The life of faith in three parts, the first is a sermon on Heb.…

I have recited hastily a few of the parts of this wondrous frame, to show you, that if you saw them all, and that in the•r true order and method, you might not think strange that [Now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places is made known by the Church the manifold wisdom of God, Ephes. 2.11. which was the first part of Gods Image upon the Christian Religion, which I was to show you.

I have recited hastily a few of the parts of this wondrous frame, to shew you, that if you saw them all, and that in the•r true order and method, you might not think strange that [Now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places is made known by the Church the manifold wisdom of God, Ephes. 2.11. which was the first part of Gods Image upon the Christian Religion, which I was to shew you.

But besides all this, the WISDOM of God is expressed in ⟨p. 107⟩the holy Scriptures thes• several ways: 1. In the Revelation of things past, which could not be known by any mortal man: As the Creation of the world, and what was therein done, before man himself was made: Which experience it self doth help us to believe, because we see exceeding great probabilities that the world was not eternal, nor of any longer duration than the Scriptures mention: in that no place on earth hath any true monument of ancienter original; and in that humane Sciences and Arts are yet so imperfect, and such important additions are made but of late.

But besides all this, the WISDOM of God is expressed in ⟨p. 107⟩the holy Scriptures thes several waies: 1. In the Revelation of things past, which could not be known by any mortal man: As the Creation of the world, and what was therein done, before man himself was made: Which experience it self doth help us to believe, because we see exceeding great probabilities that the world was not eternal, nor of any longer duration than the Scriptures mention: in that no place on earth hath any true monument of ancienter original; and in that humane Sciences and Arts are yet so imperfect, and such important additions are made but of late.