...decay. This is elegantly and nobly exprefled by the Pfahnift, Pfal. cii. 25, 26, 27. Of old haft thou laid the Foundations of the Earth, and the Heavens are the Work of thine Hands. They Jhall perJh, but thou Jlalt endure; yea all of them Jhall wax old like a Garment ; as a Vefture /halt...

...triumph ? COLLECT. THOU, O God, art glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders ! Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundations of the earth ; and the heavens are the works of thy hands. Thou saidst, Let there be light, and there was light. And thou art also the...

...sceptre of thy kingdom." To the same purpose, ver. 10. quoted from Psalm cii. 25, 26. « And thou, Lord, in the beginning, hast laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work ofthine hands." These words are evidently spoken of the Jehovah of Israel, but here applied...

...one day, and one day as a thousand years, O Lord, of old hast thoit laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of thine hands. They shall perish, but thou shall endure; yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment ; as a vesture shall thou change them,...

...To the fame purpofe ver. ю quoted from Pfalm cii. 25, 26, " And thou Lord, in the beginning, hail laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of thine hands." Thefe words arc evidently f poke n of the Jehovah of Ifrael, but here applied by the Father to the...

...God. is unchangeable in regard of his nature andeflence. Pfal. rii. 25, 26,. 27. ' Of old thou h,aft laid. the foundations of the earth ; and the heavens are the work, of thine hands. They Hi: til pcrifh, but thou fhalt endure : they fhall be changed, but thou art the fame.' 2> God is. aschaogeable...

...and ghostlike, and impalpable are the men and things that we look upon and account to be substantial. They shall perish, but THOU remainest. They shall all wax old as doth a garment, and as a vesture shalt Thou fold them up, and they shall be changed, but Thou art the same, and Thy...

...Psalmist expresses the majesty, power, and immutability of God, in these sublime terms: r' Of old thou hast laid the foundations of the earth, and " the...work of thine hands. They shall " perish, but thou shalt endure ; yea, all of them shall " wax old like a garment; as a vesture thou shalt change " them,...

...day, and one day as a thousand years." " O Lord, of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of thine hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure ; yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them,...

...&c." All which three verses are spoken concerning Christ, as appears in Heb. i. 10, &c. " Thou, I*ord, in the beginning hast laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of thy hands, &c." And here it is proper to take notice of four things : 1. That the way whereby...