A Body of Practical Divinity

1. His Infinite Intelligence. He knows the most profound, abstruse Secrets, Dan. 2.28. He knows the Thoughts, which are the most intricate subtle things. Amos 4.13. He declareth to Man what is his thought. Let Sin be contrived never so politicly, God will pull off all Masks and Disguises, and make an Heart-Anatomy. He knows all future Contingencies, & ante intuitu, all things are before him in one clear Prospect.

1. His Infinite Intelligence. He knows the most profound, obstruse Secrets, Dan. 2.28. He knows the Thoughts, which are the most intricate subtil things. Amos 4.13. He declareth to Man what is his thought. Let Sin be contrived never so politickly, God will pull off all Masks and Disguises, and make an Heart-Anatomy. He knows all future Contingencies, & ante intuitu, all things are before him in one clear Prospect.

2. His exact curious Working. He is wise in heart; his wisdom lies in his works. These Works of God are bound up in three great Volumes, where we may read his Wisdom.

1. The Work of Creation. The Creation, as it is a Monument of God's Power, so a Looking-glass in which we may see his Wisdom. None but a wise God could so curiously contrive the World. Behold the Earth decked with variety of Flowers, which are both for Beauty and Fragrancy; the Heaven bespangled with Lights, we may see the glorious Wisdom of God blazing in the Sun, twinkling in the Stars. His Wisdom is seen in the marshalling and ordering every thing in its proper Place and Sphere. If the Sun had been set lower, it would have burnt us; if higher, it would not have warmed us with its Beams. God's Wisdom is seen in appointing the Seasons of the Year;