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A43425 A discourse of divine providence, made before an honourable auditory by Samuel Herne ... Herne, Samuel. 1679 (1679) Wing H1577; ESTC R14998 13,185 57

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and hitting the Mark does not more plainly discover the Hand that shoots it than the Operations of the Creatures and the attainment of their Ends do certainly declare the Finger of GOD and the All-seeing Eye of Providence For the invisible things of GOD Rom. 2.20 even his Power and Godhead are clearly seen and to be understood by the things that are made Though Clouds and thick Vapours may surround this Globe of Earth though Night may spread its Veil of Darkness yet nothing under the Canopy of Heaven can be concealed from the Divine Knowledge The Spacious Curtain is drawn back to the Eye of Providence all things past present and to come The general History of the World is openly display'd to Him in a fair extended Scene It is the High Architect above who keeps the Frame of this World upon its Basis All things have a tye and dependency upon Him and it is the Sovereign Will above who disposes of the different Ranks and Orders of Beings At first GOD issued out His Almighty Fiat when He laid the Foundations of the Earth and th●refore a Heathen commends Moses Dion Longinus the Lawgiver of the Jews for introducing his God like a God saying 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Let there be Light and there was Light But though we cannot see through the Veil nor perceive how the Wheels of Providence move yet we have reason to conclude that the Wheels of Providence are like those in Ezekiel's Vision Full of Eyes and that God is cloathed with Light Psal 104.2 as with a Garment He does not act like Humane Artificers who leave the House when it is built but by His Providence wisely Governs and Sustains the same He does not stand Neuter as an indifferent Spectator upon the Watch-Tower above the Clouds for not only His Head but His Hand is constantly imployed Psal 139. If we ascend up into Heaven GOD is there If we take the Wings of the Morning and flee to the uttermost parts of the Sea we cannot flee from His Presence Psal 113.6 Thus He abaseth Himself to behold the things that are in the Heavens and in the Earth It is He who guides the Stern curbs the Fury of the Elements rides upon the Wings of the Wind sets Bounds to the raging Sea When GOD speaks the Word the contemptible Frog who now inhabits the cold and watry Kingdoms and lies upon heaps of Filth and Mud summons all its Croaking Officers makes a formidable Army marches up into the Country like a living Tyde from the Banks of Nile invades the Palaces of Kings and lies down upon Beds of Silk and costly Furniture The Egyptians did use to Worship several Gods according to their need or pleasure therefore God sent variety of Punishments to shew that He was not tied to any single Element or Creature but is the Great Ruler of all So feeble and despicable is Man when he forfeits his dependency and reliance on GOD and rejects His Paternal Care that the whole Creation rises up in Arms against him How soon would the Clouds fall the Sea break in upon us the Fire encompass us with Flaming Curtains the Air corrupt and the Earth open should GOD give the Elements a Commission for Destruction Thus the Universe is the great Mirrour of GOD's Works wherein the Lamps which shine and illustrate the Edifice of this World do set forth the Glory of their Maker and display their Beams through the whole Creation Thus God maintains the Order He has set in Nature and thus He preserves the Life and Substance of all things as our Saviour said from the beginning of the World both he and his Father have been working Job 37.3 for GOD directeth his Voice under the whole Heaven and his light unto the ends of the World This is the General Providence of GOD but the Scripture also informs us of a Special Care and Influence it has upon the Sons of Men for if the Hairs of our Head be numbred and the Sparrow finds a Refuge under the Wings of the Almighty certainly GOD will provide for the Noblest Instance of the Creation His own Image and Representation By Natural Sense Men may know that GOD is the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Surveyor of the Upper and the Lower World as the Philosopher call'd Him by way of Eminency but by Divine Knowledge we find Him not only to be the Governour of the World but of every particular Member thereof Not that he barely stirs the Springs and Wheels with a Universal Motion at a distance but He Preserves Sustains and Cherishes every part There is a Climax to be used in our understanding the Nature and Works of GOD Psal 33.6 For by the Word of the Lord were the Heavens made and all the Host of them by the Breath of his Mouth then The Lord looked down from Heaven Vers 13. and beheld the Children of Men And when we begin to draw close the Curtains of our Eyes we remain under the Protection of Him who neither slumbers nor sleeps MAN is the most absolute of all Earthly Creatures the great Miracle and History of Nature there is so much Grace and Beauty so much Variety and Proportion in the Limbs of this most Noble Fabrick that 't is no wonder the Almighty chose it for a Seat and call'd it the Temple of the Holy Ghost How has Providence order'd the Passages and Supports of Humane Life To consider how the Chyle leaves the Stomach and enters into the Lacteal Veins so passes to the Liver then arises to the Left Ventricle of the Heart gushes out at the Right and falls into the great Artery Thus the Blood like another Drake takes its Circulation round the Lesser World Not only Private Persons but Publick Bodies and Societies of Men are under the Divine Care and Protection By Him Kings Reign Prov. 18.15 and Princes Decree Justice Psal 22.28 For the Kingdom is the Lords and He is the Governour among the Nations The Mighty Revolutions of the World the Tragical Rents and Confusions of States and Kingdoms the Fate of Caesar and Pompey the Disappointment of Counsels the Conservation of the Capitol the Defeat of Armies Flesht with long Success the Pulling asunder the Thrones of Mighty Empires the Numerous Accidents and Traverses of Humane Life all Transactions Publick and Private depend upon the Over-ruling Will and Pleasure of GOD He can turn a Diadem into Shackles when the Arm of Flesh presumes to grapple with the Strength of the Almighty Four Monarchies have been chiefly famous in the World but when GOD was provoked to withdraw His Supporting Power they languisht and fell they decayed and sank under their own weight and now they are best traced out by their own Urns discovered by their Funeral Ashes All the Inhabitants of the Earth are reputed as nothing and none can stay his hand Dan. 4.32 and say unto him What dost thou T is He who appeaseth