462 Chap. 3 3. An E.xpofition upon the Bookof J o B. Verff. 29. which there is no doubt to bemade.. As the Apoflle faith ( 3. 16.) Without.controverfie, great is the myftery of Godlinefr, God was manifeft in the fiefh ; So I may fay without controverfie, great is this myfiery of Gods manifeiling himfelfe to frayle flefh, and doing all thefe things here fpoken of, awakening the conci- ences of men by dreames, and working upon them by grievous fìcknefles,fending an interpreter one of a thonfand to declare un- to.manhis uprightnefs,and at 1aft delivering his'foule from going downe into the-pit. Lo, all theft things worketh God. Lne operatus There is fömewhat peculiar in that expref ion , he worketh. ett egir, perfe. -The native fenceof the word, implyeth ; Firfr, a willing worke, e11árrfuro atur not forced or conf+rained. Secondly, a full and complear worke, bernarIne re- riot an.eflày or offer, not aworke begun only , but carried on to rum creata- perfecion. The wicked are calledworkers ofiniquity, (Pal: S, nsttf. S.) becaufe they are free and ready to fin, they have a frrong tyde and bent offpirit to doe evill, and they doe it not to halves but throughly ; they doe not only begin or nibble at the baite a little ( as a good man often loth ) -but greedily fwallowit downe hooke and all; they are fully in ir, and doe it fully,theymake a worke of it, and fo areworkers of iniquity. The Lord doth good, as the wicked doe evill ; .411 theft things worketh God, He work- eth them willingly, he worketh them compleatly, (Ifa: 26.1 a.) Lord thou wilt orda/ne peace for ate, for thou afo haft wrought all our workes in us ; Thou art the Authbr and finifher of them. We are invited (Pfal: 46, g.) to come and behold the worker ofthe Lord, what defolations he bathmade in the earth. The building workes, and the defolating workes of God , whether refpecding perlons or nations, are perfe6workes. Lo, all thefe things work: eth Clod. Hence note. what evergoodwe fee wroughtamong orfor the children ofmen, Cod is theworker ofit. As-he over-ruleth the evill which is done, and both fendeth andordereth the evil! which is furfered t fo he is the worker of all the good that is done. God worketh it all either immediately by himfelfe;or mediately by fecond caufes ; and what inftrument foever is let a worke, yet the worke as to the matter and manner of ir, as alto to the refill!: and ifí'ite of it,is the Lords: He was the worker
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