24. O Lord, how manifold are thy works. They are not only many for number but
manifold for variety. Mineral, vegetable, animal—what a range of works is
suggested by these three names! The kingdom of grace contains as manifold and
as great works as that of nature, but the chosen of the Lord alone discern
them. In wisdom hast thou made them all, or “wrought” them all. They are all his works, wrought by his own power, and they
all display his wisdom. The earth is full of thy riches. It is not a
poor-house, but a palace; not a hungry ruin, but a well-filled store-house. The
Creator has not set his creatures clown in a dwelling-place where the table is
bare, and the buttery empty; he has filled the earth with food; and not with
bare necessaries only, but with riches.
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