loo The fidi Hooke of Diuinitie, CH A r.4 the Náme of I E rt o v A ri our God. Lastly , hither doe belonghis gloric us and magnifi- cent workes, done(as we fay) againfl thehayre,and con- trarie to all meanes,yea,to the very courfe ofnature,that all men may know,. that nature is nothing elfe but that order which God hath fet in things, &which he altered' and changeth at his pleafure. x Ezechiae fickreffe, by courfe of nature , was incurable : for it is noted to haue beene deadly : and the Prophet told him as from the Lord,7hou canfl not liue.But his power ouer- tnaflred the firength of the difeafe. Hee renscoueth Y viiountaines, fo as men cannot difcerne fo much as a flep of them , when het oaserturneth them in hie wrath:he!baketb the earth out od'her place,t hatthe very Pillert thereof tremble.%Athie rebuke he dryethvp the Sea ,andmaketh thefloods a Defart; euen then when they are in their prime : As bee did to a Jordan in the full Spring-tide, when his courts was to ouerflow all the Banker, The Earthhowponderous an Element it is, how groffe and heauie ! yet , as if it were lighter then lightneffe it felfe and not fo much as the weight of a Fether,bhefiret chah it vpon emptineffe,andbanged; it ?Ion nothing.Waters,whichnatur Illy feeke down-wards, and the ragingof the Sea,his mightie Word fo brid1cth,that thongh it be farre higher then the Earth, it Cannot euer- flow it ; c onely becaufe he bath fer his decree as a barre anda doublegate aeainfl it, laying, Hither fhalt thou come, and nofurther, andherefhall the Shore fet itfelfe againfl the pride of thy wanes How loth the Prophet d admire the excellencie cf the Sunne, which .cornmeth forth as a Gy- ant to run his courfe ! yet at his commandement it hath flood `- í1ill; yea , ( which is a wonder for to fpeake) at the requef{ ofa mortal1 man he hath made it goe f back- wards. What more natural), then fire to burne, which he notwithflanding , as the Lord ofi:atute,hathfochanged, that in a hot g burning-Furnace, heated fehen times,not fo much as a hagreof his Seruants head was touched,nor a shred. y lob9,5,6. z fay 50.2. a lofh,345,16. b lob 26.7o s lob 38.10,1 1. d Ffai.r9,6. e lofr.ro,t;. f 2.kings zQ. Yo,iz. g Dag. 3=
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