I Of the rvf nExpojition c rea ton. J hlth decreed and fer downe all things how A the good meanes appointed for that end. As, 'they flull be;thcrefore I will vfe no meanes, when Chrill: faid to dead L•z.•ruJ , L•z.<ruJ, Ioh.u. but liue as I lill:: nay rather wee mull: fay the ,.,,fmb ,hee arofe & came forth olbis graue ... contrarie ; becaufe God h1th decreede this though bound hand and foot : fo when rh: thing or that to beedone: therefore I will ,.fe Lord fp~akes to our dead heart· byhis word the meanes which God hath' appointed to and fp1m, wcefhall rife forth ofthe grauesof bnng the fame to pa!fe. ?ur finncs and corruptions. In the creation of Now followes theCrwi••,which is nothing the grcatworld,God laid, Let there be light els but a workofthe bleffed Trinity , forming and prefently darkene£1<: gaue place: ~nd th~ and framing his creatures which were not befame he can doe to the litle world, that is. to fore, and that of nothing. The pointstobe man.We arc by nature darkenes and let God knowne concerning the creation are many. but fpeake tO OUr blind Vnderll:a'ndings our The lirfl:, is the thing by which God did begin ignorance !ball depart, and wefhall be i~lighand linifhthe creation. And we mufl: vnder· tened with the knowledge of the true God & frand th1t at the lirll: God made all things ofhis will:as P ••Ifaith,GodthAt comm•mledrh• .z.Cor. without any infhument or meanes, & nor al ligiltto fhint out ofd•r*•••Jfo, u h1 which h•th.fhi. .,.cs. men doe which bring ro pa!fe their bufiACS by B neJ;,. •MT~e.crts, t~gifltlhe light of the knowledge Pf>l.l48, feruams and he!pes, butonely by hisword & ofthtglomofGodr~tbtf•ce •f !efor Chrijl. .commandement; as the Pfalmill:tai:h,Ht eo,. S~condly,God made all creatures,without S• m~nded,, •nde~O tbi",ll \\Jere m.t.J~. In rhc beginmouon, labour, or defatigation: for his very Gen.J·3· ningGod faid, Ltt thertbe liglor,and there was ~iddingof the worke to be done,was the dolight: and by the fa!"< meanes was 1hecreati· tng of it. And thi1 thing no creature can doe, on of euery creature following. The very 1 but God onely, though vnto .Ad•, labour power of the word and comrrpundement of was with out paine before the fall. God was fuch, as by it that thingwas made& Thirdly, the mmer and the lirli beginning ha<l a beeing, which before wasnot.It may be ofall creatures was nothing. that is,all things demanded,what word thiswasby whichGod were made,whe as there was nothing whcrof is taid to make all things. A•f"· The word they might be made, as P••' faith, Goduileth Ro_111•4• ofGod inScriptureistaken three waies: for tho(e thingJ whichbenor,.uthoMgh tht!"'"'·And 11~ the fubfrantial word,for the foundingor writ· mdecde in the lirfr creation, all things mull be ten word,forthe operatiue orpowerful word. made either of the e!fencc ofGod, or ofnoThe fitbll:antial word,is the fecood perfon bethiAg t but acreatureca~not bee made of the gottenofrhdubllance oft!Jc Father. •Now c effen~eofGod,for itbath no parrs,it is not di. howfoeuer it betrue, thatGod the Father did Ulfil:Jic,andthereforeGod madeall things that createall things by his word, that is, by his were madeoutofhimfelfeor his own efl<:nce: Sonne : yet doth it not feeme to beetrue that theconclufion then is, thatthc framingofthe by thefe words[q,Jf•i4 , Letthert be, this or creatures in the beginning, was not of any that]thu the Sonne is meant. For that word matter, but ofnorhing,becaufe beforethe erewhich God gauc out in the creation was in ation, out ofGod there was nothing. This time,whereas the Sonneis the word ofthe Famuft teach vs to humble our felues. Many ther before all times: and againe, it is a word there bee that ll:and vpon their anccflours : common to the three perfons equally, where. but let them here lo~ke whence they came as the Sonoe is the word of the Father onely. lirfr,namely' as,Abro~...uith ofhimfelfe,•f Furthermore, it is not like that it was any d•ft ••d •fh''· And what wasthisdufl & a!hes founding word !hndingof Ic1ters & tlllables, madeofl furelyofnothing: wherefore euery and vttcred to the creatures after the vfuall mans firfl: beginning is of nothing. Well manner ofmen, that was theca~feofthem: it thcn,fuch men, as arecaried away with their remaincsthereforc that all things were made pedigree anddefcent, ifthey Iooko well vnto by the operatiue word , which is nothing but D ir,they lhal find fmal caufe toboafror bragge: Hcb,1,3, the pbfure, will, and appointment ofGod,& And this confideration ofour firfr beginning, is more powetfull to bring athing to pa{fe , mull mooue vs to true humiliation in our then all the meanes in tilt world befide. For felues. Gods<villing ofany thing, is his effectingand Fourthly, God in framing his creatures indoing of it. And this is prooued by v.. ;d the beginning made them good; yea. very P(sl.33• when hec fJ.ith, Het JP4k.! the word,andthe] wtre good-Now the goodoes ofthe creaturets no6,9• m4dt:heCtJt»mVJded~& rbey werecreAred.Hence thingclfe, butthe perfect eftateof rhecreawe mull: take out a fpecialllefion, needefull to ture.wherby it wasconformableto the will & be learned of euery man. Looke what power minde ofthe Creatorallowingand approuing God vfed and !hewed in making the creatures ofit,whenhe had made it: for acreatureis not when they were not ,the fame power he doth lirfrgood,and thenapproouedof God: but can and will thew forth in re-creating and re.. becaufe it is approoued cf God, thereofit is deeming Ctnfull men bythe precious blood of good. But wherein, will Come fay,_ frands Chrifr. By his word hec created mans heart this goodnes ofthe creature:? /t~nfrt~tr,tnthree P(al.fl• when it was not;and he can and will aseafily thing>. I. in the comeline!fe, beautie and glo- >0. create invs al new heart$ feedally whC we vfe rie of euer~ worke in his l,ind both in forme and
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