Attributes of God - Charnock - XXVII - Chapter 9 (God's wisdom) continued

Required reading
Attributes of God by Charnock (Available from Amazon or free on the internet, here for example) - Continue Chapter 9 (A discourse upon the wisdom of God) by reading up to the paragraph commencing '(2) The wisdom of God appears in his government of his creatures'.  Note that this is a shorter reading than that which I gave out last week, I decided to modify it slightly.

My summary
Today we continue the discourse on the wisdom of God by beginning Charnock's fourth main point which shows wherein the wisdom of God appears. 

There will be three major subpoints to this main point.  God's wisdom appears:
(i) in creation;
(ii) in government;
(iii) in redemption.

This week we deal only with the point, 'in creation'.  Next week will be 'in government'.  And the week after will be 'in redemption'.

So this week Charnock teaches us that the wisdom of God appears:
(i) in the variety of creation;
(ii) in the beauty of creation;
(iii) in the fitness of everything for its end, and the usefulness of it;
(iv) in the linking of all these useful parts together, so that one is subordinate to the other for a common end.

What grabbed me
I enjoyed reading the 'use' at the end of the section: 'How much may we see of the perfection of God in every thing that presents itself to our eyes! And how should we be convinced of our unworthy neglect of ascending to him with reverent and admiring thoughts, upon the prospect of the creatures! What dull scholars are we, when every creature is our teacher, every part of the creature a lively instruction! Those things that we tread under our feet, if used by us according to the full design of their creation, would afford rich matter, not only for our heads, but our hearts. As grace does not destroy nature, but elevate it, so neither should the fresher and fuller discoveries of Divine wisdom in redemption, deface our thoughts of his wisdom in creation. Though the greater light of the sun obscures the lesser sparkling of the stars, yet it gives way in the night to the discovery of them, that God may be seen, known, and considered in all his works of wonder and miracles of nature. No part of Scripture is more spiritual than the Psalms; none filled with clearer discoveries of Christ in the Old Testament; yet how often do the penmen consider the creation of God, and And their meditations on him to be sweet, as considered in his works! " My meditation of him shall be sweet," Psal. civ. 34, When? Why, after a short history of the goodness and wisdom of God in the frame of the world, and the species of the creatures. '

Indeed, what dull scholars we are!

Next week's reading
Continue Chapter 9 (A discourse upon the wisdom of God) by reading up to the paragraph commencing '(3) The wisdom of God doth wonderfully appear in redemption.'

Now it's your turn
Please post your own notes and thoughts in the comments section below.