And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, [and] the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed [is] in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
Ver. 11,12. Let the earth bring forth, &c.] "Grass for the cattle, and herb for the use of man" Psa 104:14 and both these before either man or beast were created. He made meat before mouths. He fills for us two bottles of milk before we come into the world. Herbs and other creatures we have still to eat and to enjoy. ad esum et ad usum Our land flows not with "milk" only, for necessity; but with "honey" too, for delight. Nature, amidst all, is content with a little; grace, with less. Sing we merrily with him a
Hoc mihi pro certo, quod vitam qui dedit, idem
Et velit et possit suppeditare eibum.
This to me, for certain, because he who gave life, the same
And he wishes and is able to supply needs.
a Georg. Farbric. Chemnicensis