I I Hea1-e:..Zrea fur~~~ . ':/"' I \ • ' JO he is· more efpedally called eo exerci(e; 'Ti~ ~great Duty and myfiery in Religion ·to bee wife in o.bfervation , anq prudc~1t in provifi. on; let ever·yChrifiian layupfuppliesfuit~ble to the fever~l ages, eftaces,fe)les, offices, bur– dens,duties, relations,places, t-rials,or rempra• dons, through·which anyonemay· paffe, in : · the whole courfe.of their Lives: So thal the, not be unprovided or unfurnifhed, but which , J?(~~.u way foever the Lord leads them in this un– evenworld ' yet ·their foot fhal ftand iQ an eeven place~ and go fireight to Heaven. · _ 1 . 4· A treafure imports fufficiency. Store bath no lack; •tis abundance that conll:ituces acreafure; the ®r~narysof ~gJpt afforded plenty of Corn: A fcant modiCUm. makes not , a rreafure9 Spiritual goods are a Chriftians Jlm~ ~. s riches, andheought to be rkh in thefe riches, • Tim. 6· rich in faith, and rich in good works; What ' x8. a ful expreffion is that of St.. Pattl? Ephcf. ~·· r 9• where hebegs to be filledwith all the ful– ne(s ofGod. Wl=1at Pa~l, can thy 'narrowve(– fel contain an infinite Ocean? Though hee ' .~annot llold al1, yet he would have all Divine I ;~ t. scien- fulne[s; he woi1ld know the Love of Chrifi ,. ~ tla q.utt which paffeth knowledge; that's t9 ,furnilh his Sp. ~.antli intelleB:ull factllty, with a rrea(ure of heaventfoJ~2:- ly knowledge;.and he would be ~lle~ with all fngenii .no~ Gr~ce,as thenchefl: c:eafureof h1swtl and a~ftri acu-~ ' fect10ns ; yea, nothmg le(c; t,han fulnefs wll \. mille difc~- hiflice· Nay further, the fulnefs ofGod; yet tur. Marl· higp~r,even all the f~lnefs of~od~ let theve{- · . fd be tllled to the !bnm, and. let It bee made . more ~ ~apacious to receive 'larger '. ipcomes ; • ·•> ' 11eve~
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