250 Chap. 22. An Expofition upfn the BookofJO B. Verf. z5, flaxe, &c. All's mine. Thus the Lord voucheth himfelf the great owner ofall thefe things, all the gold and tilver, all the woof and the flaxe, all the corne and wine are his. When the people and Princes of Ijrae! withDavid their king offered fo willingly and fo liberally'Gold and felver, &c. for the building of the Temple. Davidmakes this confeffion for themall (r Cbron.29. 14)4./l1l things come ofthee, and ofthine omne have wegiven thee: And may he not doe what he will with his own? Men think they way,fure- lyGod both may and will. Fourthly, Obferve; That, the plenty and ffabilitjofthe creature, is from Codas well as the p_ffiffion ofit. elipbaz, promifeth ?,b from the Lordgoldas ¡loe d4,andas the #ones -f thebrocke, withtilver offirength, that we have it in (tsch or fuck a proportion is from the Lord, as much as that we have any thing at all; he can give much as well as little, and that our proportion bath a defence and ftrength in it is from the Lord therefore we fhould honour the Almighty for every portion and proportion of worldly riches, and for the eflabhthcncnt ofour portion whatfoevcr it is.Silver and gold have no ftrength in them unleffe the Lord who giveth thefe give them ftcength, and bid them stay with us todo us good. Lally, Obferve ; wemay lawfullypoffeffe abundance cfoutward things. 'Tis íinfull tomake abundanceour aim,or to contend for much in temporals; to do fo in and about fpiritualls is our duty,and cur contention for the higheft degree our commendation. We fhould defigne it, to lay up the Gold ofGrace, as the duft,and the fiver offantitìcation as the ffones of the brook ; We fhould forget all that we have,that we might get what we have not. Ourdefi irgs while pitcht upon an eternal oblea cannot be immoderate,but in temporals theyquickly may: and therfore as to them,our moder-0 t tine: fhould be known to all men. Yet ifGod give i:a abundance of temporalls in the lawful) exercise ofour callings, we may war. rantably enjoy it as a bleffing from him.The providence of God doth often bound us to a little, &we ought to becontented weir the leafs portionofoutward things,with bare food& raimcnt;but the word ofGod doth not bound us to a little,nor loch it fay,it is un-
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