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 SERMON Genesis ii. 18. And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone: I will make him on help-meet for him. HUMAN misery is to divine mercy, a a black soil to a sparkling diamond ; or as a sable cloud to the sun beams; Psalm viii. 4. “Lord, what is man that thou art mindful of " him! Man is, in his creation, angelical : in his corruption, diabolical; in his renovation theo- logical; in his translation, majestical. There were four silver channels, in which the crystal streams of God's affection ran to man in his creation. 1. In his preparation. 2. In his assimila- tion. 3. In his coronation. 4. In his asso- ciation. 1. In his preparation. Other creatures received the character of their beings by a simple fiat ; but there was a consultation at his forming; not for the difficulty, but for the dignity of the work. The painter is most studious about that which he means to make his master-piece. The four elements were taken out of their elements to make up the perfection of man's complexion : the fire was purified, the earth was refined. When man was moulded, heaven and earth was married ; a body from the one, was espoused to a soul from the other.