a. He hath made Summer and Winter: the North and the South, he hath created them. b. The Lord hath founded the Earth, and hung it upon nothing. c. He created it not in vain; he formed it to be inhabited. d. He' fhut up the Sea with Doors, and said, hitherto fhalt thou come but no farther, and here shall thy proud Waves be ftaid. e. He formeth the Mountains, and createth the Wind. f. God made every living Creature, Beast and Cattle, and creeping thing of the Earth ; every winged Fowl and moving Creature which the Waters bring forth; and every Plant of the Field before it was in the Earth, and every Herb of the Field before it grew. g. God created Man; Male and Female created he them. Thou, O Lord, art our Father, and we all are the Work of thy hand. We are the Clay and thou our Potter. Thy Hands have made us, and fashioned us, Thou haft clothed us with Skin and Flesh, and hast fenced (a) Pf. 74. 17. Pf. 89. 12. (b) Prov. (c) Ifa. 45. 18. (d) Job 38. 8, 11. (f) Gen. 1. 21, 24, 25, 20. Gen. 2. 5. Ifa. 64. 8. Job 10. 8, 11. 3. 19. Job 26.7. (e) Am. 4. 13. (g) Gen. 1. 27. US us with Bones and Sinews. Thine Eyes did see our Substance yet being unperfect, and in thy Book were all our Members written, which in continuance were fafhion'd, when as yet there was none of them. a. The Lord hath formed the Spirit of Man within him; he hath made us this Soul. b. He made, of one Blood, all Nations of Men, for to dwell on all the face of the Earth. c. The Lord he is God, it is he that hath made us, and not we our felves, we are his People and the Sheep of his Pasture. d. He hath created us for his Glory : He hath formed us for himself, that we should fhew forth his Praise. e. By the word of the Lord were the Heavens made, and all the Hoft of them by the Breath of his Mouth. f. Through Faith we understand that the Worlds were framed by the Word of God, fo that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. g. He fpake and they were made, he com manded and they were created. He faid let them be, and it was fo. Pf. 139. 16. (a, Zech. 12. 1. Jer. 38.16. (b) Act.17. 26. (c) Pf. 100. 3. (d) If. 43. 7, 21. (e) Pl. 33. 6. (f) Heb. 11.3. (g) Pf. 148. 5. [Old Tranf.] Gen. 1. a. The t a. The Lord hath made all things for himfelf; and for his Pleasure they are and were created. For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things. b. Why then hath the Fool faid in his Heart there is no God? Understand ye Brutish among the People, and ye Fools when will ye be Wife? Shall the Work fay of him that made it, he made me not? c. Every House is builded by fome Man, but he that built all things is God. GOD is the PRESERVER of all things. d. By him all things confift. e. He preferveth and upholdeth all things by the Word of his Power; and they continue this Day according to his Ordinances. f. The Lord hath established the Heavens, and the Earth, and they abide. g. He hath compaffed the Waters with Bounds until the Day and Night come to an end: He bindeth the Floods from overflowing. b. And, because he hath faid it, therefore while the Earth remaineth, Seed-time and Har (a) Prov. 16. 4. Rev. 4. 11. Rom. 11. 36. (b) Pf. 14. 1. Pf. 94. 8. If. 29. 16. (c) Heb 3. 4. II. (d) Col. 1. 17. (e) Neh. 9.6. Heb. 1. 3. Pf. 119. 91. (f) Prov. 3. 19. Pf. 119. 90. (g) Job 26. 10. Jub 28. (b) Gen. 8. 21, 22. veft, and Cold and Heat, and Summer and Winter, and Day and Night, fhall not cease. a. The Earth, which drinketh in the Rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth Herbs meet for them by whom it is dreffed, receiveth Bleffing from God. b. With thee, O Lord, is the Fountain of Life: Thou preservest Man and Beast: Thou givest Food to all Flesh: In whofe Hand is the Soul of every living thing, and the Breath of all Mankind. c. And God bleffed every living Creature, and faid unto them, Be fruitful and multiply. He said also, to every Beast of the Earth, and to every Fowl of the Air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the Earth wherein there is Life, I have given every green Herb for Meat 5 and it was fo. d. The Lord, He is the Preferver of Men. e. In him we live, and move, and have our Being. f. He holdeth our Soul in Life; and he will be our Guide, even unto Death. a. My Defence is of God. The Lord is my Keeper. I laid me down and flept, I awaked, for the Lord fuftained me: The Lord fhall preferve my going out and my coming in. b. He is with me, and will keep me in all places whither I go, and give me Bread to Eat, and Raiment to put on. For by him have I been holden up from the Womb: he hath fed me all my Life long. c. Thou Lord only makeft me dwell in Safety, and thy Vifitation preferveth my Spirit. GOD is the Supreme LORD, DISPOSER, and GOVERNOUR of all things. d. The most High God is the Poffeffour of Heaven and Earth. All that is in the Heaven, and in the Earth is his. The World is his and the fulness thereof. e. God is the Judge of all: and he reigneth over all. Thine is the Kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as Head above all. All things ferve thee. f. Whatsoever the Lord pleafeth, that doth he in Heaven, and in Earth, in the Seas, and in all deep places. (a) PL. 7. 10. Pf. 121. 5. Pf. 1 Chr. 29. 12, II. (f) PL. 135. 6. 4 PL 119. 91. 3. 5. Pf. 121. 8. 6. Gen. 48. 15. (d) Gen. 14. 22. (e) Heb. 12. 23. [Old Traf] a. He |