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.

§. 3.

Thy worde, ô Lord, saith Dauid, endu∣reth for euer in heauen: thy truth also re∣maineth from one generation to another: thou hast layd the foundation of the earth, and it abideth. They continue euen to this day by thine ordinaunces, for all thinges serue thee.

The Heauens are thine; the earth also is thine; thou hast layd the foundation of the World, and all that therein is.

Thou spakest expresly in the first crea∣tion, (euen the first day) and cōmaundedst that the Heauen & Earth should be made, and the vvorke followed thy word. &c.

Vpon the second day, thou createdst the heauenly ayre, and commaundedst it, that, going betweene, it should make a deuision betvveene the vvaters; that the one part might remaine aboue, and the other be∣neath.

Vpon the third day; thou cōmaundedst, that the waters should bee gathered toge∣ther in the seauenth part of the earth: sixe parts hast thou dryed vp, and kept them, to the intent that men might sowe, and oc∣cupie husband••y therein.

Vpon the fourth day, thou createdst the light of the Sunne, and of the Moone, and the order of the S••arres: and gauest them a charge, that they should doe seruice, euen vnto Man that was for to be created.

Vpon the fifth day, thou sayd'st vnto the seauenth part, where the waters vvere gathered, that it should bring forth beasts, as foules and fishes; and it was so. For, the dumme waters, and without life, brought foorth lyuing thinges, at the commaunde∣ment of GOD, that the Nations might prayse thy wonderous works.

Vpon the sixth day, thou gauest com∣maundement vnto the Earth, that before thee it should bring forth beasts, cattell, & creeping things.

And besides this, Adam also, whom thou madest Lorde ouer all the workes vvhich thou hast created. Of him come wee all, and the people also whom thou hast chosen.

Notes

• Psalm, 119. 89, 90, 91,
• Psal, 89. 11
• 2, Esdras, 6, 38.
• 2, Esdr. 6, 41.
• 2. Esd. 6, 42.
• 2, Esdr. 6. 45. 46.
• 2, Esdr. 6. 47. 48.
• 2. Esdr. 6. 53
• verse, 54,