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condition: It is not good, &c. 3. The suitableness of the provision; I will make, &c
In the first there is the worth of veracity. In the second, thero is the want of society. In the third, there is the work of divinity. Of these in their order. And first of the first.
1. The sovereignness of the expression: And the Lord God said, &c.
Luko i. 70. “As he spoke by the mouths of his prophets.” In other scriptures he used their mouths, but in this instance he makes use of his own; they were the organs, and he the breath; they the streams, and he the fountain. How he spake, it is hard to determine: whether eternally, internally, or externally. We are not to inquire into the manner of speaking, but into the matter that is spoken; which leads me, like a directing star, from the suburbs to the city, from the porch to the palace, from the founder of the mine, to the treasure that is in it: It is not good, &c.
In which we have two things:—
1. The Subject. 2. The Predicate.
Tho subject, Man alone. The predicate, It is not good, &c. 1. The subject, Man alone. Take this in two branches.
1. As it is limited to one man.
2. As it is lengthened to all men.
First, As it is limited to one man: And so it is taken particularly: Man, for the first man. When all other creatures had their mates, Adam wanted his; though ho was the emperor of the earth, and the admiral of the seas, yet in Paradise without a companion; though he was truly happy, yet he was not fully happy; though he had enough for his board, yet he had not enough for his bed; though he had many creatures to serve him, yet
