his excellent greatnesse_. The worke of creation is so mightie, that
none could bring it to passe but the Father almightie: that God should
haue nothing but nothing, whereof, wherewith, whereby to build this
high, huge, goodly, faire frame; is a principle which nature cannot
teach, and Philosophie will not beleeue. The worke of redemption is of
farre greater might and mercy, for the making of the world was (if I may
so speke) onely lip-labour vnto God, _he spake the word and it was done,
he commanded and it stood fast_, Psalm. 33. 9. but Christ in redeeming
the world said many words, and did many wonders, and suffered also many
wounds. It is true that the least ake of his least finger is _infiniti
meriti, sed non definiti meriti_, that is of an infinite merit, yet not
that determined ransome for the sinnes of the whole world. It cost him
more to redeeme soules, [dg]_he dyed for our sinnes and rose againe for
our iustification_, hee suffered for vs and that death, and that a
violent death, and of all violent deaths the most accursed death on
the Crosse.

[Sidenote df: _Aduancement of learning lib. 2. pag. 116._]

[Sidenote dg: _Rom. 4. 25._]

The worke of sanctification is a noble act also, for euery man if you
rightly consider his making is a wonder, I am saith our [dh]Prophet
fearfully and wonderfully made: but a good man if you consider his new
making is a wonderfull wonder, as [di]_Paul_ speakes _a spectacle to men
and Angels_, as the vulgar Latine runnes in the 68. Psalme, at the last
verse, _mirabilis deus in sanctis_, O God wonderfull art thou in thy
Saints.

[Sidenote dh: _Psalm. 139. 13._]