefore drave the old Heathen out of Canaan, and planted his people there; doubtless, if they who bear the name of his people there, live so like the old Heathen that they may be called Heathen, he will also cause them to perish out of his Land, and all because he is King for ever and ever, and therefore can do it at one time as well as at another, and now as easily as at any time heretofore. Trust in the Lord for ever, for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength, (Isa. 26.4.) David a Great Prince makes it an argument to draw off our trust from men, from the greatest men, from Princes, because they are not for ever, (Psal. 146.3, 4.) Trust not in Princes, nor in any Children of men; why not? many reasons may be given why not; but the only reason there given is their frailty, and the consequents of it; His breath goeth forth, &c. As if he had said, Suppose Princes are never so good, and just, and gracious in the exercise of their Power, yet trust not in them, ⟨p. 381⟩for they die, their breath goeth forth, and then all their thoughts perish: all the real purposes which they had, as also the promises which they made for your good, die with them, and can do you no good: The number of their years may be searched our, and run out, their years are not for ever. Now the contrary of that which is an argument used by the Spirit of God to draw off our trust from the gods here on Earth, is an argument to draw on and engage our trust strongly to the God of Heaven; His breath goeth not forth, none, not one of his thoughts shall perish; therefore trust in him.

Fifthly, If God be eternall, then, we may trust him, yea therefore we ought to trust him, (