Chap. 28. an Expofition upon the Book, of J o a. Verf. 79. 2g3 of it ? Man is as backward to take up high thoughts of the wifdon of God, as heir forward to have btgb thoughts of his own. Oar lit- tle is much inoar own eyes , And Gods Great, yea, infinite, is but little in our eyes. Fourthly, From the large and gradual(Catalogue or Invento- ry of there precious things here given in. Note ; god bath made force things in nature more excellent then others, Gold and'semms have not only a reputed worth, from the phancies men, but an in inherent one beyond iron and common Bones. The creatures are dïfpoled into feveral formes, and have as their fpecifical differences,grounded in their nature and kinds, fotheir gradual differences, groundedin their better qualities and properties , though theybe of the fame kind. 14 fpeaks of Gold four times in this context, and every time with force addi- tionof Excellency. We have here, fiat Gold alone ( v. i s,) fe- condly, the Gold ofOphir, (v, 16.) thirdly, Feffe orfine Gold (v. r7.) fourthly pure Gold (v.19.) which though they differ not in nature, yet in degree they do. So among grain or corn, not only doth wheat differfrom rie or barley; but wheat differs fromwheat in goodnefs. Not only doth one fione di far from another, as a peble from a Pearl or a Topaz, but one Pearl or Topaz differs from another. Not onlyas the Apofile faith(' Cor, t5. 40.) `/Ire there Cele(lial bodyes and bodies terrefirial ,and the glory of theceleflialis one,aad theglory of the terreflrial is another Rut among thecelefiial bodyes, there are feveral glorycs. As the Apotile exemplifies in the followingverfe(v. 41. ) There is one glory of theSun, anotherglory of the Moon, and another glory of theStars, for one Star differetb from another Star in glory. And the learned Afironomers have oblerved fix differences in the glory of the Stars. This is anexperienced truth in the higheïi fpecies or fort of vifible creatures, Man ; for not only do all men differ from beafis, as all have the fame endowment of rea- fon; but one man differs from another in a better improvement of reafvn. God hath made one man to differ from another in wifdom, inparts, in power , in riches ; man differs from man in internal's, and in exrernalls, yea, not only is there a difference among men, as natural and civil , but as fpiritual and holy. O o z Not
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