ÿ E 3 57:41; 31`jarbnoámp of t4 Zttaibutel chap 20 o all thegods ofthe Nationsare Idols, but the Lordmade the Heavens. And as he began the Creation by proceed- r"'1'9 'S ing from nothing to real exiftence, fo in forming the other parts, He drew them from infirm and in.ifpofed matter, as from afecondnothing ; that all his Creatures might bear the real tettimoniesof Infinite Power. Thus He commanded Light to arife out of Darknefs,and fen - fìble Creatures from an infenfible Element.. Hecreat- ed Man, the accompliíbment ofall his Works, from the loweft and groffett Element the Earth. Now al- though at the firft view wemight conceive that the ble World is the greateft Miracle that ever God per- formed; yet upon ferious re&exion we fhall difcover, that the works ofGrace are as wonderful as the works ofNature, and that the Power ofGod is as evidently expreft in our Redemption as -in the Creation. For the fuller underftanding of this, I will confider forceof the principal Effeds of the Divine Power in order to our bleffed Recovery.. r . Thelncarnation of the Son ofGod,in accomplifbing whereof fuch Power was exercis'd, as no limited Un- derflanding is able to compreltend.T'he Word was made Flefh. This fignifies the real Union between the Hu- Toh, :.. 14. mane Nature and the Divine in our Redeemer. Be- fore his Incarnation he appeared in an. humane form to the Patriarchs, and in the flaming Bufh toMofes5 but 'tis never Paid with refped.to thofe Apparitions, that the Wordwas made Flame, or Man.. But when He came into the World to fave us, He affum'd the corn- pleat Nature of Man into an Hypo.$atical Union with himfelf. That admirable Perfon poffeffes the Titles, Qualities and Natures ofGod. and Man.. In that in- effable Union, each ofthe Natures preferves its proper form with all the neceffary confequents proceeding from it. TheHumane Nature is joyn'd to the Eternal Word,
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