Chap. 2 5. CHAP. XXV. ùéiorts, andCfe.r ofConfcience about Cares of the t!Yorld, ,2 e(}. ory mane:í /daril the Cares of the World ? e Anfw. Twofóld. i. Regular; 2. Irregular. Firfl,Cre is then regular. t.When it hash a I. ri,_ ht end, fuck as is both futable with , and fub- ordinare to our plain end,the Itinodoine of God VJ "and histxighteoufneffe. l' ' Ti. C+ Secondly, when the meant '©f procuring that - ehd are right. For we may not do evil to effe.t 1I. good, Rom. 3.8. Contrary in Ahatiah, 2 KinZs r. 2. Yea, Saint Aufline is iptraernprory, that if it wcr, peibleby an ofctou lee to compafs the redemption of thewhole world, yetfo weighty andrsniverfal ógoodmu?I- ri'therbe letfall then brought about by thefmallefl évil. Thirdly,when the manner of doing it is good, and that is III. 1. When, the care ismoderate, Phil.4 ',(5.:,' 2.:When.its with fubmillion to the will and wifdone of God, when with Dw;d, we can refolve not to torment our hearts with needle/1e and endlefs p_koler:s; but ro rowle our felves upon Godsproteh}ion, 2 Sam. r 5. 25,26. So rdSRm;3.r8. Aet.ar,r2,14:'Contrary,zK;n 6,33. and in this refpeel care is not ávexation but á duty, xThef 5,8. Troy. 6. 8. Care irregular is a cutting, dividir, diflraê}ingcare,again[( which we fhould flrivefor thefe reafóns. Fir(}, irregular cares are fuperHwous, and improper to the ends which we di_ tea them upon : and thatnotto our main end only (Happineffe) which men I' labouring to find in the creature where it is not, do inflead thereoffinde nothing but trouble3 and :vexation : But even ro thofe lower ends which the creatures are properand futable to. For to us properly belongs the indu(lry, and to' God the care : unto usthe labour, and ufe of the means , but to God the bief- fing and fucceffe of all, i Cor.3.6. Luk. 12. 2 5. 1 Pet. 5. 7. Pfalme 5 5. 22. tYktatth. 6. 32. we fhould therefore learnt to cart our (elves upon God; and that , r. In faith depending upon the truth ofhis promifes,H 6.13.5. as Dan.3, t 2 Sam.3o.6. 2 ChM/. 54. I I, /2. and 16: 9. the contrarygrieves Cod, Numb. 54.15 .Pf.78.I 9,20.& Io6.24.and it proceeds from this,that we meafure God by G -, our z's
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