Preston - Houston-Packer Collection BX5133.P7 N4 1634

A L L - s V l' F I c I E N c y. . I 6> them, butto.vft this world 4J thot1gh yeuvfedit ~t, That is; All things·in the world, . all the men in the world; fordndeede you ·would vfe them, as ifyoa ·did not vfe them;ifyou didfee an emptindfein them,;tnd. a fulneife.andanAU..:. ·fufficienc.iein f.!IJd.". .. .. . . . . . . . Secol1dly; tf we do ·beleeoe ··tl1ere IS an All.- It we rcaue lfo!ficiency inGod;why do we go out from him, himrorpre~ · to take in ~refent commodities, to avoyde pre- - f~n~commofemdangers~-· Why do we notferue .him with diu~·· the loffe of all thefe':' For ifhe be· All-fojficient, it isno ·matter what thou loofefr, . thou hafi e~ nough, ifthonhaft him. Ybumayfeeitin Paul (to refembleit to yo.u,tofl1ewyou what I would · haue fayd)faythhe, .. weferuethelivingGod; w<: take much paines in our Miniffery,-we fuffer · much, buthaue nothing butimprifonment, no- · thing but fafiings·,and whippings, and fl:onings; andwhy do we it~ fonve truft in the~iving God,.·. and we thinke him' to be A ll..fofjicient:when he .· fayth,wetrufrin him,thatisimplyed.Jfay, now · looke to thy fl:lfe, an thou 'able to· ferue him, . with<?Ut looking to . prefcnt commoditie' '1 Art · thou·ab1e to do:a.sthe Di{ciplesdid,wben they were fentemptie,and .yet were willing to dothe · worke, .andwere·contentto haue no wages gi– ven them,hecaufet!Ieytrufl:ed in q:od,&thought ~ he wasfuflicientPiYou fee,our Savio;urput them vponit; it is true, they lacked nothing, but yet that wasthetryall. Mofts when h~mighi: haue · hadpre(ent commoditie, he Ieft'all, he left theCourtofPharaoh,helcl¥--Egyptandwerttemptie j, away,

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