One generation shall praise thy works to
another
The works of providence done in one age shall be told by the
father to the son with praise to the great Performer of them, and
so be transmitted to the latest posterity; for in every age there
are new and strange things done in Providence, the memory of
which is not lost, but they are recorded for the glory of God and
the use of men; and the works of grace and salvation wrought by
Christ should be, have been, and will be told from age to age;
and published in every age by his faithful ministering servants,
to the glory of his grace, and the praise of his great name; see
( Psalms
22:30 Psalms 22:31
) ( Psalms
102:12 Psalms
102:18 ) ; and shall declare thy mighty
acts;
his mighty acts of nature, in creating all things out of nothing,
and upholding all things by the word of his power; his mighty
acts of grace, in redeeming his people out of the hands of him
that is stronger than they; and from all their sins, and from the
curse and condemnation of the law, and wrath to come; and the
victories which he has obtained over sin, Satan, the world, and
death: or thy powers F2; the powers of the world to come, (
Hebrews 6:5 )
; the miracles wrought by Christ on earth, and by his disciples
in Gospel times, sometimes called mighty works; as the raising of
the dead ( Matthew 11:5
Matthew
11:20 Matthew
11:21 ) .