Twenty four sermons on various useful subjects . SERMON I. xss Thankfulnefs for Exiftence* PSALM cxxxix« 14, I will praife thee ; for I am fearfully and wonder^ fully made. HE firft idea, wKich occurs tomind on reading thefe words, is,that the pfalmift feels difpofedtablefs God for his exiftence ; notf only that he has an exifence^ bulthat he has fuch an cxiflence, I will praife thee ; for I am fearfully and wonder-fully made. He was meditating upon the myfic-rious and wonderful formation of his body in thewomb, how curiouOy every part was formed, ac-cording to the all perfefl pattern in the d
Twenty four sermons on various useful subjects . SERMON I. xss Thankfulnefs for Exiftence* PSALM cxxxix« 14, I will praife thee ; for I am fearfully and wonder^ fully made. HE firft idea, wKich occurs tomind on reading thefe words, is,that the pfalmift feels difpofedtablefs God for his exiftence ; notf only that he has an exifence^ bulthat he has fuch an cxiflence, I will praife thee ; for I am fearfully and wonder-fully made. He was meditating upon the myfic-rious and wonderful formation of his body in thewomb, how curiouOy every part was formed, ac-cording to the all perfefl pattern in the divinebook. And to the attentive and philofophic mind,the formation of the human body appears to be awork of furprifing power and wifdom, far furpafT-ing the reach of our compreheofion. But the fame may. S S E R M O N i. may be faid, refpe^ling the formation of the bodyof a beaft, or infeft ; and therefore the power and\vifdom of the Deity is no lefs manifeft in the foriri-ation of the body of ah animal, than in thatdf a there is fomeihing in man, which is wanting inevery other fpecies of creatures on earth, that is, arational and immortal foul. By this, we are madecapable of contemplating ourfelvcs, of knowingOur own exiftence,- and of knowing what kind ofexiftence we have, and to whom we are indebted foiit. This v/e can by no means fuppofe was out ofthe pfalmifts mind, when he faid unto God, in thewords of the te^t, I will pfaife th^e; for I am fear-fully and wonderfully made. Tofuppofe,thathebadno refpe6t to the internal powers and faculties of foul,vith which he was endowed, wonld be doing vio-lence to reafon; for without thefe, he v^ould nev^rhave known to whom he was indebted for his ex-illence, nor been capable of praifing God for the whole, it is clearly evident,
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