Chap. io. An Expofition upon the Book of J O B, VerG I i. 517 reafoa to invent, hands to prepare, and a tongue to call for thole things, which by a Law of nature are impofed upon other creatures ; the power of reafon, and the skill of the hand are a better fafeguard to man then any the beafls have, and can pro- vide whatfoever man wants to fecure him either from cold, or danger. And though the body, as now it flands, be but (as it were) the fepulchre of that which God at firfl created, though we lie open to fo many difeafes and deaths, that the foul may well be laid to inhabitan unwalled, and an unfortified City, yet man bath great caufe for ever to extol the bounty of God in thole flat continued ennoblements of this earthly manfion, his mortal body. Yea, the noble flrudure and fytnnetr.yof our bo- dies, invitesour fouls not only to thankfalnels, but to admirati- on. One of the Ancients fti.leth man a. great miracle. Another,. The miracle of miracles :. A third, The meafiere, of all things : A fourth, Thepattern ofthe unierfe, the worlds epitome, The world in a fmall volume,or a little world. They allo, have diftinguifhed the whole frameof the body, into three ftories,- in alliGon to a like frame obfervable in.the world. Firll, the fuperiour, which they call intellectual or angelical, becaufe they conceived it to be the habitation of. Angels or Intelligences. The fecond or middle part they call celcttial or heavenly,the feat of the Sun and Staffs. The third, Elementary, in which all corporeal crea- tures are procreated and nourifhed. This divifion of the world is eminent in man, for he alto is a building of three flories. The head, which is the feat of reafon, the manGon, the tower- ofwif -. dom and underftanding, is placed higheft.: the breit or, middle venter is the celefliai part, wherein the heart, like the Sum,: is, predominant ; force have.calkd theSun, The heart of the World; and the heart, The Sun of mans body, by whole lufire, beams and influences, all the other parts are quickned and retreated ; hence we fay., when the heart fades all fails, and while the heart holds,, all holds. The third part of the body, or the lower venter con taining all parts i eceffary for the nutrition ofindividuals, or the propagation of the fpecies, carrieth, a,cleare refemblance with .the elementary or the lowell parts of the.univerfe. There are five things in particular, which as fo many round'sof ladd r,'may help. us to,raife our thoughts higher.. in the duty.of, holy admiration about this work of God. Firft, That-Godfraineth up this goodly and beautiful fabrique out
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