An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…

Man is the work of God.

All of man, man throughout, is the work of God. The fabric of his body is Gods work. I am fearfully and wonderfully made, saith David, marvellous are thy works, and that my soul knoweth right well; my substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, &c. In thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them (Psal. 139.14, 15.) A skilful architect before he builds, draws a model, or gives a draught of the building in his book, or upon a Table; there he will show you every room and contrivance: in his book are all the parts of the building written, while as yet there are none of them, or before any of them are framed and set up. In allusion to Architects and other Artisans, David speaks of God, In thy book were all my members written; that is, Thou hast made me as exactly, as if thou hadst drawn my several members, and my whole proportion with a pen or pencil in a book, before thou wouldest adventure to form me up. The Lord uses no book, no pen to decipher his work. He had the perfect Idea of all things in himself from everlasting, But He may well be said to work as by pattern, whose work is the most perfect pattern.

All of man, man throughout, is the work of God. The fabrique of his body is Gods work. I am fearfully and wonderfully made, saith David, marvellous are thy works, and that my soul knoweth right well; my substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, &c. In thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them (Psal. 139.14, 15.) A skilfull architect before he builds, draws a model, or gives a draught of the building in his book, or upon a Table; there he will shew you every room and contrivance: in his book are all the parts of the building written, while as yet there are none of them, or before any of them are framed and set up. In allusion to Architects and other Artisans, David speaks of God, In thy book were all my members written; that is, Thou hast made me as exactly, as if thou hadst drawn my severall members, and my whole proportion with a pen or pensil in a booke, before thou wouldest adventure to form me up. The Lord uses no book, no pen to decipher his work. He had the perfect Idaea of all things in himself from everlasting, But He may well be said to work as by patern, whose work is the most perfect patern.