376 Tie Wisdom of GOD Part II. 



Infer, i. Firji^ Let us give Thanks to Almigh- 

 ty God for the Perfection- and Integrity of our 

 Bodies 5 it would not be amifs to put it into the 

 euchariftical Part of our daily Devotions: We 

 praife thee, O God, for the due Number, Shape, 

 and Ufe of our Limbs and Senfes j and in general, 

 of all the Parts of our Bodies ; we blefs thee for 

 the found and healthful Conftitution of them, 

 Ffal. X. It is thou that haft made us, and not we 

 ourfelves ; in thy Book were all our Members writ- 

 ten. The Formation of the Body is the Work of 

 God, and the whole Procefs thereof attributed to 

 him, Pfal cxxix. 13, 14, 15. The Mother that 

 bears the Child in her Womb is not confcious to 

 any thing that is done there, fhe underftands no 

 more how the Infant is form'd than itfelf doth ; 

 but if God hath beftow'd upon us any peculiar 

 Gift or Endowment wherein we excel others, as 

 Strength, or Beauty, or Activity, we ought to give 

 him fpecial Thanks for it; but not to think the 

 better of ourfelves therefore, or defpife them that 

 want iu 



Now becaufe thefe bodily Perfedions being 

 common Bleffings, we are apt not at all to con- 

 fider them, or not to fet ajuil Value on them; 

 and becaufe the Worth of Things is beft difcern*d 

 by their want, it v/ould be ufeful fometimes to 

 imagine or fuppofe ourfelves, by fom^ Accident, 

 to be deprived of one of our Limbs or Senfes, as 

 ii Hand, or a FooCj or an Eye, for then we can- 

 not 



