Chap. 36. tan ExpoJition ripen the Book of J s, Verf. 31. 413- ned King. Whenfoevet God afflicts a peopleby the creatures, he judgeth them by the creatures. Let us take heed, that we provoke not God to turn thofe things which were given for our good,toour hurr;that he make not what was made our fervant,our punifhment. God made all creatures ferviceable and ufefuI to man, but through fin they become grievousand deflruelive to man ; By them hejudgeth the people. He giveth meat in abundance. Efcam ad copi- Here is the fecund efe&wrought or produced by thefe crea- tures ` Heb, i. e. b Y <op,ofum, : Hegiveth,that is,God giveth;meat,thatis all kind of food and provifion,for the life both of man and beafi;and he giveth it in abundance : He doth not give it fcantly or nigardly, in fmall portions and pittances, but in full meafure, preffed down, heaped eat efaamarut up, and running over. By them, that is, by the rain and by the risworeel,b,,,, wind, &c. Godgives us our meat in abundance, One translation Híeeon. faith, He givethmeat to many, that is, to all. Hence note ; Fi;fl, Our dailyfood is thegift of god. Hegiveth meat. No man gets his ownbread unlefs God giveth it ; God muff give it before we can get it. Secondly note ; God is afree, bountiful and liberal hoofe- keeper ; He giveth meat in abundance ; he giveth to very many, yea, to all, andhe giveth verymuch ; he giveth meat to all the fowles of the Air, and ro all the fifties of the Sea, toall meta and beafls livingon the earth, they all receive food from God : he giveth food to all flefh (Pfal, t36.25,) He ftlleth every living thing, (Pf.I. t 47. g.) Hegiveth to the beafl his food, and feedeth the young ravens when theycry. ChriP makes this an argument of faith in God for food and cloathing (Mat. 6.26.) Behold the fords of the.air, for they fewnot, neither dothey reap, norgatlier in- to barns ; yet your heavenly Fatherfeedeth them : are not yemuch Meer than they ? How little faith have you who knowing that God feeds the fowlsofthe air,yet cannot trufi him for your foodi Hegiveth foodinsilltrdance, ' Thirdly,
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