The new covenantThe nevv covenant

saith he, I have not the knowledge of the holy one, he that ascends and he that descends, he that holds the winds in his fist, he that gathers the waters in his lap as into a garment, he that stretcheth forth the ends of the earth, and that settles it, who knows him, saith he, who can tell his name, or his sons name? The meaning of it is this; saith he, when I consider what God is, and begin to think how I have walked with him, and how short I am of knowing him as I should; saith he, I am as a Beast, I am confounded and amazed. Now, consider that, and make it your own case; who walks with God, my Beloved, and seeth him that ascends and descends; (which hath reference to that vision that appeared to Jacob; The Lord was on the top of the ladder, and the Angels descended and ascended. That is; All the Creatures both in heaven and earth are like messengers that go to and fro at his Commandment) who walks with God as knowing this providence of his, that sets the Angels a-work, all the hosts, all the particulars of them in their kind, to do this business and that business? Who walks with God, as seeing him sending a messenger to do every thing that we see done in the world, sending a messenger to take away such a mans life, to give another life and health, sending a messenger to remove such a difficulty from one man, And again stopping ⟨p. 96⟩up another mans passage. This you call accident, when you see a concurrence of two things together, the cause whereof you know not, but he knows both, who walks with the Lord, as seeing him do this or that, through the ends of the earth. Again, he holds the winds in his fist; who sees him as such a God, that is able to hold the winds in his fist? Who looks upon him as such a God? The breath of a man, that is less then the wind, he holds it in his fist, as a man holds a thing in his hand, and that he keeps there at his pleasure. Who looks upon God, as thus great in power? And so again, breathing the holy Ghost, who looks upon God, as one that dispenseth it, as it pleaseth him to give it and withdraw it at his will? Who looks upon him, as one sending forth motions, and injecting them into the mind, stirring it this way, or that way, as the winds, and the storms, and the Creatures? He hath them all in his hand, and holds them all in his fist:

sayth he, I haue not the knowledge of the holy one, he that ascends and he that descends, he that holds the winds in his fist, he that gathers the waters in his lap as into a garment, he that stretcheth forth the ends of the earth, and that settles it, who knowes him, sayth he, who can tell his name, or his sonnes name? The meaning of it is this; sayth he, when I consider what God is, and beginne to thinke how I haue walked with him, and how short I am of knowing him as I should; sayth he, I am as a Beast, I am confounded and amazed. Now, consider that, and make it your owne case; who walkes with God, my Beloved, and seeth him that ascends and descends; (which hath reference to that vision that appeared to Iacob; The Lord was on the toppe of the laddr, and the Angels descended and ascended. That is; All the Creatures both in heaven and earth are like messengers that goe to and fro at his Commandement) who walkes with God as knowing this providence of his, that sets the Angels a-worke, all the hoasts, all the particulars of them in their kinde, to doe this busines and that busines? Who walkes with God, as seeing him sending a messenger to doe every thing that we see done in the world, sending a messenger to take away such a mans life, to giue another life and health, sending a messenger to remoue such a difficultie from one man, And againe stopping