Chap. 37. an Expoftion upon the BeokofJ o B. Verf. 3. 467 things that God doch; fo God doth things fo great, that when we havedone our belt, or, afterall our pines, we cannot know them fully : though we know their outfide, yet tittle of their infide, though we know their effeas, yet little of their caules and con- SrdreePér trivances. To know a thing, is to know it in theca rfes ofit, to fee eoufVf , the reafon of ir. Aman ltnowech not the things that he knows, till he feeth the reafon of what he knows. How little doth man know of, or fee into the reafon of the great things that God doth ? How little do we fee of the marvels that are in the works of God The love of God paffeth knowledge (Ephef 3. tg.) Though we labour to know it (and 'cis our in that we labour not more to know it) yetwe cannot, it fucpaffeth all our knowledge. Andas that love of God,which isthe firft mover of all the good and great things that he doth for his people, patfeth our knowledge, fo the things that are the effedts of that love to his people are fo great, thatthey pafs our knowledge. Hence we may infer thefe two du- ties. Firft, Let us be much in the admirationof the' great things that God doth. Where knowledgeends,there admiration f`hould begin. It was a fhame for a Philofopher to admire, becaufehe was fuppofed to know the whole compafs of nature ; but 'tis no fhame for a Chriflian to admire, there being many things,not on- ly in the fpecial difpenfations of grace, but in thecommondifpen- fations of providence, which he cannot know comprehenfively, the whole compafs of which he cannot grafpe or take in with the bell of his underftanding. Secondly, Let /ZS take heedofcenfaring the works of God. Some are very bold in pafling their VerdiEts upon the great things that God doth ; this, and that is not fo well done, this and that might have been otherwife done. The great things which God dóth pleafe not many men if they hit not their intereft, how apt are they to find fault; But feting God doth great things that we can- not comprehend, let us take heed of confusing any of the great things that God doth ; no man fhould judge or cenfure that which he doth,not, cannon know, and fully underhand : But ufually they whounderhand things leafs, cenfare themnaafi, and the, are molt apt tojudge, whohave the weakeft judgemeettr. ®0®2 Jo B,
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