Ai. Expojitiot~, '1f1ith N ote1 CJU.Po4. e11tr] thing in the name of (he Ltra Je[114: you cannot beleeve, · repent, when you will; nor pray as you will. Sampfo• was mif– caken when he faid, I >Jii/1 go forth a,.J fh•k! my felf 114 at other times. The natural exercife ofyour faculties, and the divine affifi:- ances ofGrace, do all hang upon Gods goad pieafure. . Verfe I 4• WhtretU ye k.._nsw not 'Wh11t fottll be upon the n~orrow : for What is }OJIIr life fit is evena 7Jitpor t/utt 11/– pearethfor a little time, and then v~tnijhefhaWAJ· Having difcovered their carnal prefumption, henow difproveth it by two Arguments: I. Thectt[ualties iJfthe Next dAJ: 1. The uncert~int) of their own /Ives : Both which give anotable check to fuch fond confidence. . · whereasye ftnow not ~hat jlutl! he on the morrow: J As if he had fa id, You talkof a long time, ~md you know not what fha!l happc:n the next day : Every day oringeth new Providences and Events with it. But you will fay, Is it limply unlawful to provide for the morrow, or for time to come? I anfwer, No: S"lomon biddeth , us to learn of che Ant, Prov. 6. 6, 7, 8. Confider her Wa]s, and be Wife; foe 1revideth her meat in Summer, and g~tthereth her ft~od in harveft: So Pr11v. 30.15. ~fis but a wife forefight to fecur~ our fdves againfi vifible inconveniencies. fD{eph is commend– ed for la]ing upfood in the Cities ag~tinft the}tars ofF~~tnit~e, Gc11. 41 ·3 5. And "cwas the practice of the Apofiles to lay up in fiore tor the Brethren at 7erufalem againfi the Famine foretold by Agabm, A[fs u. 2.9. Onely remember this muLl: be done with caution; fuch provifion mufl not arife from difirufi, or a thought prejudicial to the ure of Providence ; M At. 6. 3o. It muLl: not binder us from the great care of our lives, provifion for Heaven, Mat. 6. 35. It mufi be wtth fubmiffion to Go4: God may foon difappoint all, and aftt:r we have caught in hunting, we may not roLl:. For WhAt is]"Ur life? •tin evenavapor.] Brevity of life is fee fonh by many comparifons in Scripture: By the fiower of the field, Jfai. 40. 6, 7• by the 'A'iHd, fDb 7• 7• a /cafe beft~re the wind, (ob 13.15. by a fbadow, !ob 14. z. There is an heap of fimilicuaes, 'Job 9·l5• Now m] da]s are fwifter the1111 pofi; they flee aw"J, iiHd[te no good; they pafs awa1 111 fwift foips, AS the E11gle hlljleth to rhe prq.TheWord ufeth.the mor~i~ilitudes,that by every fl~et~ mg
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