Sermons preached

4. This Workmanship on us as new Creatures, far surpasseth ⟨p. 376⟩that which maketh us Creatures only. That came from his general Goodness, this from his peculiar Love; there it is Goodness, here it is Grace, 2 Tim. 1. 9. He hath called us with an holy Calling, according to his own Purpose and Grace. Creatures are sustained by his common Providence, but new Creatures by his special Care and Covenant. He openeth his Hand, and satisfieth the desire of every living thing, Psal. 145. 16. But he especially preserveth and supplieth Believers, 1 Tim. 4. 10. He giveth others bodily Comforts, but these Soul-refreshings, and spiritual Graces, Eph. 1. 3. There is Vestigium, a Tract or Foot-print of God in all the Creation: these have his Image restored in them, Eph. 4. 24. The new Man is created after God. Well then, this is that we should look after, that we may be his Workmanship made again. It is a woeful thing to be God's Workmanship by Creation, and not by Renovation; it is better never to have been God's Creature in the first making, if not his Creature in the second making. Better thou hadst been a Beast, yea, a Toad, or Serpent, than a Man: for when the Beasts die, Death puts an end to their Pains and Pleasures at once; but all thy Comforts end with Death, and then thy Pains begin: the Beasts have no remorse to sour their Pleasures; but Man hath Conscience, and therefore can have no rest till he return to God.

4. This Workmanship on us as new Creatures, far surpasseth ⟨p. 376⟩that which maketh us Creatures only. That came from his general Goodness, this from his peculiar Love; there it is Goodness, here it is Grace, 2 Tim. 1. 9. He hath called us with an holy Calling, according to his own Purpose and Grace. Creatures are sustained by his common Providence, but new Creatures by his special Care and Covenant. He openeth his Hand, and satisfieth the desire of every living thing,