Chap. i o. An Expofrtion upon the Bookof J O B. Verf 3. 443 When lob puts the queflion, Is it goodunto thee to defpife the Alto ar, i men ,3Vork of thy hands ? he alludes to artificers, who havingmade an rornjuargvme çé excellent.piece, will.not deflroy or break it in pieces, no, they are De auftrq very tender of their work, yea, they are apt to boaft and grow quedarzacer proudof it. The iniliti of nature teaches us to love, not only fuaopee sma- that which is our own by natural produf}ion, but that all() which reTotem. is our own by artificial conception or operation. Indeed if a man /{sere. make a mean,or an unworthy piece, hedelpifes it ; fuch work alit- commends the workman, and he will break or burn it,rather then let it be made publick to the publifhing of his own weaknels or nnskilfuinefs. Man was the .mailer -piece of the whole vifible Roc corpus Creation. Man was made (not as other creatures) to have a being mew, in only,but that he might be in the likenefs of God,andbear his image. me:::,;(75,,`";;:,; The Lord needs not be ashamed of, neither Both he defpife any d part of his work,rnuch lets this,which is the bell and nobieft part farmafli, de- of his work. Hence oblerve in general, (fines Man is the workof God. All ofman, man throughout, is the work of God. The fabrick of his body is Gods work./ am fearfully, aidwonderfullymade,faith David, marvellous are thy works, and that my foul knometh right well ; myfubfiance was no thidfrom thee, when Iwas made inferret, &c: In thy book all my members were written, which in continu- ance were fafhioned, when as yet there was none of them (PfaI. 1.39.14, 150 A skilful Architeá before he builds, draws a model, or givesa draught of thebuilding in his book, cr upon a table ; there he will thew you every room and contrivance : in his book ' are all the parts of the building written, whileas yet there are n )ne of them, or before any of them are framed and let up. Inal,- lufion to ArchiteCfs and other Artifans, David /peaks of God, lu 0 book mereall my members written ; that is, Thou haft made me as exactly , as if thou hadft drawn my feveral members, and my whole proportion with a pen or penfil in a book , before thou wouldeti adventure to form me up. The Lord nies no book, no pen to decipher his work. He had the per - fed Idaa of all things in himfelf from everlafting, But he may well be faid to work as bypattern, whore work is the moft perfell p.zttern. As the body, fo the foul of man is the workof Godshand too. His power and wifdomwrought it, and work mightily in it. In regard of bodily fubliance , the moll inferiour creatures claim L I I a kindred
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