(s7) tlinary, ifboth fail, he 'muft be inflead of means to them. · . Here two things~ . '1. That God fiands eng~ged, as tm~ Shepherd of_his people, where ordinary meansfail, eit.l:ler to previae them exttaordinarie , or to feed them more immediately from himfelf. ' z. That extraordinary means, or no means,,when · God brings his People to it,will be better than their ' . · prdinarie means, , r. That God,flands engaged, as the Shepheardof his People, /~here ordinarie means fail, either topro– v~de them exrraordinarie, or to feed them more im– mediately, from_himfelf. Feed ~hem he mufl, or he cannot be faithfu!l;and .ifmeans fail, he mufl: fupply that wa.nt one wayor other. NowGod is faithfull, and wi!'l not fee his Sheep to Harv~. !fa. 4 I. I 7,t8. wpen the ,poor and needy feelz water, amlthere u ' none,and their Tongue fttileth for th~rft, I the Lord ·'n?ill hear them, I th~ Ged ~flfnul will not ftJrfaJte th~m.Iwill open1\l;vers in high places pP ountaz"ns in the m,idft of the Vallies, I will mak.! the ~ildernefl a Pool ofWAter, and the dry Lan_d, Springs sf Water.Oh what a goodWorld is here, for the poor Sa.ints to live upon,in ·hard times.lt is interpreted,to have an imn1edt~te reference to the outward, and yet a fpeci:~.l refpeet alfQ ., to the fpirimal wants ~~d di- , fireffes. And it wjll appear,ifwe compare ir,with the like exprefsions. Chap. 44· 3. I wilt pour water up– Dn him that u thirfly , and flo9ds upon tht dry gret~nel, J will pour my Spirit on thy Seed, and m] Blcffing upon th.ine f)ff:-fpring. · from ~he former S~riptures note, I I .. I.Th!tt
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