L u. V. The ~4ileund 8vfanHa. 1 851 A was full ofwormes,when it was kept beyondthedue hour for dillrull:full oflweernd!e,when it was kept o day longer for religion; Y e:~,many_ Ages,irrthe Ark,for a monument of the powerand mercy ofthe G1ver. A m1racle mthe continuance and cealing; That this fhowreofbread followed their Camp in all their removals, till they came to ra!leofthe bread of Canaan,and thenwithdrew it ftlfe, as if it fhould havefaid : Ye need no miracles now ye have meones. They hadthe types; we have the fubllance.In this wildernelfe oftheWorld,the rrue Manna is rained upon the tents ofour hearrs. He that fent the Manna, was the Manna, which hefent: He hathfaid,lam the Ma~n• th.rc.med..•nefYom Heaven. Behold,t~rir wholemealeswere facramentall:Every morfell they did eat,was fpiriruall. WeeatllilloftheirManna: llillhecomesdowne from heaven. He hatb B fubllance enough for worlds offoules;yetonly is to be found in the lifis ofthe true Church; He hath more fweemeffe then the bony,and the hony-comb. Happy are we ifwe can find him fo fweet as he is. The fame hand that rained Manna upon their tents, could have rained it into their mouths,or bps.God loveswe 010uld rake painesforour fpiriruall food .Little would it have availed them, that the Manna lay about their tents, if they had not gone forth and gathered it,beaten it,bak't it: Let falvation be never fa plentiful!, if we bring it not home, and makeit ours by faith, we are no whitthe better. If the work done, and meanes ufed, had been enough to give life, no JjYaeliu had dyed: Their bellies were tull ofthat bread,whereofone crumme gives life: yetthey dyed manyofthem in difpleafure.As innarurall,fo in fpirituall things,we may not trull to C meanes : The carcalfeofthe Sacrament cannot give life, but the foule ofit; which isthtthing rcprdemed. !feeeach man gather, and take his juft meafure out ofthe common heap. We mull be indullrious, andhelpfull each to other: burwhen we have done,Chrill is not paniall.IfourfanCiificarion differ, yet our jullification is equallinall. Hethat gave~ Gomerto each,could havegiven an Eph~h:Aseaftly could he have rained down enough for a moneth,or a yeare at once,as fora day. God delights to haveus live in a continual! dependence upon his providence,and eachday renue the aCts ofourfaith and thankfulnelfe.But what a covetous I{ratlite wos that,which in 3 fooli01 difuull would be fparing th~ charges ofGod; & referving that formorning, which he lhould have fpent upon hiS fupper~He fhall know,that even thebread that D came down from heavencan corrupt: TheManna was from above;the worms and !link from hisdiffidence. Nothing is fo foveraigne which being perverted, may not annoy in !lead of benefiting us. Yet I fee fame difference between the trueand typicall Manna;God never meant that the !hadowand the body 010uld agree in all things.The outward Manna referved,was poyfon: the fpirit~all,Manna is to us,as it was ro ihe Ark;nor good,unleffe it be kept perpetually; Ifwe keep it, it fhall keep us from putrefatlion. The outwardManna fell not at all onthe Sabbath:The fpirituall Manna (though it balks no day)yet it falls double on Gods day:and ifwe gather it not then;we famiOJ.!n that trueSabbath ofour glorious rdl,we fhallforever feed ofthatMannawhichwe have gathered in this eevtnofour life. E The 'Roc{e of'R.ephidim. • Efore,rfael thlr!led and was farisfi"ed;afrer thar, they hungred and were filled;now they thirll again.They have bread and meat,but wam drink: lt is a marvel! ifGoddo not evermore holdus fhort offomething, becaufe he would keep us llill in exercile. We 010uld forget at whofe coilwe live, if'Ye wanted nothing.Still God obferves ~ viciffitude ofcvill,&good; and.thefame ev1lls that we have palfed,return upon us mthmcourfes. Croffes are not ofthe noture ofthofe difeafes,which they fay aman can have but once. Their full feifure dothbut make way for their re-entry. Nonebut our !all enemy comes one~
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