pro9nifes ofearthly bleßin3s, &c. 351 felfe to truíl to. So Chrift followeth his Difcip'.es care- Mat. 6.3o, 31. fùlnefle to this doore, their unbeliefe, which cid not let them confider our heavenly Father cared for them. No prefentefiate, (though never fo great) can free the heart fromdifir::c`lion, becaufe it is fubje& to decay and vanifh: we (hall never call theburdenof care offour owne íhoul z Pet I./. ders, till we learne by faithto call it upon the Lord, whole eye is over us for good. Hewill never renouncecarnali fupports, who makes Ìnot God the flay of his foule for outward things. He will 2 !miff in the abundance ofhis riches, wifdome, friends, or ilrcngth,that makes not God his flrength. The heart of Pal. Sa.?. man, being privy to his inability to fullaine himfelfe, ifhe be not underfet, will feeke out tome prop, true or falle, found or rotten, to leaneunto. They will goe dowse to -Egypt for helpe, and flayon hones, and trufl in Chari- Efty 3 z. z, & ors, becaufe they are many, and inhorfemen,becaufe they z, to, z z,z a. are very Prong, who looke not to the holy oneof Ijraell, feeke not the Lord. Beliefe in Godbrings good fucceffe. The Lord will he 3. entreated to fhowrehis bleffings plentifully upon them, that put their troll in him. Believe in the Lordyour God, lo Cheo.zo.ao. 'ballyeebeefiablifhed:believe his Prophets foAgileprofiler, r Córo.s,z°. Men are afhamedto falfifie the troll that is repofed in Y Ç}'1o.15.7,9 them : And fhali the Lord frullrate the delire of them, that hope in his mercy. Ifwecleavenot to the promifes of God made con- cerning temporali things , we (hail adhere to the pro- `h miles of life with lefìe affurance. Both promifes flow zcor.z.xa from one fountaine, evenGods everlallinglove, are fla- bliihed in the fame mediatour ; and receivedby the fame faith : yea the promifes oflife everlafling (as more fpiri- I ruaff and furthefl removed from fence) are in themfelves more difficult to be believed : fo that cur affurance of 1 them cannot be greater, then is our confidence. in God for the other whichconcerne this life, fo farre as he feeth it to be for our good, and the glory of his great name, if
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