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A85485	The progresse of divine providence, set out in a sermon preached in the Abbey Church of Westminster before the house of Peers, on the 24th of September, 1645. being the day of their monethly fast. / By William Gouge, one of the members of the Assembly.	Gouge, William, 1578-1653.	1645 (1645)	Wing G1393; Thomason E302_25; ESTC R200284	30,328	48

setled in the land of Canaan a type of their heavenly rest Thus did this third day farre exceed the former in glory The fourth was from David to the carrying of Israel into captivity Herein a royall government was given to Gods people a type of Christs royall Kingdome Herein most of the extraordinary Prophets speciall types of Christs propheticall office were raised up and most cleare prophecies made of the better things to come in the Christian Church Herein also Solomons Temple was built and sundry new and more glorious types of Christ were made then in the Tabernacle So much therefore as this Temple of Solomon excelled the Tabernacle of Moses and the Cherubins Tables Altars Pillars and all manner of sacred instruments in the Temple surpassed them that were in the Tabernacle so much more did Gods goodnesse in this day exceed the goodnesse of former dayes The fifth day was from Israels going into captivity to Christs ascension into Heaven This day for the greatest part thereof was indeed a dismall day Yet the delivering of Israel out of the Babylonish captivity was a more cleare and full type of our redemption by Christ then any former deliverance whereupon it is said It shall no more be said The Lord liveth that brought the children of Israel up out of the land of Egypt but the Lord liveth that brought up the children of Israel from the lands of the North and from all the land whither he had driven them The re-edifying of the Temple was also a principall type of Christs resurrection and of this Temple it is said The glory of this later house shall be greater then of the former so as these added much to the glory of this day But in that the Lord Christ was in the evening of this day actually exhibited and the things accomplished which were perfigured by the legall types and fore-told by the ancient Prophets the goodnesse of God manifested in this day farre exceeded that which was in former dayes In this respect it is said of John the Baptist who saw and made known that promised Messiah and was the first that directly pointed him out saying Behold the Lambe of God Of him it is said among them that are borne of women there hath not risen a greater This was the surpassing glory of the fifth day The sixth was from Christs ascension into Heaven to his second comming unto judgement This is the day of the cleare and full revelation of all the glorious mysteries that were hidden from the beginning of the world till then This is the day wherein all the forementioned new things and better things were conferred upon the Christian Church In this day as better things shall not be given so better things cannot be expected while the world lasteth This is the day whereof we may say This is the day which the Lord hath made we will rejoyce and be glad in it Thus from this exemplification of the increase of Gods goodnesse in the severall ages of the world we may well inferre that God hath provided better things for the later times Questionlesse God thus ordereth his good providence upon just and weighty reasons and though his counsell be unsearchable and his waies past finding out in regard of the full latitude of them yet hath he left some footsteps wherein and whereby we may observe some grounds of his wise proceedings therein Among others I suppose these may be some 1. That the extent of his goodnesse may be more distinctly considered more clearly discerned and more transcendently admired Gods governing of his Church in the world by his providence is ordered in such a manner as his prudence in creating the world was manifested In that first great work he still put off the better things to the later daies He could if it had pleased him have created all the things that he did create at once Had he at once said Let there be light firmament waters earth all manner of trees and herbs bearing seed Sunne Moon and Stars fowls fishes beasts and man they had instantly been all but voluntarily and purposely he took up six daies in creating them and in each day made severall and distinct creatures but ever the better for the reason before specified This will evidently appear by an induction of particulars which follow in order 1. The light which he created in the first day was indeed a glorious creature But either it was the element of fire for no where else we read of creating fire or else it was some other light which was of use but for three daies for in the fourth day those lights were made which have hitherto continued and shall continue to the worlds end So as either this light was annihilated when those were made or else it was setled in the body of the Sun 2. In the second day the firmament or air was made and called heaven then also were the seas and earth made If we mark the Text we shall finde that the blessing of the second daies work is not expressed till the seas and earth were made Genes 1. 10. These three air water earth are the three elements of which all bodies are compounded These are more excellent then the fore-said light in regard of their continuall use 3. In the third day all the grasse and herb yeelding seed and the tree yeelding fruit after his kinde were made These being vegitable creatures by reason of that life which is in them excelled the former 4. In the fourth day the host of heaven was made This daies work in the glory and immutability of it and in the constant perpetuall motion running most swiftly round about the world every day without wasting or wearinesse excelled all that went before 5. In the fift day all the fowl of heaven and fish in the sea were created These having life and sense in them and voluntarily moving from place to place surpassed the very host of heaven 6. In the sixth day besides other creatures living on the earth Man was made Man in the image of God This was Gods master-piece and reserved unto the last working day By this distinct encrease of Gods goodnesse God comes the more to be admired and his wisdom power and other excellencies the better discerned The like course therefore God took in his providence 2. God provides better things for the later times to make those better things to be the more earnestly desired and longed for before they come and to be the more highly prized and the better esteemed after they are exhibited It is said That many Prophets and righteous men desired to see and hear the things which were seen and heard in Christs daies which were the last daies It is also said that the Prophets searched diligently what or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signifie when it testified before hand the sufferings of