440 Chap. 23. Expcfìtion upon the Bcck of 'JO B. V erf. r 3. L3fily, When it is laid, Whatfoever ki foarle drftreth, even that .he doth,or more dole to the Or:ginall, He degreth, He doth. We learne, Thar, It is as eafie with Cod to doea thing, ,te to deftre to have it done. All m_would toe what their foules defire, but molt men de- ,fire that which they cannot doe ; yea though men have a deli re todoe a thing, and apower to doe it alto, yet it is not fo foone doneas dot "t: ed, there muff be a preparation and the ale ofmeans beforeman can doe what he bath a power to do ; fo that though a man bath power proportionable to his defire, yet he is not prefently a partaker ofhis defire.But God can make his power as fpeedy as his defire. He can make the declarationof his will, and the execution ofit contiguous. For though many things lye long in the will ofGod before theyare done, & what he willed from .eternity is done in tune,.& the time ofdoing it be yet a great way off, yet becan doe any thing as loon as will it, and whatfoever he willeth or defireth, is, to him, asdone already. (`P1104 3o.) Thou fendeffforth thy Spirit, they are created. The creation there fpoken ofis providence,for that is a continued creation. The fiat .creation was the produ&ion of all thingsout of nothing to that being which they had, but there is another worke ofcreation which is the continuing or renewingofthings in their being,and ofthis he faith; Thou fendefforth thy Spirit, that is, thy power, they are created, and thou renewefl the face of theearth. Thouma- kett a newworld ; And thus God makes a newworld every year, fending forth his Spirit, or quickning power in the rain, and Sun to renew the faceof the earth. And as the Lord ferds forth his power in providenciall mercies, fo in providencial! Judgements. He looketb onthe earth and it trenn6lrtb ; He toucheth the hill, and they fmoake (ver. 3 z.) A man can loon give a call with his eye, fo loon can God fluke theearth, that is, either the whole saaffe ofthe earth, or the inferior fort ofmen on the earth. When he looketh, or catisan angry eye upon theearth it tremhleth. He ton- cheth the toile (that is, the powers and principalities ofthe world) and they fen'oake;Ifhe doe but touch them they fmoake, that is,the dreadfull effeas ofthe power and Judgement of Godare vifible upon them. As fooneas the Lord calls, all creatures readily ten- der their fervice, (P(al. 105. 31. 0. 34.) Hefpake, and there camo
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