And as God is great in his being, so he is great in his working, he doth great things. The Psalmist •aith, he is good, and doth good; he is also great, and doth great things; he is the t••st, the chief, and the best being, and his doings are such as he is, he doth like himself. God is great, and he hath an excellent, an excelling greatness. Praise him (saith David, Psal. 150.2.) according to his excellent greatness, or as the words may well bear, according to his muchness of greatness; for when the Scripture saith, God is great, this positive is to be taken as a superlative, God is great, that is, he is greatest, he is greater than all, so great that all persons and all things are little, yea, nothing before him (Isa. 40.15.) Behold the nations are (to him but) as the drop of the bucket, and are counted but at the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the Isles as a very little thing, they are as nothing, and they are counted to him as less than nothing and vanity. How great is God in comparison of whom the greatest things are little things, yea, the greatest things are nothing!
And as God is great in his being, so he is great in his working, he doth great things. The Psalmist •aith, he is good, and doth good; he is also great, and doth great things; he is the t••st, the chief, and the best being, and his doings are such as he is, he doth like himself. God is great, and he hath an excellent, an excelling greatness. Praise him (saith David, Psal. 150.2.) according to his excellent greatness, or as the words may well bear, according to his muchness of greatness; for when the Scripture saith, God is great, this positive is to be taken as a superlative, God is great, that is, he is greatest, he is greater than all, so great that all persons and all things are little, yea, nothing before him (Isa. 40.15.) Behold the nations are (to him but) as the drop of the bucket, and are counted but at the smal dust of the ballance: behold, he taketh up the Isles as a very little thing, they are as nothing, and they are counted to him as less than nothing and vanity. How great is God in comparison of whom the greatest things are little things, yea, the greatest things are nothing!
