A Sermon, Preached at Northampton, October 27, 1808, at the Opening of Northampton Bridge (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from A Sermon, Preached at Northampton, October 27, 1808, at the Opening of Northampton Bridge The God, of whose being we have such evidence, is the Creator of all things visible and invisible. "Of old he laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the work of his hands." It is He, that hath lighted up the sun, the moon, and the stars, and hung them, as lamps in the sky. It is He, that created the rivers, and scooped out a bason for the ocean, and filled it with water. It is He, that hath formed the vegetables, from the least to the greatest. It is He, that hath organized our bodies, with those of all animal things, and given us the breath of life. Further, God is to be regarded, as the author not only of all the works of nature, as they are called, but of those also, which, in distinction from these, are called Artificial. We are not, indeed, to be considered as mere machines. We have a proper agency of our own. But we are so dependent on God, that He is to be considered the "author and finisher" of everything we do, that is lawful and wise. Every utensil we form, every garment we make, every house we build, every bridge we erect, is in an important sense, the work of his hands. This will appear from several considerations. 1. It is God who provides materials, without which we must be inactive. We cannot, like him, raise a fabric out of nothing. Nor is it enough, that we have materials, unless they be suitable. We might as well attempt to build a house or a bridge with nothing, as with some things in existence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.