9t"J The Life of G0D difplays itfdf in all parts of the creation, which eflablifheth the frame of. nature, ~ and turneth the mighty wheels of provi– dence, and keepeth the world frotn dif– order and ruin, than with the faint rays of the fame perfections which we meet with in our fellow-creatures? Shall we dote on the fcattered pieces of a rude and imperfect picture, and never be afFected ·with the original beauty? This were an unaccountable fiupidity and blindnefs. Whatever we find lovely in a friend, or in a faint ought not to engrofs, bu t to elevate our affeCtion. VVe f'11culd conclude only · with ourfelves, that if there be fo much fweetncfs in a drop, there muft be infi– ni •dy more in the fuunt ain; if there be fo much fplendor in a ray, what n1ufl the fur1 be in its glory? Nor can we pretend the remotenefs of . the object, as if God were at too great a diftance for our converfe or our love: l-Ie is J-trd far fi~am every one of us: .for ~·n him we live, a11d mo've, a11d ha7Je our bezng *. We cannot open our eyes, but we mufl: behold fon1e f{)otftcps of his glory; and cannot turn them towards bin1 , but we fuall be fure to find l1is intent upon us; wait~ng as it were to catch • look, rea · y to * Atls xvii. 27•
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