pronsi/is ofearthly blef fängs,&c, fullainenature, but they are forne fmall pittance ofour childs portion,pawnes ofour heavenly inheritance: which doth adde muchunto their fweetnes.-If friends beabfent, a letter, a token ferves inuch to=tnaintainelove andkind- neffe : now thefe be forne of thofe love-tokens, which our heavenlyFatherfendeth unto us, that he might draw our love unto him. Seventhly,Faith is frugali, compafonate, induf}rious. After wehave beene refrethed, it fullers not the meate, which rernaineth, tobe lo(}, but referveth it for goodufe. At greater fealls it is mindful' ofthe poore ; at ordinarie meales it remembers the affliction of lofeph, regardeth theworkeofthe Lord, and confidereth the operation of his hands. For the mercies ofGod, receivedby faith,doe leave an imprelanof' his mercy upon the ionic : and fo our compaffion towardsothers is increafed asthe mercies ofGodare multiplied upon us. Daily ref refhing renueth the continuall remembranceof our infirmities, and beget- teth a lively fenfeofthe tuiferies ofthem that want and [land in neede.Andwhen vigourof Mindc and body is re- paired,it letteth us about the workeandbufineffe,where- untoweare appointedofGod. God gives `none food to live idle. Men looke for worke from themto whom they give meate,drinke,andwages : and fhall not we labour in the workeofGod,who livedailyon his allowance. CHAP.IX. What it is to live byfaith touching the Comm4nle- menu : which Godbathgivenfor direction ofour lives, according to which we ought towalke, INtheword of grace theLord calleth for univerfali,v o- luntary,fincere,uniforme,conftant obedience ; and pro- mifeth both to finable his Children to doe what is plea- fing(. 367 7. Iohn..ax. Ilmos.6 6, Ef:ty, y: I$.
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