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 4     Once more let me put these grapes into the press. 1. The sovereignness of the expression, "and the Lord God said." 2 The solitariness of the condition, " tis   not good," &c. 3. The suitablenes of the provision, “ I.   will make," &c.      In the first, there is the worth of veracity.    In the second, there is the want of society.    In the third there is the work of divinity.      Of these in their order. And first of the    first.      First, The sovereignness of the expres-    sion. And the Lord God said,”      Luke i. 70. As he spake by the mouth of    his prophets. In other scriptures be used    their mouth, but in this he makes use of    his own: they were the organs, and he the    breath; the early streams, and he the foun-    tain. How he spake, 'tis hard to be spoken    whether eternally, internally, or externally,    Quomodo non est quod quaremus, sed potius    quid dixerit intelligamus; we are not to en-    quire to the manner of speaking, but to the    matter that is spoken; which leads me, like a    directing-star, from the suburbs to the city, from the porch to the palace, from the found- er of the mine to the treasure that is in it, " It is not good," &c. In which you have two things. 1. The subject. 2. The predicate. The subjeet, man alone. The predicate, 'tis not good, &c. First, The subject, man alone; take this in two branches.