442 Chap. 3'. An Expoftion upon the Book! of J o B. Verf.t 5; Mofes thus defcribes the creationofman (Gen.2.7.) The Lord godformedman ofthe duff of the ground, and breathed into his no/ rills the breath oflife : andmanbecame a living foule. Now what God did then immediately,heBoth Rill by manes. Do not thinke that God made man at firft, and thatever fince menhave made one another. No ( faith lob) he that made mein the womb made him, DavidWill enforme us ( Pfal. 13 9. i4. ) I am fear- fully and wonderfully made, marvellous are thyworkes, &c. As if be had fayd Lord I amwonderfully made, and thou haft made me, I am a part or parcel of thymarvellous workes, yea the Bre- viat or Compendium ofthem all. The frame ofthe body (much more theframe of the foule , molt of all the frame of the new creature in the foule) is Gods worke, and it is a wonderfull worke of God. And therefore David couldnot fatisfie himfelfe in the bare affirmation of this, but enlargeth in the explication of it (v. r 5. ) My fubfance was not bidfrom thee when Iwas made in ferret, and curio,:fly wrought in the lowed parts of the earth. Thine eyes didfeemyfubftance yet beingunperfeït, and in thy books all my members were written, which in continuance were fafhioned, when as yet there was none ofthem. David Cooke no notice of fa- ther or mother , but afcribed the whole efficiency ofhimfelfe to God. And indeedDavidwas as much made by God as Adam and fo is every fon ofAdam. Though we are begotten andborne ofour earthly parents, yet God is the chiefe parent and the only fafhioner ofus all. Thus gracioufly fpake 7acob to his Brother Elam , ( Gen. 3 3.5.) demanding , who are thefe with thee And he fayd, Thechildren which God bath gracioufly given mee. Therefore as the Spirit of God warnes ( 100. 3. ) Know ye that the LordWClod, it u he that bath made us and not we our ¡elves. Which as it is true efpecially of our fpirituall making, fo 'cis true alloof our naturals. And if fo, Then, Firft , Give glory to God and acknowledge his hand in the framingofyour bodyes; And know that as your beauty is from him, fo are your very blemifhes. The faults and errataes that are in nature, came not without a divine order, they are not meerely accidentals but appoynted. Secondly, Take heedofpride in beautie or in any natural! ac- complifhments ; what haft thou that thou haft not received ? is true ofbodyly endowments as wel as fpirituall, and doch equally
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