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CHAP. VII. Of the Extensiveness of the Heavens.
The Stars and Firmament, the expanded Sky and all the Hosts of the Etherial Orbs speak expresly unto all the Nations of the Earth, that there is a God to be worship∣ped, and with such a Worship as becomes his Infinite Excellency: Their words are so loud, they may be heard to all the Ends of the Word. Then let us consider,
- 1. WHether the most dark and distant Nations of the Earth have ta∣ken notice of this Rule; — heard this Voice.
- 2. What they have understood by it.
- 3. What they might understand.
- 4. What Inferences we may deduce from the whole, for our own use.
1. Whether the darkest — Nations — have heard this Voice!
Answ. Yes, Their sound hath gone out to all the ends of the World. And it is very easily made out. For,
1. They had no other Bible to read in, than that of Nature; and this of the Hea∣vens was the most legible Page in the whole Book. They were without the