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AND thus much briefely shall suffice for the profytablenesse of the crea∣tures.
But for the better setting forth of the prayse of God: Let vs marke wel, how merueilously god doth stil kéepe togither those thrée thinges in his worke, which we shall so more easily sée, how meruey∣lous
it is, if afterwards we view, ••••w the same cannot be together in mans worke.
Truely, as man doth desyre to do ma∣ny things, so he cannot do great things, for so much the lesse he doth preuayle or prosper in euery one, as the thinges be more in number, vpō the which he doth imploy the force of his indeuour.
Agayne when he coueteth the great∣nes, he is hindered by the number, for he is not able to bestow strength vppon many, which he hath spente vpon one. Likewise he may afoard the lesse labor to the bewtifying of the worke, ye more he beateth his minde vpon the dispatche eyther of the number, or of ye greatnes. We fynd by common experyence, that the Scriuener doth more readily write little letters, and is more payned with the greater, and the faster the Pen run∣neth, the worse the letters be, that be written.
Also in making of Garmentes, such as séeke to haue them to fine, often loose the profyte, and they that séeke profite▪ often want hansomnesse.
But in the workes of God, neyther the number doth hinder the greatnesse, nei∣ther the greatnesse the number ney∣ther the number and the greatnesse, the bewtifulnesse. But they all be made so fully, as though, that but one were made, that when man doeth looke vpon all, he may wonder at euery one of thē.
But it may be that some will thinke this to much of séene thinges: it maye please them to consider, that so large a matter cannot be easily comprysed in few wordes.
For wheras the Apostle doth say, yt by thinges séene in the world, the inuisible, and the not to be séene graces in God be playnely known: It is necessary, that whosoeuer would come to the know∣lege of the not séene by the séene, should fyrst know the séene.
And therfore I, according to my smal ability, thought also this the best way, to fynd out the not thrée séene thinges, set downe in the beginning by the thrée thinges séene, apposed agaynste them, that first, I shoulde somewhat make knowne the thinges séene, and after∣wardes
when the dore of contemplation were as it were opened, then to goe on to find out the thinges not séene.
And now for that I haue made an end of that I had to say of the thinges séene, it remayneth to sée, how by these we maye goe vp to the knowledge of the thinges not seene.