A treatise of the incomparableness of God in his being, attributes, works and word…

4. He worketh wholly by his own Power, without the least help from any other: Creatures are all Instruments, and act in the virtue of the principal Efficient. Angels and Men act not in their own, but in the strength of God; they have not some help from God, but all the Power by which they work, from God: But God acteth wholly in his own strength, he never had, nor desired an helping-hand from any of his Creatures.

4. He worketh wholly by his own Power, without the least help from any other: Creatures are all Instruments, and act in the vertue of the principal Efficient. Angels and Men act not in their own, but in the strength of God; they have not some help from God, but all the Power by which they work, from God: But God acteth wholly in his own strength, he never had, nor desired an helping-hand from any of his Creatures.

In the Work of Creation, he erected this curious large Fabric without any Tool or Instrument, Isa. 44.24. I am the Lord that made all things, that stretcheth forth the Heavens alone, that spreadeth abroad the Earth by my self. Mark, he made the Heavens alone, had none with him to assist him; and he made the Earth by himself, called none from Heaven to his Aid. As he said to Job, Where wast thou when I laid the Foundations of the Earth? declare, if thou hast understanding, Job 38.4. Thou wast far enough off from giving any help; so he may say to Angels, Where were ye when I stretched out the Heavens? declare, if ye have understanding. ⟨p. 148⟩Some give that reason why they are not mentioned in the Creation of the World, in the first of Genesis, to assure us, that God did not use their help in his Work. The Heavens are compared to a Curtain, Psal. 104. and •o a Tent,