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The divine life in three treatises
The divine life in three treatises ... by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for Francis Tyton, 1664
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2. Gods Almightiness should also possess us with holy Admiration of him, and cause us in heart and voice to Magnify him. Oh what a Power is that which made the world of nothing? which upholdeth the earth without any foundation but his Will? which placed and maintaineth all things in their Order in Heaven and Earth! which causeth so great and glorious a creature as the Sun, that is so much bigger then all the earth, to move so many thousand miles in a few moments, and constantly to keep its time and course! that giveth its instinct to every brute, and causeth every part of nature, to do its office▪ By his Power it is that every motion of the Creature is performed, and that order is kept in the Kingdoms of the world. Jer. 32. 17, 18, 19. [He made the Heaven and the Earth by his Great Power and stretched out arm, and nothing is too hard for him: The Great, the Mighty God, the Lord of Hosts is his Name; great in counsel, and mighty in works] Neh. 9. 32. The Great, the Mighty, the terrible God,] Psal. 136. 4. To him therefore that alone doth Great wonders we must give the Greatest Praise] O how Great are his works, and his thoughts are very deep, Psal. 92. 5. [Great is our Lord and of Great Power, Psal. 147. 5.] And therefore in Zion must •e be Great] Psalm 99. 2. And his Great and terrible Name must be Praised.
2. Gods Almightiness should also possess us with holy Admiration of him, and cause us in heart and voice to Magnifie him. Oh what a Power is that which made the world of nothing? which upholdeth the earth without any foundation but his Will? which placed and maintaineth all things in their Order in Heaven and Earth! which causeth so great and glorious a creature as the Sun, that is so much bigger then all the earth, to move so many thousand miles in a few moments, and constantly to keep its time and course! that giveth its instinct to every brute, and causeth every part of nature, to do its office By his Power it is that every motion of the Creature is performed, and that order is kept in the Kingdoms of the world.