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Duties to be performed by them that ask daily bred. 34, God: For that is onely ours which we have by good means; and that onely is given of God which is well gotten. 5. Whereas we are taught to delire God to give us thefe things notwithftanding our means and the abundance of goods which we poffeffe, this argu- eth our confidence in the means for obteining our defire,and our trufting in the goods once gotten: In refped whereof we are to pray, that both in the means and in the ufe ofthe things we may learn to depend upon Gods b and lnún , all means are uneffeduall p rofitable; and there- fore we moil ofnO tlhatdGód all would means and abundance goods, give us our daily bread. 6. Whereas he biddeth us ask bread, teaching us to-bridle our delires and to be content with a little, this iheweth our covetoufneffe and difcontented- neffe many times with our prefent eftate: In fenfe whereof we are to delire, that as we do ask our daily bread of God, fo having that which we have asked we may not onely reft -contented but give thanks to God that heard the voice of our prayer. 7. When he diredeth us to ask 73v 170 ^óv nits rov, daily bread, it bewrayeth our either fuperftitious and phantaflicall contempt of Gods gifts, with them that affeó voluntary poverty, or elfe our worldly and immoderate delire of more then is fufficient; that in fenfe thereof we may with Agur pray, Give me not poverty nor riches,but feed me with food conve- rientfor me. 8. Where he biddeth us fay, Give us, this pointeth