822 Chap. 26. AnExpofition upon the BsckofJ O B. Vert 14. reaion is becaufe what ever is laid ofthe wayes, and workes of 'God is to difcover God, rather then to difcover them, To (peak of the earth and feas, ofthe ayre and fire, of thunder and light- ning of the heavens and liarres, is nor an rxtollir,g of the works ofGod, but an extolling of God inand for his workes. Hence note. The works of godJbould lead ue toad him/ale. Our fludy of the creature fbould be to gain a clearer light and knowledge. of the Creator, There are many expreflion:, -end :.m- p., ffiens of God upon the things which he hath made,& a ne. vet fee them awe (night,ti l in them we lee their mak °r.Acr ri- cal eye lookes upon a pi$ure, not fo much to fee the colours or the paint, as to ducerne the skil and workmanflip of chi, Painter or Limner,vea Tome (as the Apofile (peaks in reference to ale) have fences fo exercifed about AOartificialr,that theywill read the Artijit name in the forme and exquifiteneffc of his art ; An Apollo' or a Michael Angelo needs not put his name to his worke, his work proclaimeshis name to thofe who are judi- cious beholders of fuch kinde ofworks: How much more (as the PfaLtnift fpcakes) ilea thenone of god ù acere, doe hie wendr, tea world (bothofcreation and providence) declare to all difcreete beholders? that which the eye and heart of every godly man is chiefly upon,is to findout andbeholdThename, that is, the wif dome,power and goodneffe ofGod in all his works,both of cre- ation and providence ; Ic were better for us never to enjoy the creature, then not to enjoy God in it ; and it were better for us not to fee the crearnre, then not to have a fight ofGod in it And yet whenwe havePeen the molt ofGod which the creature canPhew us, we have reafon to fay, how little a portion i4 feenecf him ? and when we Save heard the molt of God that can be re- ported to us from the creation we have reafon to fay,as 74here Both, h w little a p trier ie beard ofhim ? and to conclude as he doch this verfe andChapter. B sc the theender ofhis power whocan uuderftand ? This thunder ofbra power, may be taken, F,tts,Scrietly, and in the letter for natural thunder; for, even that
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