Parti. in the Creation. 179 



Sun, and Moon, and Stars, to praife God, doth 

 in effedt call upon Men and Angels, and other 

 rational Beings, to confider thofe great EfFeds 

 of the divine rower and Wifdom, their vaft Di- 

 menfions, their regular Motions and Periods, 

 their admirable Difpofition and Order, their emi- 

 nent Ends and Ufes in illuminating and enliven- 

 ing the Planets, and other Bodies about them, 

 .and their Inhabitants, by their comfortable and 

 cherifhing Light, Heat, and Influences, and to 

 give God the Glory of his Power, in making fuch 

 great and illuftrious Bodies, and of his Wifdom 

 and Goodnefs in fo placing and difpofing of 

 them, fo moving them regularly and conftant- 

 ly, without clafhing, or interfering, one with 

 another, and enduing them with fuch excellent 

 Virtues and Properties, as to render them fo fer- 

 viceable and beneficial to Man, and all other 

 Creatures about them. 



The like may be faid of Fire, Hail, Snow, 

 and other Elements and Meteors, of Trees, and 

 ether Vegetables, of Beafls, Birds, Infeds, and 

 all Animals, when they are commanded to 

 praife God, which they cannot do by them- 

 felves ; Man is commanded to confider them 

 particularly, to obfefve and take notice of their 

 curious Strudure, Ends, and Ufes, and give 

 God the Praife of his Wifdom, and other At- 

 tributes dierein manifefted. 



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