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4 —In the third, there is the work of divinity. Of these in their order.—And first of the first.

1st, The sovereignness of the expression; And the Lord God said, Luke i. 70. As he spake by the mouth of his prophets.—In other scriptures, he used their mouths; but in this he makes use of his own! They were the organs, and He the breath; they the early streams, and He the Fountain. How He spoke, it is hard to be spoken, whether eternally, internally, or externally, Quomodo non est, quod quæeremus sed potius quid dixerit intelligamos; we are not to enquire into 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 founder 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 subject, Man alone; The predicate, It is not good, &c.

1. The subject.—Man alone; take this in two branches. 1. As it is limited to one man. 2. As it is lengthened to all men.

First, As it is limited to one man: and so it is taken particularly: Man for the first man. When all other creatures had their mates, Adam wanted his; though he was the emperor of the earth, and the admiral of the seas, yet in paradise without a companion; though he was truly happy, yet he was not fully happy; though he had enough for his board, yet he had not enough for his bed; though he had