' ' ' . . . . [ ;6] ,whet their Appetites.E'v.ery old ~r~th,that hath been top ~uch laid by, will thenbe pretiotis. . 4.Whenever .ordinary mean~ fail,('iod will either ~nd CJ{trao'rdinary , or elfe will feed them more -im. · medi~telyfrom himfelf. P[al. 34· 9. God hath pro. ~i~ed,that· thife thatfettr theLord,fhall want nogood ~heng. If that be meant of temporal good things, yet . ~ute; it will yield us an Argqment , that will reach the prefe~t cafe~ If God will provide for their Car. ~afe~, much more for ·their Souls. If qod will fup• ply them with lefs necdf~ries , thendoubtlef~ he will not be wanting,in whats abfolutely neceffarte. Pfal• .~3. I' 2 '3.TheLord is my s hepher4, I (hall not WAnt; ·and fo oti,throughout the Pfa1m.Surelygoodnejfe and mercyfha/lfol!ow.me all the d~tys ofmy !zfe ; and I foall dwell in theHeufe ofthe Lord for ever. · Here we have the Pfalmifts co~clufion , and it~s ' foundation; . or his confidence, and _ it's ground; his f.oundation, or ground is, the Lord is my Shep- . heard' his conclufiori a.nd confiqence is , llhall not want; that is, ~either for Bodie, rior Soul; <as ap– pears by the followitiz part -of the Pfalm.- IfDa. 7:1ids Log~ck , ~nd his :faith too , ·does ~ot fail him, the conclufion is firm; let the Lord be his Shepherd, and he fhall not know Famine or want. \ ' . · Gods ·relation to his people, is their fecuritie, f0r a fufficient provifion in all tirnes_., If the L0rd be the~r Shepherd , he mufl: -fee the1n fed ; he mu~ either fincl them·tpofe that lhall, or doe it hirrifelf. He 1nufl either find themPatters, or be the~r Pa– fl~r; he mufi eicher -frovide then1 , or qe their Jla.. fi~ue.. If ordinarie means fail, he mufr find cxtraor- • I .f. ~ l ' ~ • , >' • » I ., ' ; \ I ~ j ' · · ~~1;1.ary
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