The harmonie of Holie Scriptures vvith the seuerall sentences of sundry learned and vvorthy vvriters : collected for the comfort of all such as are desirous to seeke after theyr soules health / by I.B.

§. 11.

To finish therfore this first poynt; I will say, as Iesus the sonne of Sirach saith: As for the wondrous works of the Lord, there may nothing be taken from them; neither can any thing be put vnto them; neyther may the ground of them be found out. But vvhen a man hath done his best, hee must beginne againe: and when hee thinketh to come to an end, he must returne againe to his labour. Also; * when vve haue spoken much, vvee cannot attaine vnto them: But this is the summe of all, that GOD is all.

Hee [onely,] hath set his works in good order frō the beginning; and part of them hath he sundred from the other when hee first made them.

Hee hath garnished them for euer, and theyr beginnings so long as they shall en∣dure: they are not hungry, nor wearied in theyr labours, neither cease from their of∣fices. None of them hindereth another; neither was any of them disobedient vnto his words.

For, all his workes are exceeding good, and all his commaundements are doone in due season.

A man neede not to say; VVhat is this? VVherefore is that? For, hee hath made all things for their owne vse.

Yea; hee [alone,] hath garnished the ex∣cellent vvorks of his vvisedome. And, he is frō euerlasting to euerlasting, & for euer: vnto him may nothing be added; neyther can hee be diminished: hee hath no neede of anie Counseller.

Notes

• Ecclus, 18, 5, 6.
• Eccl{us}, 43, 27
• Eccl{us}, 16, 26
• verse, 27, 28
• Eccl{us}, 39, 16
• Eccl{us}. 39, 21
• Eccl{us}. 42, 21