--------------------~---------------------------==-~ 'CHAP .I. ~ttpon the Epiflle of J A \l\1 l! s. men are of the conditio··, of rnankinde, the letS religious. Promi(es ·urually invite rhofe that are in want, becau(e theyare mofi likely ·to regard them: Jfa. 55· I. Ho e1JerJonethatthirfteth,andhethat . hath no mony. Math. I I. 28. The WeAry and heav1 laden.. In the 5.0fMatth. The poor in JPirit, and they _that hunger and thirft .lift errighteoufmfl : Ben::1g humbled by the1r owo wants and needs, they are mofi pliabkto Gods offerfi. Well, Then do not think your _, lot is above the lot of the reil: of the creatures: God onely is tlu?c£f– x,,;, [elf-happy, fdf-fufficienr; other things are encompa!fed with wants, that they may look after him. P[al. 145. I 5, 16. The eyes ofall thin~t are upon thee, and thou[atis{ieft the dejire of every living- thing. The Creatures are made up ofdejires, that ti.1eir eyes may be upon God. Certainly they want moft that 'Want not!.Jing : Be fenfible ofyour condition. 33 1. From that [Lack_.] Want andindigence pJtt UJ r.:pon prayer; Obfervat. 2· and our addretJes toHeaven beginat rhe fenfe of our own needs : The father fhould not have heard fr <'m the prodigal, had he not b.cgun to bein want, Lu~ 15. r6. Obferve it, The Creawre firfl: beginnerh with God out of felf-Iove; The fidl motive and allure– mentis the fupply of our wants: But remember, 'cis better to be– gin in the fl4h and endm theJPirit, then to begin in the JPirit anct end in .the flefh : ~ ris wdl chat God f:mcl:ifierh our fdf-love to fo blt!fed a purpofe. If there had nor bec·n fo many miferies of blind– ncfs, lamene{s,pof[effions,pnljies, in (he -days.ot Chri.fis fUh, there wouldnot have been fuchgreat re; ort to him: - Th;; firfi motive is Want, 3· From that [wif'dom,] Confidt"r it wirh re*~pe .q. to the Con~ Obfer'Z1Jat. 3 ~ text, nnd tht: t\on;is;. That there u need of'-~ r~.tt Wifdom for the right managing of ajfl!Ilionr. Chearfui p:1rience is an holy arc aod skiH, which a ':lJan learnethofGod: 1ha velearned to abou;~d, and to be abajed, 'Phi!. 4· ro. Such an hard lejfor; needech mucr./ ie~trninf.· There is need ofWifdom in feveral refpeCl:s: r.. To difcern o~ Gods.end in it, to pickout the language and meaning of the dtfpenfatlOn; Arnos 6"9· Hear ·the rod: Every providence,hath avoyce~: t9~ugh fometirnes it be fo frill, and low, that it.requireth fo.me sklll to hearit•.,Our fpirits are mofl: fatisfied, when we difc~rn. Gods aim in every'thing. 2. To know the nature of the affltcbon, whether it be tofan, or to deflroy : Hc;>w 'ds intended for our good~ and Y{h~t ufes ~d benefits we may make of it; Blrj{ed . F - ···-· is
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