The rule of faith, or, An exposition of the Apostles Creed so handled as…

2 The body of man now since the Creation, is not propagated by the Parents without the wonderful workmanship of God: and therefore all our bodies are said to be made and fashioned by God as well as Adams, Job 10. 8. Yea, it was the Spirit of the strong God that made us, and the breath of the Almighty that put life into us, Job 33. 4. We are creatures now as well as Adam, Mark 16. 15. and David saith, He was fearfully and wonderfully made, it was a marvellous work, and he was curiously wrought in the womb, Psal. 139. 14, 15, 16. Yea, he saith there, that God did it by the Book, having written it down from eternity, how all his members should be fashioned. Every part of our bodies (if we knew the forming of them) would show a special glory of working in God, our bones would say, Lord who is like to the•? Psal. 35. 10. And as we know not what is the way of the Spirit, so we know not how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is ⟨p. 196⟩with child: and so we may say of the rest, we know not the works of God who maketh all, Eccles. 11. 5. the hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the Lord hath made even both of them, Prou. 20. 12. It was God only that clothed us with skin, and fenced us with bones and sinews, Job 10. 11. and so it was God only that formed the inward parts of mans body: he formed the heart, Psalm 33. 15. and the workmanship within mans body was so great, that he reserves it as a glory only to himself, to know and search the heart and reins of a man: and this is the more admirable, if we consider, that no part of the body is superfluous or idle, but every part hath his function, and some excellent work to do, which function it exerciseth by it self for the good of the whole body, without meddling with the office of the other members: which is the more wonderful if we consider the innumerable parts and parcels of the body of a man. Not the least thread or vein in a mans body but it doth some excellent office,