For therein, even to wonderment, doth the Glory of God in his Works appear, and that he is wise in counsel, and wonderful in working, when he hath hiddenly contrived one thing for another, when as each are in themselves, and apart glorious. It is said by David of himself (and it is true of all men in their measure) Psal. 139. 15. I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the Earth; that is, in my Mother's Womb, as the context shows; which are termed the Lower parts of the Earth, as when Christ is said, Eph. 4. to have descended into the lower part of the Earth; that is, to be conceived in the Womb of a Virgin; when a Child is born, a lump of flesh, animated with a Soul, comes forth, curiously wrought, &c. but wrought, for what? in David's person (in which this was spoken) it was for a Kingdom, the supremest condition of enjoyments in this World. But in every other man (that is born) it is that he was curiously wrought, in a fitness and capacity to all things that are in this World, made and prepared exactly for it long afore it came into the World; you may see it in Adam (our first pattern) more lively. God ⟨p. 336⟩was busy for six days in making this World, the Angels all that while stood wondering with themselves, to what end, or for whom all this was prepared. At 1the end of the sixth day, they saw God to set down into the World this little thing called Man; and then they ceased their wonderment, for they saw all this World (prepared aforehand) set in Man's heart, and all in Man curiously wrought and fitted for all things made in in this World, richly to enjoy, as 1 Tim. 6. 17. We may apply that in the text, to this, it appeared, That he that hath made Man for this self-same thing is God; both works of wonder apart, and yet as fitted to each other: All wonderment exceeding—. I might much more enlarge upon the suiting of Christ the Head and Husband, and the Church his Body and Wife, wrought and growing up to him in all ages, both apart, secretly and hiddenly prepared, and each so glorious in themselves, and yet put together. Let us defer our Admiration hereat until the latter day. Just thus it is in fitting the Soul for that glory: and again, that glory in Heaven for that Soul: God works the one for the other apart.—The very similitude in the former verses do import so much;
For therein, even to wonderment, doth the Glory of God in his Works appear, and that he is wise in counsel, and wonderful in working, when he hath hiddenly contrived one thing for another, when as each are in themselves, and apart glorious. It is said by David of himself (and it is true of all men in their measure) Psal. 139. 15. I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the Earth; that is, in my Mother's Womb, as the context shews; which are termed the Lower parts of the Earth, as when Christ is said, Eph. 4. to have descended into the lower part of the Earth; that is, to be conceived in the Womb of a Virgin; when a Child is born, a lump of flesh, animated with a Soul, comes forth, curiously wrought, &c. but wrought, for what? in David's person (in which this was spoken) it was for a Kingdom, the supremest condition of enjoyments in this World. But in every other man (that is born) it is that he was curiously wrought, in a fitness and capacity to all things that are in this World, made and prepared exactly for it long afore it came into the World; you may see it in Adam (our first pattern) more lively. God ⟨p. 336⟩was busie for six dayes in making this World, the Angels all that while stood wondring with themselves, to what end, or for whom all this was prepared. At 1the end of the sixth day, they saw God to set down into the World this little thing called Man; and then they ceased their wonderment, for they saw all this World (prepared aforehand) set in Man's heart, and all in Man curiously wrought and fitted for all things made in in this World, richly to enjoy, as 1 Tim. 6. 17. We may apply that in the text, to this, it appeared, That he that hath made Man for this self-same thing is God; both works of wonder apart, and yet as fitted to each other: All wonderment exceeding—. I might much more enlarge upon the suiting of Christ the Head and Husband, and the Church his Body and Wife, wrought and growing up to him in all ages, both apart, secretly and hiddenly prepared, and each so glorious in themselves, and yet put together. Let us defer our Admiration hereat until the latter day. Just thus it is in fitting the Soul for that glory: and again, that glory in Heaven for that Soul: God works the one for the other apart.—The very similitude in the former verses do import so much;
- 1Job. 36. 7.
