Now it is remarkable that God's last Works do always exceed his former: And therefore ⟨p. 140⟩we find in the Creation […] World, God still proceeded on from more imperfect kind of Creatures to those that were more perfect, until he had fully built and finished, yea carved and as it were painted this great House of the Universe; and then he brings Man into it as his last Work, as the Crown and Perfection of the rest: So God likewise acted in the manner of revealing his Will unto Mankind, first he spake to them by Dreams and Visions, but in the last Days (as the Apostle expresseth it) he hath spoken unto us by his Son. So also in the Dispensation of the Covenant of Grace, and Exhibition of the Messiah, first he was made known only by Promise to the Fathers, then in Types and obscure Resemblances to the Jews, but in ⟨p. 141⟩the latter Days, himself came and took upon him the form of a Servant, and wrought out a complete Redemption for us. So usually the last Works of God are more complete, perfect and excellent than the former. Now God's punishing-Work is his last Work, and therefore it shall exceed in Greatness all that ever went before it. In his first Work, the Creation of the World, he demonstrated his infinite Power, Wisdom, and Godhead; but in the Destruction of Sinners, which is his last Work, […] will manifest more of Power and Wisdom, than he did in his creating them; and how fearful a Destruction then must this needs be? God hath variety of Works that he is carrying on in this World, and if his Glory doth not perfectly ⟨p. 142⟩appear in one, he may manifest it in another. But when he shall confine himself only to two, as he will in the World to come, the saving of the Godly, and the damning of the Wicked, and this without any variety or change, certainly then these shall be performed to the very utmost of what God can do: for as he will save the Saints to the very utmost; so likewise will he damn and destroy Sinners to the very utmost.
Now it is remarkable that God's last Works do always exceed his former: And therefore ⟨p. 140⟩we find in the Creation 〈…〉 World, God still proceeded on from more imperfect kind of Creatures to those that were more perfect, until he had fully built and finished, yea carved and as it were painted this great House of the Universe; and then he brings Man into it as his last Work, as the Crown and Perfection of the rest: So God likewise acted in the manner of revealing his Will unto Mankind, first he spake to them by Dreams and Visions, but in the last Days (as the Apostle expresseth it) he hath spoken unto us by his Son. So also in the Dispensation of the Covenant of Grace, and Exhibition of the Messiah, first he was made known only by Promise to the Fathers, then in Types and obscure Resemblances to the Jews, but in ⟨p. 141⟩the latter Days, himself came and took upon him the form of a Servant, and wrought out a compleat Redemption for us. So usually the last Works of God are more compleat, perfect and excellent than the former. Now God's punishing-Work is his last Work, and therefore it shall exceed in Greatness all that ever went before it. In his first Work, the Creation of the World, he demonstrated his infinite Power, Wisdom, and Godhead; but in the Destruction of Sinners, which is his last Work, 〈…〉 will manifest more of Power and Wisdom, than he did in his creating them; and how fearful a Destruction then must this needs be? God hath variety of Works that he is carrying on in this World, and if his Glory doth not perfectly ⟨p. 142⟩appear in one, he may manifest it in another. But when he shall confine himself only to two, as he will in the World to come, the saving of the Godly, and the damning of the Wicked, and this without any variety or change, certainly then these shall be performed to the very utmost of what God can do: for as he will save the Saints to the very utmost; so likewise will he damn and destroy Sinners to the very utmost.
