68 Chap.. 3 =; . gA; EpiatianH eepax the e,f s. Verf. so. It is good then to fay, God is my maker, a.-id I am the work of his hands, thereforehe,will take careof me, anddeliver me out of the hand of any opprelfors. Thereare live duties which arife from thisC deraraDn,thar God is cast Maker. Firft, We ( hould highly efleem and be thankfull for this benefit, our making. Se- condly, We thould be Confident that he who bath made us will Inefe;ve us. Thirdly, Weihou%d patiently lubmit to him, when he-afflit`teth us himfelf,orPuffers others to zfflid us.Fourthly,We (Mould give him glory, by believing that he will take care of us in, or deliver us out of all our futferings and afëlid}ions. Fifthly, We thould not think nor fpeak hardly of God , becaufe he bath madeus fubjea: to tryals, and the exercife of patience ; neither thould we take it ill, that he bath made others fo high or great, that they have power to opprefs us. In all thefe refpeós, we thould look to God our maker, andneither murmure at, nor be ai.taid in a day ofafflielion. The Lord himfelf poynts us to than, Ifa. 51. t 2, t 3.) Who art thou that thoufhouldeft be afraid ofa man that (hall dye, andof the fon of man which fhall be made as graffe, and forgetteft the Lord thymaker ? It is good in time of atflidion to remember God in all our relations,and in this, asoar mal¿er,in a three-fold making of us. Firl , M our maker in ana- rural capacity, that is, ashe bath made thefe bodies of ours; we may plead faith and urge the Lord to take care of and preferve our'bodyes, becaufe heha, h made them ; prefcrvation is anadof providence, and p-evidence fçlloweth creation. Secondly, As our maker in a civil capacity, that is, as he bath made us rich or poor, high or low in the world, or in any worldly enjoyments. Pharaoh that great Dragon, lying in the midi+ of the rivers, laid, (F.ze . 29. 3.)My rF t er is noireown, and Ihave made it for my felf. But grace reached)us to fay otherwife ; if we are rich or firong, God bath made us fo; if our river be broad and deep, full and over - flowing, Cod bath ,trade it fo ; and ifwe are poor, and weak, if our river be narrow and [hallow, empty.and dry, God hash made it fo ; and who t}tall fay to him, Why haft thou made it fo? That God is the maker of our crof3e,fhould make us quiet under ir. Thirdly,A godly man thould look to God in afflieci- on, as his maker in a fpiritual capacity ; I do not mean as he bath made ,our fpirirs, but as he hath made us fpiritual , or as we are Eris workwanPhip, ( that's the Apoíi les word ) created in Chri ft 7e- fral
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