172 Verf. t $,n L.xp. ftionupon theBook of 3 o B. Chap. 37. roof for this great Houfe, the World. We admire the skill and wifdorrie'of Architeas in forcepeices of their work. "O the wif- dome of God in this Fourthly, We may fee in the Heavens the unchangeablenefs of God, if he bath made the Heavens of fuck a lafting nature, that theyhave continued many thoufand years without alterati- on; finely then hehimfelf,hath continued and will continue for ever without change, as he is at this day. The unchangeablenefs of God infinitely exceeds that of the Heavens. We find the Spi- rit of God by holy David infinitely preferring the God of Hea- ven, before the Heavensof ;os!, in his urchanneablenefs (Pfa?. rc2. 26, 27. )Gfold haft thou laid the foundation of the Earth, and the Heavens are the u;ork of thy bands ; they /hall perifh, but thoselimit. eodtare ; tea, all of them 1^I a'! wax old l ke agarment,and as a veflurejIalt thon change theme, and they (Fall be changed : bat thon sot the fame The Heaven h-ve bur a rhadow of unchangea- bl::nefs,compared withGod, with ,,kom is no variablezefs norf a- dow of changing. Fifthly , In this Cdofs of the' Heavens we. may look upon or contemplate the woode full goodnefs ofGod to the Ionsof men, ( Pfd. 8.3. ) when Iconfider the Heavens,tbewirktf rhy fingers, ehe Moon, and the Starr,,, wh'ch th000 haf4 ordained: Ghat is man that thon art resinafall ofhim ? and thefon ofman that thon vtfitefi him? When-ever we behold the Heavens, it should mind us of the mercy and goodnefs of Cod ro man two wayes,Fi f{, inmak- ing the Heavens for his ufe, while he dsvels on the Earth. Se- condly, that he hath prepared and provided bina itch a dwelling laoufe, when he fhall leave this Earth ( 2 ror, q a ) We know that when the earthly Ingeof thisgrabernaclej et.H be Xi lved, we haveabuilding of God, an lsoafe not made with hands, eternalin the Heavens, Again , The Heavens are aLooking-Glafs , wherein we may behold our felves. Fìrl}, We may behold our weaknefs and impurity, and fo our unlikenefs to the Heavens, much more to the E.,od of Heaven. When oppofiees are fet one by or over again if the other,/ hey iilu Prate each other. In the fpodkfsH;.aven:o,we may fee our (pots; The pure Heavens may (hew us our impu;icy. _Secondly,, As in, the Heavens wemay fee whatwe are, fo what we
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