5 t:$ Cl an. to. din Expofitiots upon theBook of J O &. Verf, i öùtof fuch mean and improbable materials. To confider out of what .fluff our bodies are made, advanced) the honour of him who made us. Man can make his work (except the form) no better then the matter out of which he formed) it. But as the form` of mans body is better then the matter, to the matter be- comes better then it was, before it.received that form. "'Secondly, The matter out of which God maketh man is origi- nalty homogeneal, or but of one kind, yet there is a ftrange he- terogeny or variety in the very fubftance, as well as in the thape of the feveral parts which are therefore divided by the furvaiers of this building, .into parts.iìmilar and ddlïmilar. Is it not incredible to meet reafon, that one lump thould be fpred out into thin, tender skin, wrought into loft flefh, ex- tended into tough finews, hardned into ttrong bones; that one piece thould make an outward jerkin or.caffock of skin, an under garment of flefh, columns and rafters of bones, bands and ties offinews that the fame fhouldmake veins likechannels to .carry, and blood like water to be carried into every part tomoiflen and refreth it'? When an Artificer buildeth houle, tie requires more materials thenone, he mutt have ftones and timber, iron, $uomodo es re lead, &-c. to compleat his fabrique o but the Lord frameth all tontuta fibs the parts, rooms and contrivances of the body out Of one and fimili, taviva the fame mals..Thou deft not know (faith Solomon) how the bones via (g di f c re- do grow in the womb o f ber that is with childe çEcclef. t 1 /5.) Fames Farces Who can know by a meet rational demonttration, how a fond emtiterunt,hæc fubltance:fhouldgrow out of that which is fo fluid ? And that pofetio eßfiu- parts materially, as well as figuratively . unlike should arife out of Fends am ino Y 9 opificr nnfhi a like matter %spientia t9 Thirdly, The work ofGod in theframing ofman is internal, yr rd gutegutd as well as external. A ftatuary, or an engraver will make the iendum, image or,pourtraiture of a man, but his work is all outward, he Merl. cannot make bowels, or fashion a heart within, he cannot cut out veins, bones and finews. The greateft wonders of creation are unfeen. Godbath packt many rarities, mysteries, yea, mira- cles`together'irt mans cheft. All the vital inftrumentsand wheels, whereby the watchof our life is perpetually moved from the firft hour to the tali, are locked up in a curious internal cabinet, where God 'himié1f prepared the pulleys, hung on the weights, and wound up the chime by 'the hand of his infinite power, withoút opening ofany part. As our own learned Ana-
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