Chap. 26. - ExPfition up tbe Bok f JO& veri.7 759 Secondly. . g 4Clin doe the rt4ttj thingo without an vs:1;bl( meant:. This worke ofGod in hanging the earth as it doth, is to be tiumbred among the greateR works that ewer he ; and thus fe hags without any the leaft appearing means to hold it up.There are three arguments given inScripture of the mighty power, of God. Firft, That he works by fmall, even the frnalleft meares, we have reafon co wonder wheneffeds exceed al vilible caufest35 it fbewes the great power ofGod when he ftops great means from doing any thing; when he caufeth men to labour in the very fire, th-it is,to toy I and fweat themfelves to the turnoff for very vsni- ty, that is,without any hoped for ifrue or adva-tlge.Some labour in the fire for very vanity, becau(e all they get by their labours is worth norhing; but others may be (aid t3 labour in the fire for very vanity. b,caufe with all their labours they rail get no:hing. And this is of she .Lra', this is an eff:et of the Lords power to make the power of a man,in the ufe and improvement of the Mt and choyceft meanes,ineffeet ual.So on the other fide ir is a great magnifyingof the power of God, when by a little power put 4' forth by the hand of a weake infLument, he pxoduceth great ef- {eds. The Apoftle Yaws brings it in with a behold (Cha.3,5. ) Behold, howgreat a treater a lath fi,e kinelleth!When great mat- ters are door by (mall meanes, we have rcafon to clew' and cry up the power of God. Secondly, It argues the great power of God when he doch great things by means that are improbable, or that kern no way futable to filch an end ; as Chria cured blindneffe with clay and fpittl,t,which meanes had no futableneffe to loch an end, the cu. ring of blindoeffe ; The means ufed to cure ..,V.zszman had no lu- tableneffe for fuch a cure ; and Nanonail was fo fenfible ofit,that hew,is very angry with the Prophet a bout it, as if his leprofie could be cured by fo flight a thing as that war; he thought he would have done it with fome ceremony nor in an extraordinary way;yet this Chewed that the cure was wrought by a divine pow- er, becaufe it was wrought by fo improbable an application. As the powerof God appears in doing great things by final means, to by doing great things by unlikely names. Thirdly,
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=