Chap. z 3. AnExpofition upon the Book of Jos. Verf. i z. 405 and the foolifhnefs of God is wifer than men. . Man hath knowledge, but dàth ratan know as God ? Man knoweth not as God knoweth, if we co.i ider either the matter or manner of knowledge. Man knoweth but fome'parts and pieces of things ; God knoweth all things : Man knoweth but n-npart, God knoweth fully : Man knoweth one thing by ano- ther, he muff beat out his way by argument, and know by de- monitration, defcending fometimes from the caufe tothe effect, afcending at other times from the effeCt to the caufe : But God knoweth all things in themfelves Heknows by immediate intui- tion : He feeth caufes in themfelves, not by their effects, and he feeth the effefts in themfelves and not from theircaufes. Man is jult. There are juil men : But is any man jult as God ? Oh the exa£Inefs of the jufticeof God ! There is no errourin,his judgment, he will give to every man according to his work. Where's the man. that gives to any man according to his works ? Man is merciful : but is he merciful as God ? Hath man fuck a ftock of mercy as he ? Hath man mercy forever ? Hathman multitudes of mercies ? Mans mercies are cruelties compared with the mercies of God. Man is patient : but is hepatient as God. ? ifGod had nomore patience than man, or then all men and Angels too,his patience would be fpent out in one day, it would not lait one hour, amongft fomany (innings and provocations, among (inningsafter fo many warnings. Man hath love : but lothhe love as God loveth ? fo freely ? fo fully ? fo conftantly ? fo without ends and deigns upon thofe he loves? Our,love is hatred compared with the love of God. What íhould I fayof the power, of the holinefs, of the faith- fulnefs, of the bounty of God ? What of every thing that is attributed unto God? he is fo excellent in every one, that heis all excellency. Thirdly; There is an excellency in the worksof God; what God is in Being, the fame he is in working. He is (lfa.28.2g. ) wonderful in counfel , and excellent in working. Excelle it in working, becaufeexcellent in being.. Exod. t5.7. !lathegreat- nefsof thine excellency thou hail overthrown them that rofeup a- gainft thee. (Deut.33.26,) There is none.like the God of 3efurttn ('tla _..
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