, Chap. 37: e/íOE.ti afition :gm doefyookof Jo_a. Verf. a4. all thy work!, a d ralke of thysloirgr. The Cha -rC`}e gìvcn òi a godly man( Pfäl. ï. 3.)i,, He meditates in the Lary of God syght and-day ; and ( Pfd, x19. i 4 t ) .rid he :yes prrveht rise rigFt w.at- cher,that I might meditate In thy word.N ,vv a, a g.,d iy man should a meditate the word, fo the works of t;od nigh. ano dty. David was refolved to do fo in the place before -tn n*iolcu ; as al o ( Pfal, r4.3. 5.) l ( Caittt he) remember the dope; of 'la, I meditate on all thy was bZc : 1 matIe on the ¿nark of thy t' ands. Didwe tig :,, ly confider the works of God, hots j:oli, how good they are, we would b: in6re in doinggood works, and we .should doou- good' tv,-Ks be ter. If any ask, How are we to confider thewo.k; of God ? I anfwe-, Fri+, Confider them in their number, that theyare many.The wonde. tull works of God are' innumerable; hedoth not only one, not only two o- three, but many, very Many wonderful! works: c.2fa y, OL:rd easy God( faith David, Pial. 40. 5.) are the won- derj tell crorkr w.. ich thon hail done. Secondly , Confider the wonderful! works of God in their kinds or forts , wo_ ks of Creation, or works of Providence. The woks ofGod in Providence are very various ; His works in the Heaven,& his works on the Earth, his works ofj idgment,and his works of mercy.hicwo ks of patience, & his woks of vengeance, his v,orks in d&live-dig is from evils, and his works for the conti- nuance of our good, a e very various. ; and 'cis our duty to con- fider them all.. vvhatfoever_ or hownever God is 'pleafed to wo k, the thoughts of man thould work upon ir, arid give him the glory of it. Thirdly , The works of God are to be confidered, as in their number ani kinds or fo-rs,fo in their circumfiances. As we are to confider cu- tin-, not only in their kind, but circurnftances,which ex--eedingly aog-avate and heighten fin ; fo ci-cumflances in the works of Gol muff be confidered, for they exceedingly heighten the:works of God:As'the circumfiances of a fin may make a fin, little for The matter, very great and exceeding-finfull ; fo acir-- cumflance in any wo-.k: of God may make it ( though little in it felf ) g-ear and wonde fail. vve lease our the very ltrength ofa wo k mercy, when ,,ve off,: by the circumflancesof ií:A work of mecy done in fus h a -ime, in fuck i -way, a work done for Cuch apeople, for a people fo undeserving, renders the work much y Y Y more 531
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