Th('dc!'o:rip-~ riun <•ff.lltil. .i~--the 1-;,[hap.tb the Hebr. ·, - -·-"-~-~l-~1- I _ _:_________ _ _ _ __c__.,----...:....-- , ---~ I - ·- - , 3Jl Crc:JtUrcs ; Ice lll th~ world t<;>gcrher by the I .A acknowlcdge \\ ith the Pfai:nill, P!:ll. I r 5· ~ ; ! cares, anJonc crc:ltJ,Jre at v:tri:ln(·c and dc:ldly Our UodjittelhhJ h~rt~n.y;l!nd dorh whn:jOnn·f loh.r.J• ha~c \vith othcr;fo ~bar one creature dorh fighe lue- wi/1•." 1 tc:Jrc, ~\·ound,doHroy,:~nd critc vp:m_?:hcr. 0 z. Did rhc tor.d lu_~kC ::t~l 'th!ng.c; by hi'1 1 curfcd and damA~blc fin ne ofman, -that hath · W.rJrd 1 lcan1c 1;\'c then for 'Ot.:r u~H_ruCtio·n thn!l l fo fl 1 .amcfully difiP'dei-;cd chat hcauenly o,-der, much; Eucr when we- (ea. \Vh::tt :s Cdds -wiB wherein God crc:ltcd all.things at the b.cgin.:: concc_rniug our felucs i_h an:x troffc;ot'3i·~~~1iorl ' uing l and mifcrablc men arc \\'<i'; vrhh:h can fit Y\'h:a!ocucr; Jet vsfubJc·-.::1 our fo:.'lliQS tO Jr 'J.nd fii)l :tt\d.fcc this,:m~ not be m0c:).Jcd·: but jf \A'(' ~ bd rc it~ bc-cau(c it ,~mcs fro_m. fd 'nl~gl~dc." I lTioycC and delight in it; ccrraincly; then a God;':lS whom there IS no rchH1J~g1: · For rcc; fpirituall m:tdndfe bath bcwirchcd our [auks..: he that cnmrh:mded alJ the wor]d to be; <l!ld·Jt r ILee vs tflel·cfore HirrC\'Pour fducs, and Jookc prefemly was tO:; :~nd nOrhing colJld dlfobcy; ~bout vs; ?nd fcci11g all rhc \'\·orh.lon 3 fire athen if h~ comm::md any cr_offc td fc3fci'fOU bout vs: n:unely,fl:nning in comcmion~hatr('d, thee, wilt thou rclitl him?n:iv,'rarhcr take Sni11t · a11d alldifordcr; le~ vs fqr our f:!rts feckc to , fntr.r holy c.oWnfcll, r. 'Pc(. r. 1· Humbl~ rbj quench ic: which bccaufc we c;tn.nar,thcrcforc: ·C fo!fcvndn- rluJfo m~r,hrie hand of God, that 11/c~ lament and bc\''ailc it: but much mOre 13mcnt ' mt!J ~:raft rliCt indut ri·me, If rhou then ftC his · and be humbled fbr OlJ,r.finnc, ~._.hkh ?kindlcd cro{fc comming·to·wards thee; mcctc it;rea .jtJ{; !· th;s fir~·of di'fordcr in the world ..- · i,c withboth hands, bcarc it with bOth ·fhouiHi~hc;.no of the l't,tanncr ofthe Crc3tion. dC"rs: if he will humble thcc;rcfifi nor tho\l:'fct .. BJ tbc w,rd of God·; ~ when againc he plcafeth t·0'1CX:1.it•thcc, au the Th!! third point is, by what me~ties? The 1 dcuils in hell :lte not able tottfifi him• . text anf-.\·ercth;the wqrld \-\'as ordaincd.in that It follo\\'cth; Sorb::t the thing! whJcliwt fol; .cxccllcntordcr, 6j the word of God, By this :arenctmad~o(:rhings whtcbdidap/:t'l'irt:, l, wotd IS meant, r. nor any voct•llv, ord,as tf the The fo~:~nh :md Iall pbint is lhc -mJttttf'(i Lord f1lould filcakc \•ntothc cte~rurcs: nor fcwherc:oft'lle v\~orld was made.: th-<! l'cxvfaith 1 condly, thcfubftawud! "' o1d of rh~ Farhcr,thc: ·Tlu trhh.,f!;t rharwee fo:, that .is, ·all the wOrld; I fccond per(on; althou·,h-1confdfe'that by httn Wtrt tJMdcQf rhingr ne~:c~·for!Je·.: •thzt is, of!l fl.J( wernr..~-~tiea!lthmgs. Y'er, I takdt', 'Jt ts not (o I ll@thingi whid1 here is flid•i1ot to be: fCcne, of meant 111 thts pl:1.cc .: but rarhc1 as Mofos doth, n.ot.toappcart.'; .bcc_au(e ho:v"'·. can that :lf:pca.tc' Gen. r. \\hen he fatth, that m dre Clfauonflod J ,or be feene, whJ(h IS nor:? S.o "th~·tnc:lllii!·g ts; {41d: It 1~ in both pl.a~cs .a companion tak~n :C '~hen thC:rc \·vas ~otl-.1ngr itvthc..\~orld1,~th'c:n from aPnncc, who btds h1s fcruants.doe dus, G od m:1.dc the \\·orld robe: Th1s IS the !han.; ond they doe,it prcfcntly. The Lord in this 1· geH thing of oil in thisfomthdtccl: : For: iris pJaceis like a Prince;, l1c,hath his V..·.otd .whP.rc-,, not fti frrangc:·that the world~d~ould be cre:1.- by ht commanded the worlcl tobe nt:tdc. Th:at ted in excellent Qrder; Or rhat Cod f11ould word,J take ir, is h{s-wjl/. forGods~willing of1· ma~e it byhis word; is that he {houldm:tkc_Ji any.thing, is an cffcCluall cotmn~Jdi.I,g ofit tb of n~ihillg, Reafon dcnicsrft, Philofophie di- 1 ~c done: ~ea, it is th~ doing ofit: tOr his wilfpute~ againfHt a~ abfi1rd, and ncucr will ~'tc1d.. lmgof~ th1ng to be, IS !\lOre then alt thecom ... ' v.nto tt: but here IS the power off aith mantfcll-s rnandcmems of all men in the. world. For tf:h9 l' for it makes vs bclccuc and,kt.lO\o':, ir is fo. doe but will it, the thing is done '\-"jJ:lt cucr it Hence we !~~rne, ~J, If ,hc,c created the be: \\F,hcrcas all the world may cottHtl3Jld, and world of nothing, then he Cat1 prcfcrucvs d.l(o · yet it is nonccrcr, From hence, I t3kC it'this is I 1 by not,hing ,,.that is, without mdnC's ..Or by manifcf}: to be the furcfi fcnfc for .this place; 1 • V..',.C<\kpneat)CS~or com·faric .t'd incai1e5/HCthat . Godw.illed the bccing of :1ll C!'t':tture), and ac:. l did the one, can ci\'e the othtr, for the f:unc ~ cordi~g a~ he \\ill~d, theyprcfendy ~t:er.c: oznd 1 rca_fo.r.l is o'f htnh, T~is' iS 'i'"ipcci:ill poihi: ofo·u~ ! that Ius Will was Ius w~rd here.mentt?ned. D , ~chg10n, Not to tiC Qods ~prouilttJlCc \·nto 1 Hc1·c then fir!~ marke a ~pec1all pomt, th~t m~ancs, ~::-?vie neucr ~t? :ttkriowltdgc. it ?llli I· f.:ts ouc the glone of the Creator: hee vftd 110 v~·tth meants: bm that IS ne "'·orkt ot fmtb: ! labour, no motion, ·no paincs, no feruanu, no Btit \Ye ought not onel}r ro fee Gods --proui-~ lllC:J:t\CS as men ({oe. He: oncly fpak$thc word, dcnce,:wl1ch wdCe,nomc:1nes;hut enen \V}fcu~ andtheJ wtrtmade: hacommar.dtd, :Zr.d tLey othcrrmcancs3rcagalnll vs, cben t~J fee it, is a were c;·eated, Pfal. r48. 5· This ilicVH·s how point b ffairb: and that is o.ur dutie, thololh'hh~, glorious a.God he is, and his poV\.re how·ollh I lbe h:ud. Giue men health, 'Nc:ilth, libc~tic, nipotcnr. it is, whoar.hiS'ownewill it.nd word 1peacc let thcmbc: auan\cdnbout "'·ith <.i udS I p~pduccd fnch > gl~rious frlmc of hc>nen 2nJ I blcfii~gs; rh<n theywill magnifie the prr>~i,; carrh, fo .m:my. thpuf.'\nd forts and kinds ~~~· dencc 'of God: ~ut t{l.kc thtfe away, and l~y ~ 1 crco.ture.s 111 theJr order and due place. Dmud I vp.on them pcnunc, •fickcne!fc, or :1.ny crollc, 1 l mofl fcn ouny co~fidercd of this, when hec tlicn thcy.ragt :md nuk, :tn'd dillrilft, )t'a bta.. l ~tlade.thc 104, P01lmc, ~s 3rpe~reth ifwe re;;~ cl · fphcmc, and fay, N? prouidcncc,no C od.At~~~ llt..i. \'V.c oug~:t :tl!o fo drep~ly t.~ n~edit:1.tc of I 1 tl~us GoJ i'•.bcholdmg to the mc::mrs, for clJc 1 tFi1s h1s glotJous pov·:rc 111:1..111fdled m this mimen wauld flatly den1c him. U!lt this argtic!.l j '":~-".'..!~::ltion, OS ·tbat we (~~g_!Y rnlt__1~:_:::llltoffaitl': I' or h:iJ we rim faith it~_'~'-! · f C c r where- ·--~ -~----·~--- ... ~~----~~- :._.....,._;..
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