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[ 663] All Creatures subject to Gods pleasure.

GOd is in Heaven,* 1.1 he doth whatsoever he will. There is not any in the Hea∣ven, or Earth, or Sea, be it body or spirit, which is not at his de••otion, and waiteth not at his beck, the greatest do him homage, the smallest do him service? what is greater then the Heaven? yet if Ioshua pray unto him, that ever-wheel∣ing body shall cease his diurnal motion, The Sun shall stand still in Gibeon and the Moon in Ajalon. That which cometh forth as a Giant, and rejoyceth to run his course,* 1.2 to satisfie Hezekiah, and to confirm his faith shall flie back as a Coward ten degrees at once, as then it appeared by the Dyal of Ahaz. What is ruder or more unfit to be dealt withal then the Earth? yet at his pleasure he shaketh both Earth and Sea. What is more pure, a more excellent and subtile essence then

the Angels? yet he hath bound up four of them in the River of Euphrates, and although they be prepar'd at an hour, and at a day, and at a moment, and at a year,* 1.3 to slay the third part of men; yet these Angels cannot stir until that they be loosed by his special commandement: Unconceivable is his Majesty, unestimable is his power, the highest things and the lowest, the greatest and the we••kest do obey him.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Psal. 115. 3.
• * 1.2

  Josh. 10. 12. Geo. Ab••ot Cant. ••on Jon. Psal. 19. 5. 2 King. 20. 11. Hag. 2. 7.
• * 1.3

  Apoc. 9. 14.