806 Chap. 26. AnExpofition upon the BaokeefJ O B. Vert t 3, Earthly Princes thew their power in their boils and armyes ; of what power God is both his as and his boils aboundantlya de- clare. And as there creatures are the armyesor hoft of God in heaven and earth, fo they are the Adornings and Garnifhirags of heaven and earth. ¡o6 in this place fpeakech only of the former, By kWSpirit be bath garnifbed the heavens. Onely here take notice, that forne expound the word Spirit, for thewinde which bloweth in the ayre, and fo render the text thus ;By bis winde begarni/betb the beavens;As if this were 7 bs meaning,that God fending forth the windes difpelleth and fcat- tereth chofe clouds, foggs, and mitts, which often cover the face of the heavens,and hinder our beholding their glom and gar ni(hings. According to this interprets:ion the garnilbing of the heavens is nothing elfe but the removingofthat which obfcureth the Garnifhing of therta.And it is true,that when the heavens are msakc over with clouds and darkneffc. God by the winds dea- reth the ayre,and fo reneweth the faceofchofe heavenly bodyes. But I paffe by this, and (hall onely infift upon the former expo- fitionofthere words, as being more linable with Yalu (cope, snd moreexpreffive of the power and Glory ofGod, in the great things which he bath wrought for us. By his Spirit hegarne/6eth t :e heavens. Hence learne. Firrt3we ought yoyntly to acknowledge andgiveglory to the Fa= Cher, Sun, and Spirit, in the werke of Creation. Soloman in his advice to the young man faith ( ec l: 12, r. ) '.'2`11i11Z Remensber thy creators in th, days of thyyouth ; We tranflate in c earorum two the fingular number, creator, but the Hebrew isplural, Creators; rumMyfferium intimating the myfteryofthe HolyTrinity;as Moles alfo is con- Sar.ífaTrinita- ceived,to doe in that plural expreffion ( Gen: 1 26.) And trod Pifc: faid, let its make man in our imageafter our likenefs.Arid though this be added in a way of F,minency,when the particular creation of man is let downe, yet we are to underfland it fo gererailyof the whole worke of Creation; and as of the worke of Creation, fo of all other divine works towards the creature Redemption is the workeofche Father and ofthe Spirit as wel as elcheSon,and fandificacion is the wortceof the Father and oftheSon as wel as of the Spirit. The threeperlons worke together,only they have a
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