442 Chap. s o. An Expofition upon the gook of J O B. Verf3a bimfelf or any other man ; all men being the work of Gods. yea hands. The word which we tranflaté work, ftriCfly taken, fgni Proprte lobo- fies hard work, extream labour,. labour with wearinefs. Here un rem drnem pan- g' derfiand it in a large Lnfe for God works not to wearinefs. 'And. dam inefftci_ when after he had tìnifhed the whole work of creation, it is laid endo opere de- by Mofes ( Gen. 2. 2. ) That he relied on the feventh day, fr(tni ootat, n quo a!! the work which he hadmade. The meaning is only this, hegave bs amptiffca- over, or ceafed to work, not that -his work put him to any pain or NV. laced of raft. But why is man called, The work of Gods hands ? Hath Gods (who is a Spirit) hands, or any bodily parts ? By an ordinary figure in Scripture, hands and feet, eyes and eaxs,are afcribed unto God. He is therefore laid to have hands,be- caufe he works.,not becaufe he works with hands. The hand is the- inf}rument of work. Philofophers call it, The Organ o( Organs man is called, The work of Gods hands, becaufe the hand is mans, inftrument in working. Now, whereas man-is called,The work of Gods hands, it imports three things. Firít, An immediety in the work, or an immediate work. God made man himfclf without any help. Secondly, An exaCtnefs in the work, the workproclaims an ac- curate Author., the work ofthy hands, a fpecial piece ofwork, No hand but thine could make fuch a piece. Thirdly, It. notes the fulnefs and compleatnefs of the work, a work confummate and perfca, having, the laft hand put tcx it. Man is the work of Gods hands in all and each of theta (Arles. Heaven is called a building of God,. an boufe not made with hand, (2 Cor. 5.r.) Man is a buildingof God, and. he is the work of Gods hands, yet God made man without hands, as much as he . nude heaven without hands. The hand of God implies two things ; The power of God 2. The wifdom God- Man is the work of both, For the invifble things of him from She creation of the world are clearly feet', being underffood by 'The things that are made, even his eternal power andGodhead. Now if the beams and beauty of the divine nature be vifible.in all that was created, then muchmore in man, who 'lithe epitome or fum of all that was created. ïfólher.
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