Serin. 18. on Divine Providence i' 433 every good (nd per fengift is from b above and comet down from the Fa- b Iam.I 17. ther of lights. Ev, ry'gocd Gift ; Not only thole tranfcendents,of Grace and Glory.ofUnion wt.!~ Chrilt here and toll fruition of aria hereafter; but a1 :ßo all temporal good things,be tk ey more or lefs,even to an Hoof, or Shoolacbet. Faith confeffeth, that it. ¡lath Nothing, but what it C re- c j Cor.4.7. craved fr' ®m God. As God in mercy lath a promif ed ; fo God in Bounty d Mar 6.33. hat given me thefe earthly ell'ja >ytn=nts. It is the Lord th.7t gave, kith t Tin t43' Bel;e J nge 70b ; Riches, Honour, Advancement, promotion, the 011 e Jib 1,2r. core of God ; Not front the Ealt, nor Weft, nor S ;uth,i. e. neither this way,nor that way ,nor any Tray of man, but God pitted/ down one,and f fettetb up another. Faith know t'i _. as all good thing! come from r Goi,fo,11 fuccefsinbufanefs,all bl fngs.onour Labours, C.Jlings, Affairs, is only f om the Lord. It is [ti_ g L9r4 alone, t.at makes whnrr- a Gen.39.23 foevcr fephdoth to pro fper. The Difciples m;:y fifh, and tog a.1 night, but till h Chiift comes, they can catch nothing. 'Tis the i Bl Jfiig h Mat.4. 19. of the L rd alone that make` h rich. i Prov.IO.22. 2. Since all that 1 have ù recieveci of God, I may not, I mull not boa 17, crack, k glory, u if I receiv'd it not Let others, faith Faith, thank I Cor.4.;. their own iobours, wifdom, policy, parts, wickedly facriflee to their on I nets and burn Incenfe to their own drags, as if by them their portion ' H2b.1 16.. were fat,and their meat plenteous. Faith leaves it to the Arheift to blefs hirnfelfin being Fortuna fuc Faber,or with that Duvghil wretch, who being,ebcited to thankGod for a rich Crop ofCorn,replyes,Thank God 'ball I? Nay rather thankrny Dung -cart. Faith is of another kind of complexion O far be it, faith fbe, that I fhould fo much as in my heart, fay, that my °' power, and the might of my hand hash gotten me this m Deu.8 wealth. Dan.43o. 3. In as much u all that I have is from Gods blef ng and bounty, this whole all Ball be for his praife and Glory. Since all my enjoyments are of him, it is but lull, that all Ihould be ton him. He that is the n Rom.1I,36. Alpha, the beginning of all may mercies, fhall be the * Omega, the *Dais d éino- end and Center of all my Services. Thefe Earthly treafures,faith Faith, mperúr. thail be improved, for high and Heavenly ends. Not thrown into the Hue omne prin. fink.of a voluptuosu panch; not fo much on an Hawkor Hound,bur laid, cipiurn hue refer and lockt up in Gods ?"reafury;i.e. the Backs and Bofoms ofChrifis poor exitum.Horat,. members. Faith is refolved to improve Satans greaten. weapon (i.e. the World and it's fweetei enjoyments) againft Hinofelf, 'twill break His Hairy fcalp with His own cudgels, turne his own Cannons againfi him, that is,by reducing al it's wordly enjoyments into a ferviceablenes,&fub- ordination for the glory of God. Faith difdains to take chat courfe way, of
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