Preston - Houston-Packer Collection BX5133.P7 N4 1634

-·~-------------------------------------- ItS~ G 0 DS , ., .way, _he did .not turne afide to thefe ·prefent · Commodities, ..why '? be.caufe he thought the , Lordwas AU~fttfficient. AndJo.Abrah~m, he left his Fathers houfe, and cameinto a Land, where . -- he.~adnot afoot; becaufehe th.oughtGod was L/.iU-flJ[ficien~;Godfpeakes to him,vpon r·hat oc• .cafion, ftare not .Abraham, thou art in a firange · ·What makes · · Countrey, -where thou haft no'bodytoprovide · Chri!Hansinforthee.,yet1willbe<..AU.Tu11'icient. Thofe that dure hardthip ') ~'JJ • inthisworld.. wander.edvpa~ddowne inJbeepes -skiJme.r~ and in- ' 3 Whether we lookemuch to particular mcaaes. I Goats.s.kins;; noque.fiion, they might haue had outward.coforts aswell as others, ifthey would _. hauetookethat courfe that others did, ~ut they were willing to.leaue all prefent ~om~odiries: becaufethey ttulled in -~od, thaf he, was AU-fof fi.cicnt. _They{ujfered ( faith the ApoftleHe6.. I I.) thej}oylingoftheirgoods, they loft all, and wan– dered vp,anddowne, a~dhadnGthing bptdens tolye in, in fiead ofhoufes, andJheepu-skinncs, . inll:ead ofclothes. This they did, becaufe they . thought him to be AU-fujficient. Confider whe~ thet thou be able to do this to let go prefent wages,prefenrcomforts, and commodities, and not to turneafide to them: for,if Godbe A!1-fuf ·cient, wh~ neede is there of them '? Ifthere be enoughinhim) why fhould you ll:ep out to them~ - Moreover, ifGodbe t....All-fufficient, why do we fi:ick fo much vpon particularmcanes,to fay if fuch meanesbe notvfed, I ihall be vndone .t> If he be uU-fojficitnt, it is no matter what the meanes be,heisableto-bringit top~ffe.ltis vfu- .all

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