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on

the

Excellency

u

f

Chri

?.

the Father,

for

a

fweet favour

in the noflrils

of

the Father;

it

was

Jefus

Chrit+

that did

appear here

to

Manoah

,

and

his

Name

is

Wonderful.

Luther

bath

fuch

a

fpeech

( I

re-

member)

of

Chrift , faith

bee

, the

molt

famous

and won-

derful and glorious

Miracle

of

all

Miracles is, Jefus

Chrif},

hee

is

the

Wonder

of

the

world;

God

is

very

wonderful

in

all

his

works; in

the works

of Creation,

Pfal.81.

Oh

Lord

our

Lord

,

how

excellent is thy

name?

and

in the

end of the

Pfalm,

Oh

Lord,

our

Lord,

how

exec 'lent

is

thy.

Name

in

all

the earth

?

yea

in that

one work

of

his

in making

of

our

bodies,

Pfal.

t

39-

r4.

I

am

fearfully and

wonderfully

made,

(faith

the

Pfalmifl) God

bath

made

our

very

bodies

fear-

fully

and-wonderfully

,

it

is

a wonderful work

of

God the

framing of our bodies

in

the womb.

It

was

a

mean;

of the

converfìon

of

Gallen

from

Atheifm,

hee

faw the-

Anatomy

of

a

mans

body,

and beholding the wonderful work

of

a

mans

body

, it

did

force him to

acknowledge the

God

of

Nature,

that there

was

a

being-

above

Nature..

Now

though'God

bee wonderful in

all

his

works

,

yet

all

his

wonderful

works-in

the Heavens, and in the Earth

,

and in

the

Seas, they

muff

all-hand by

,and

give way

to

this

great

Wonder

;

as-the

Stars, though

they

be.glorious

creatures

in

themfelves yet when

-the.

Sun

arifes;all their light

is

eclip..

fed

you

fee nothing

of them

;

fo,

though

God

bath

many

wonders

in-

the

world,

and

'bath,

dote

many

wonderful

works

,

yet when.:

the

Son

of

Righteoufnefs

do:h

arife,

,,

when

Jefus

Chrill

comes

to

appear ,

all

the other

works

of

God

are darkned

with the

glory

of

,

this

great

Wonder

;

other

things are

wonderful

untous

becaufe

of

our

igno-

rance,

becaufe wee are

not

able

to

underhand

the reafon

of

things; things

are

wonderful to children,

that

are

little

regarded by

-wife

men; and,ùnderflanding men; Ignorance

-makes

men

to

wonder

at

many

things that

have

nothing

in

them;

but

.Chrif}.

bee:

is-

a

Wonder;

fo

as

God himfelf,

the

Father accounted

him;.

a

wonder

God himfelf

gives

unto

Jefus Chril

this

Name:it'onderful; and

no

marvel,

though

hee

-bee,

a:.

avonder.to

the

Angels

themfeives

in Heaven

,

H.

3

a

Pet,.

S3