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xxv. 10. "For in this mountain shall the hand of the Lord rest; and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill." So it is applied to a self-moving creature, man, Micah iv. 13. Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion," or breath. Here lies the mystery then, uniting the two notions of the self move and the instruments, that the worm shall tread out the mountains, as one would do a mole-hill. And if ye say, Alas! such a treader; what weight has it? I will make, saith the Lord, the feet of the belly of the worm, like a new-shoed threshing drag, for them, that shall tread out the highest and rockiest of them all, to purpose.
Thirdly, The degree and pitch of the worm's success against those mountains: It shall beat them small, till they be like dust, as the word is used, Deut. ix. I. or, like chaff, so that they shall be blown away with wind, and no vestige of them shall remain.
Fourthly, The insurance of this success of the worm. Who could insure it but the Mighty GOD? He has done it. JESUS CHRIST JEHOVAH, the most high GOD, and the worm Jacob's kinsman Redeemer, hath, by his word of promise, engaged his almighty power on the side of the worm against the mountains. Let not the worm fear or doubt the success. A worm seconded by Jesus Christ, will be an overmatch for
