The vast difference betwixt the Power of God and Man. [ 1816]
IN matters of Arithmeticall accompts,* 1.1 set one against ten, ten against an hun∣dred, an hundred against a thousand, a thousand against ten thousand, al∣though there be great oddes, yet there is some comparison; but if a Man could set down an infinite number, then there could be no comparison at all, because the one is finite, the other infinite: So it is betwixt the Power of God and Man, set all the Princes and Powers of the Earth in opposition to God, they shall never be able to withstand him;* 1.2 It was once the saying of Pompey, That with one stamp of his foot he could raise all Italy up in arms; And the mighty Men of the World may have Nations, Kingdoms, and Common-wealths, at their command, but yet God is more powerfull then them all, If he do but arise, they shall all of them flye before him. If he once fall to fettering of Princes,* 1.3 it shall be done so sure, that no flesh shall be able to knock off their bolts again. If he but once make fast the barrs of our City gates,* 1.4 we may trust to it, they shall be so fast, that no Invader shall be able to break them open, so infinite is his power, that in Davids thoughts it was not to be matched, Psal. 89.