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

Let no man think by his wisdom, policy, or subtlety, to keep himself out of the reach of God. If men will not fear and honour him, he knoweth well enough how to deal with them, and to recover his honour upon them.

Let no man think by his wisdom, policy, or subtilty, to keep himself out of the reach of God. If men will not fear and honour him, he knoweth well enough how to deal with them, and to recover his honour upon them.

Note Fourthly; Let men be as wise and crafty as they will, God is not afraid of them, as if they could do him any hurt, or spoil his designs, as if they could out-wit him, and over-throw his counsels.

Note Fourthly; Let men be as wise and crafty as they will, God is not afraid of them, as if they could do him any hurt, or spoil his designes, as if they could out-wit him, and over-throw his counsels.

Some take upon them, as if they by their wisdom could hinder Gods purposes, and counter-work him, as if they could over-reach or undermine him. We are much afraid of wise men; If such a wise man, if such a head-piece, be against us, we think surely he will works us a great deal of mischief. When David found his son Absalom rebelling against him, and Ahithophel joining with him, he prayed that God would turn his counsel into foolishness (2 Sam. 15.31.) David feared that Achitophels going over to Absalom, might have carried the whole business against him: But God doth not regard a whole conclave of Achitophels, he cares not a straw for their plottings and contrivings. The Lord is so far from fearing the counsels of the wise in heart, that he can destroy them by their own wisdom, and not only undo their counsels, but undo them by their counsels: The pit which they have digged, they shall fall into it themselves, and be entangled in the lime-twigs which they have set up for others. All this the holy Prophet intended when he said of God (