Considered complexly or collectively, her Ordinances have power, authority and efficacy, like a bannered army: So the Churches spiritual weapons are said to be mighty and powerful through God, 2 Cor. 10. 5, 6. This being compared with the 9. and 10. verses, may have it's own place. But, 2. the scope here, and the words following, look especially at the stateliness, majesty, and spiritual valour that is in particular believers, who are more truly generous, valorous and powerful, than an army with banners; when their faith is exercised, and kept lively, they prevail wheresoever they turn, they carry the victory over the world, 1 Joh. 5. 4. over devils, which are enemies whom no worldly army can reach; but by the power of faith they prevail, even to quench the violence of fire, as it's in Heb. 11. 34. and by faith they waxed valiant in fight: But mainly this holds in respect of Christ himself, they prevail over him in a manner, by their princely carriage, as Jacob did, Gen. 32. 28. As a prince hast thou had power with God and men, and hast prevailed: See Hos. 12. 4. he had power over the Angel, and prevailed: And indeed, no army hath such influence upon him, as believers have, which is such, that he cannot (as it were) stand before them, or refuse them any thing, that they with weeping and supplications wrestle with him for, according to his will: Now, that it is in this respect mainly, that the believer is called terrible as an ••my with banners, is clear, 1. From the scope, which is to comfort a particular believer, who hath been wrestling with him already under desertions. 2. The next words confirm it, Turn away thine eyes from me (saith he) for they have overcome me: What stateliness, or terribleness (might one say) is in a poor believer? It's easily answered, that this is not any awful or dreadful terribleness that is here intended, but the efficacy of faith, and the powerful victory which through the same, by Christ's own condescending, the believer hath over him; and so in his account, as to prevailing with him, Christ's Bride is more mighty than many armies, in their most stately posture; therefore ⟨p. 352⟩(saith he) thine eyes (that is her faith) have overcome me (that's her terribleness) turn them away, I cannot (to say so) abide them: And these three together, make the believer (or rather Christ's love, who useth these expressions) wonderful, 1.
Considered complexly or collectively, her Ordinances have power, authority and efficacy, like a banner'd army: So the Churches spiritual weapons are said to be mighty and powerfull through God, 2 Cor. 10. 5, 6. This being compared with the 9. and 10. verses, may have it's own place. But, 2. the scope here, and the words following, look especially at the statelinesse, majesty, and spiritual valour that is in particular believers, who are more truly generous, valorous and powerful, than an army with banners; when their faith is exercised, and kept lively, they prevail wheresoever they turn, they carry the victory over the world, 1 Joh. 5. 4. over devils, which are enemies whom no worldly army can reach; but by the power of faith they prevail, even to quench the violence of fire, as it's in Heb. 11. 34. and by faith they waxed valient in fight: But mainly this holds in respect of Christ himself, they prevail over him in a manner, by their princely carriage, as Iacob did, Gen. 32. 28. As a prince hast thou had power with God and men, and hast prevailed: See Hos. 12. 4. he had power over the Angel, and prevailed: And indeed, no army hath such influence upon him, as believers have, which is such, that he cannot (as it were) stand before them, or refuse them any thing, that they with weeping and supplications wrestle with him for, according to his will: Now, that it is in this respect mainly, that the believer is called terrible as an ••my with banners, is clear, 1. From the scope, which is to comfort a particular believer, who hath been wrestling with him already under desertions. 2. The next words confirm it, Turn away thine eyes from me (saith he) for they have overcome me: What statelinesse, or terriblenesse (might one say) is in a poor believer? It's easily answered, that this is not any awful or dreadful terriblenesse that is here intended, but the efficacy of faith, and the powerful victory which through the same, by Christ's own condescending, the believer hath over him; and so in his account, as to prevailing with him, Christ's Bride is more mighty than many armies, in their most stately posture; therefore ⟨p. 352⟩(saith he) thine eyes (that is her faith) have overcome me (that's her terriblenesse) turn them away, I cannot (to say so) abide them: And these three together, make the believer (or rather Christ's love, who useth these expressions) wonderful, 1.
