246 The Du~y and P leafore But now \Ve are fallen una\vares fron1 the works of creation to thofe of nrovi- . l ' dence. Indeed it is hard -to keep any exact tnethod in a fubject fo copious, where one thing doth obtrude itfelf-upon· us be– fore we have done with another. Let us call back our thoughts to a n1ore· orderly confideration of that bountiful providence which followeth us fron1 tin1c to tin1e. We are infit~itely indebted to the divine goodnefs before we ·fee the light of the '.vorld. 1-Ie poureth us out as milk, and crudleth us like cheefl. He clothes us with fkin and jlejh, and ftnceth us with bones and ·finews . .He g·ranteth us lift (mdfovour, and his vijitation prefirveth our .fpirit *~ This is fo entirely the work of God, that th_e parents do not 'fo n1uch as underfiand how it is performed; for w ·htJ knoweth the ·way Of the Jpirit, (how it cometh_to enliven a piece of n1atter), fJr ·how the bones do grow ' in the 'VHJ-rnb of her that is with child? I ·· ~will praije thee (faith the Pfalmift), fir I an~ fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelI lotu are thy wo_rks, and that 7r!J flul know– eth right well. My fubfiance ·was not hid from thee, when I was made in {ecrft, and curioujly wrought Jn the loweft parts of the • 4 eartb. ~Job x. 101 IJ, 12. 1
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