Chap. 19. An Expoftion upon the Bookof J O B. Verf. 27. 393 There is no difficulty to omnipotency. You aske how the fame bodie can be reftoredH aske how the firft body was created ? Tell me howGod created heaven and earth out of nothing ? So that as the Apoftle fpeakes (Heb. r r 3.) Things*which arefeene, were not made of things which doeap peace : Howwere thefe things done ? Ifyou argue by reafon, you'will be pos'd and graveld in there as well as in that other ; yea , you will beat a wall , andnot able to anfwer above that which is ordinary, and every day done, and (hall continue to, be done in all the Generations ofmen ( Solomon' puts the qua Rion Ecclef r r. 5.) Tell me how the bones grow in the wombofher that is with childe : canyou tell how the childe is framed ? thou canft not give an account of thy owne production, nor finde out the worke of God in forming the body ? how then canft thou tell me ? or how can I tell thee the worke of God in ray- ring the body ? or how the bones ofthe dead grow a.gaine in the wombeof the earth ? or how that fcattered mingled dull is fe- vered and recollet±ed toeach proper body ? I mutt fap as David, (PJaI. 139. 6.) Such knowledge is too wonderful)for me,it is high, 1 cannot attaine unto it ; or as he at the r4th verle of the fame Pfalme concerninghis making ; we are fearefully and wondroufly made, marvellous are thy works, o cod.A.nd muff conclude about this poynt of the refurrection as the Apoftle begins about the 'creation ( Heb. I I. 3.) As throughfaith we underfland that the worlds wereframed, fo that the body of man (hall be railed by the wordof God. Therefore as to the manner how fuch things are dòne,we muff have recourfe only to theAlmighty powerofGod to the All- powerful) God, who is able tofubdue all things to him- felfe. Mine eye [hall behold and not another. Though my reins be confumed within tne. I toucht upon the interpretation o£ this claufe before, as it fuites with that pariage, verf. 26. Though after my skin, wormer deflroy this bogie, and though my reins be confumed within mee. Though I be totally confumed, skin without, and reins with- in, yet notwithflanding believe that I (hall rife and fee God. Thus it was joynedwith the firlt words of the 26th verle , to (hew the triumph of faith over all dfficulcies that lye in the way ofthe refurrection. In this fence I have done with it al- E e e teadie
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