Chap. 3y. eA SApefitipe mpg the ffeeiter Jei. yerf. to. 65 in the dayof their calamity , confeirtng and acknowledging his great goodnefs tothem in their creation and Cunhaprefervati- on, which might muchcomfort and their heartsunier prefent gtievances and prefinres ; None fai7h, Where is Gd ay maker? The word maker, maybe taken in a threefold notion ; Firil, for him that hath given usour being. As God is the maker of hea- v,rm and of earth, fohe isour maker, ( Gen. a. 26, 27. ) Second- ly, for him that bath continued is in and preferved our being ; for providence is a renewed creation. Thirdly,for himwho ha h railed us up, or preferred us, and done us good all our dayec. In which fenfe the word is tired ( I Sam. 12.6. ) AndSamuel faid unto the people, it is the Lard that advanced Mofes and Aaron. We put in the Marbin, made Mofes, &c. it isthis word, he made v, , He is a prelsurnalel4Fcaan; them great, and put them in thole high places of Government and fi..` ": :: ;;,,,n :7,Hell" Trutt. The Lord is he that makethmen in this fenfe. We fay part,cip-i,r commonlyof aman that is advanced to fome great place, made man ; and on the contrary, of a man chat is thrown down, okinuit: de deo 1guuntur He is an undone man. God giveth us a beinc, , and a bodily fa- brick, he proteas us in our being,he advanceLus to awe l-being, pro- in all we may call him, and call upon him as our Makgr.And when men would unmake us, that is , opprefs and undo us , then modoplurali- we fhould fay infaith,where is Game. maker ? who once gave us life,and hath fence lifted us up from thesates of death,andput n:Oint;::- into a good condition. Many are crying out upon, and pofribly, tl'Itt Etc- fome railing and raging at men,but who faith ( in the fenfe ope- ned ) lfbere is God mymaker ? him quando de There is one thing further confiderable in the Grammar of the roae;; Clehtez; Text.The Hebrew isplural, or a plural with a finpular;as. (gen.'. a .) In the beginningGod created : The word E/ohirn,rendred God, is plural ; The word Bara,created, fingular. Thus here, where i3 God my makers? Mr Broughton tranflares , Where is the puiffant nontliff:afri: my makers. I pnight fpend much time in Chewing the cr nreut of no. Druf: feveral Scriptures in that poynr. 7ofhuafaid to she people, (who yid: Meru promifed and engaged to ferve the.Lord)ye cannot ferve the Lord. .:,:uebilfeHe'cl eerbu.nd e r Why could they not ? the reafon follow le s ; For he an Holy God, (Mo. 24. 19. ) The Hebrew flri&ly is, God ho/yes he. Thus the c,rit7NNnz Pi ophet expreffeth it, ( Ifet. 54, 5....) Thy makers is thy husband. Solomon! admonition runs in the fame plural fiile, ( Eccl. 1 2. I.) =,ttr[p Remem K - 81 ti
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