II. I have yet a Few Words more to say There are Mysteries uttered in the Oracles of God; vast Mysteries, contained in a Few Words very Concisely uttered. The Great Apostle Paul having Written the Two Short Chapters that begin his Epistle to the Ephesians, then says, Eph. III. •, 4. I have wrote a few words, whereby when ye read, you may understand my Knowledge in the Mystery of Christ. In a Few Words, you shall have a Mystery given you, which you shall spend all your Days upon, before you comprehend all that is in it; nay it will afford you fresh Matter of contemplation to Eternal Ages. There is one Text in our Book of Life; 'tis in the Beginning of the Book of God; and a very Short one it is. Tis that, Gen. III. 15. I will put Enmity between thee and the Woman, and between thy Seed, and her Seed; It shall bruise thy Head, and thou shalt bruise His Heel. But a Few Words! And yet, all the Bible is but a commentary on those Few Words. That rich Ingot of Gold, is beaten out, so as to make all the […] of the Bible. Yea, it would ⟨p. 11⟩bear a Beating out, into more Volumes, than there are in a Vatican, or a Bodleian Library. It is a wondrous Thing, that we find out by our microscopes. In a little Body, more than a thousand times smaller than a Grain of Sand, there lye folded up, all the parts of a Plant, or of an Animal, which are afterwards Evolved and Extended, unto mighty Dimensions. Methinks, That Illustrious Text in Genesis, may be compared unto such a little Body. It may be drawn forth into Thousands of admirable Sermons The Fathers of the Old Testament were always Preaching on it, for Four Thousand years together. But the Subject is not Exhausted; we their Children are to this Day still upon it: still hanging on, still drawing at, that Breast of Consolation.
II. I have yet a Few Words more to say There are Mysteries uttered in the Oracles of God; vast Mysteries, contained in a Few Words very Concisely uttered. The Great Apostle Paul having Written the Two Short Chapters that begin his Epistle to the Ephesians, then sayes, Eph. III. •, 4. I have wrote a few words, whereby when ye read, you may understand my Knowledge in the Mystery of Christ. In a Few Words, you shall have a Mystery given you, which you shall spend all your Dayes upon, before you comprehend all that is in it; nay it will afford you fresh Matter of contemplation to Eternal Ages. There is one Text in our Book of Life; 'tis in the Beginning of the Book of God; and a very Short one it is. Tis that, Gen. III. 15. I will put Enmity between thee and the Woman, and between thy Seed, and her Seed; It shall bruise thy Head, and thou shalt bruise His Heel. But a Few Words! And yet, all the Bible is but a commentary on those Few Words. That rich Ingot of Gold, is beaten out, so as to make all the 〈…〉 of the Bible. Yea, it would ⟨p. 11⟩bear a Beating out, into more Volumns, than there are in a Vatican, or a Bodleian Library. It is a wondrous Thing, that we find out by our microscopes. In a little Body, more than a thousand times smaller than a Grain of Sand, there lye folded up, all the parts of a Plant, or of an Animal, which are afterwards Evolved and Extended, unto mighty Dimensions. Methinks, That Illustrious Text in Genesis, may be compared unto such a little Body. It may be drawn forth into Thousands of admirable Sermons The Fathers of the Old Testament were always Preaching on it, for Four Thousand years together. But the Subject is not Exhausted; we their Children are to this Day still upon it: still hanging on, still drawing at, that Breast of Consolation.
