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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A37987	A demonstration of the existence and providence of God, from the contemplation of the visible structure of the greater and the lesser world in two parts, the first shewing the excellent contrivance of the heavens, earth, sea, &c., the second the wonderful formation of the body of man / by John Edwards ...	Edwards, John, 1637-1716.	1696 (1696)	Wing E201; ESTC R13760	204,339	448

Nature intrinsecally but extrinsecally and relatively as they are useful to Mankind some way or other Even those Creatures that are harmful are really good for some Ends as we know and experience And there may be a Goodness in some of the Creatures which as yet we do not see but afterwards may display it self and future Ages may have the happiness to make these Discoveries though the past and present ones enjoy the Good but know it not To shut up all no one part of the Creation is superfluous and unprofitable every thing hath its proper Goodness That is in other terms the Whole World is full of God and of his Providence And yet I have not yet spoken of Man the Top of all the Visible Creation in whom the Wonders of God's Care and Providence are chiefly manifested But of Him I will distinctly and professedly speak in my next Essay CHAP. XII This Argument which hath been used all along in this Discourse to prove a Deity and Providence was made use of in the Old Testament by Job and by David in several of his Divine Hymns which are distinctly commented upon by St. Paul in the New Testament by the Christian Writers of the succeeding Ages by Pagan Philosophers and Poets whose memorable Testimonies are cited The Proper Inferences from the whole are these 1. We are obliged to own a Deity in the visible Works of the Creation 2. We have hence Incouragement to contemplate the Creatures and to study the Works of Nature 3. By this Contemplation and Study we should be induced not only to acknowledg but to worship love and obey the Omnipotent Creator and to devote our whole Lives to his Service and Honour BUT before I enter upon that let us seriously weigh the Worthiness of this Subject which I have been insisting upon and let us attend to the Proper Inferences which may be made from it That the matter of this Discourse may not seem to be unworthy of the Reader 's serious Thoughts I desire him to consider that this is the Argument which is used in the Holy Scriptures to prove a God and to convince Men of his glorious Perfections To begin with the Writings of the Old Testament Iob argues from the frame of the World and all the Creatures that are in it Ask now the Beasts and they shall teach thee and the Fowls of the Air and they shall tell thee Or speak to the Earth and it shall teach thee and the Fishes of the Sea shall declare unto thee Who knoweth not in all th●se that the Hand of the Lord hath wrought this In whose Hand is the Soul of every living thing The latter part of the 36 th Chapter of Iob and the 37 th 38 th and 39 th Chapters throughout treat of the Works of the Creation and thereby designedly evince the unlimited Power and unsearchable Wisdom of the Almighty How frequent is David on this Theme extolling God's Providence in respect of the Creatures the Heavens and Earth Living and Inanimate things He speaks like a true Religious Philosopher in the beginning of the 19 th Psalm The Heavens saith he declare the Glory of God and the Firmament sheweth his handy Work v. 1. He speaks of these inanimate things here and in other places as if they were endued with Sense Reason and Speech and could really declare and shew God's Power and Glory but the meaning is that they occasion others who are endued with those Faculties to declare and set forth the Divine Praises And hence the Heavens of which he particularly speaks here are call'd the Ministers of God's Word by some of the Antient Fathers And it might be observ'd that Shemesh Sol is as much as Minister it being derived from the Chaldee Shamash ministravit Day unto Day uttereth Speech and Night unto Night sheweth Knowledg ver 2. i. e. the Vicissitude of Days and Nights made by the motion of the Heavens declares God's Providence and instructs Men in the Knowledg of the Creator There is no Speech nor Language where their Voice is not heard v. 3. i. e. though these Heavenly Bodies be speechless though they silently roll about and make no Noise yet they may truly be said to have a Voice and there is no Nation or People in the World that do not hear it and loudly proclaim the Power and Wisdom of God For as he adds Their Line is gone out through all the World and their Words to the end of the World In them hath he set a Tabernacle for the Sun which is as a Bridegroom c. His going forth is from the end of the Heavens c. ver 4 5 6. i. e. in the midst of the Firmament is placed the Royal Mansion of the Sun who sets forth at one extreme Point of the Heavens and passes through all Parts till he comes back to the same Point again and so visits all Climates of the Earth the remotest Countries under Heaven are sensible of the Virtue and Influence of his Universal Progress And then the Psalmist passes from the Consideration of the Heavens to the Word of God After he had spoken of the Book of Nature he proceeds to that of the Law thereby acquainting us that both set forth God's Glory the Beauty and Uniformity of the World and particularly of the Heavenly Bodies as well as the Written Word give us an assurance of his Infinite Perfections and Excellencies Again in Psal. 95. he is proved to be a Great God and a great King above all the reputed Gods of the Heathens because in his Hands are the deep places of the Earth the Strength of the Hills is his also The Sea is his and he made it and his Hands formed the dry Land v. 3 4 5. i. e. the Fabrick of the World all the admired Treasures of Heaven and Earth of Sea and Land are unquestionable Testimonies of his Godhead The Psalmist doth not think whatever some fancy that the present State of the Earth Sea and Heavens is deformed and disordered he praises and admires God in the Contemplation of them The whole 104 th Psalm is an Elegant Account of the Works of the Creation and of Providence for indeed it is impossible to separate these two all things that we see in the World prove not only the Being of a God but that he Rules them with Wisdom and Goodness And this you may observe here that this Divine Poet reckons up these Works of God according to the Mosaick Method i. e. in that order in which Moses represents them to have been produced at first by God when he made the World He first mentions Light which was the Product of the first day v. 2. then the Heavens and Firmament and the Angels the Inhabitants of those upper Regions of the World ver 2 3 4. which were created on the second day then the Earth Sea Springs and Rivers Plants Grass Herbs and Trees the third day's Work v. 5. c. after that the