.7f:mp-oral Ben~fits. - 1B5 t'ho' they be not jea!ied, Pfalm xxxvti. 3· ' Verily thou fhait be fed.' Tpey lhall have enough, they fhall be fatisfied,' Joel ii. 26. And ~even day~ " of famine fhall not mar that theirJatisfa[lion, Pfalm xxxvii. I9. . ' In the days of famine they fhall be nl'tisfied.' And as fleep for their refre!hment is nece.ffary too, the pro· mile bears it alfo, Prov. iii. 24. ' Thou fhalt lie down, and thy fleep fhall be fweet.' They need cloth- . ing; ·and provifion is tnade as to it, Mat. vi._30. ' If God fo clothe th~ grafs of the field, -Shall he not much more clothe you, 0 ye of little fa,ith ?' Having made them, by covenant, a new grant of life and of a body, which are more than meat and clothing, he wlll not refute them thefe leffer things ·neceffi1ry for the fupport of the greater, Ver. 25. ' Is DOt the lif"e more than me~t, and the bocy than raiment?' Thus our fallen fidl: parents, having believed and embraced the promife of Jife, had, with the new gran,t oflife, food and raiment provided for them, as is particular– ly taken notice of, Gen. iii. 15, 18, 21. A bleffing alfo - on their labours is promifed, and fuccefs in their law- . ful -callings and affairs, lfa. lx~. 11,22, 23. In a word, the covenant bears, that God ' 'Vill withhold no good thing from them thatlive uprightly,' Pfalm lxxxiv.I 1., Secandly, There's alfo a promife of proteB:,ion, fi·otn the evil things that concern this 'life, Pfalm xci. 10. ' There fhallno evil be£1l thee. Ver. 11. 'For he !hall give his angels charge over thee 1 to keep thee in all ' thy ways.' Together with the l:l.read and the water, provided by the covenant for them to live on, the., munit!ons of rocks are fecured to them, for a pface of defence, where they may fafely enjoy them, I fa. xxxiii. 16. The fame Lord who is a Sun to nourifh them, will be a Shield to proteB: them, Pfalm lxxxiv. I I. He'll be a wall of fire round about tbem, to cherifu them, and to keep off, fcare and fright away their enemies, . Zechariah ii. s. The covenant yie1d~ a . b road covert for the fafety of believers, Pfalm xci. 4· ' He . /
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