l !8~ I eAnExpojition ofChr.ifls l ~;~,~·~: whence comes this., is itofthemfclues) or from A field in glorious :1ray ?for wh:!t cl oath er f1lkc - -· man?furcly neither; for they arc ficld-lilics,this is fo ,.,·hitc as the lilic? \\ hatvpurplc is like the I oncly comes from the word of creation giuen violet? what crimfin or S'k:tl"lct \'lomp?.rabic to c tScn.I.n. out by God, \Nhtn hcm:tdc rhc creatures, faydiuersflowcrs of fuch coloUrs;. Ane indecde ing, ~ let tf,cearth brivgfilrrh the gremt hearlu, may doe much, hut htrtin ir nmfi H-oop to naFrom rt~ld lilieslearue rotru!lin God. · t. &c.. from this wor.king and opcratiue word of turc. Now jf.wc cannot cornc ncre the hearbs nuc to fend out.T:hc glorious lilies and eucry o~' c::dllmo the forn:~.cc, why 010uld we be pu·tfed I God, comes the ca&th to hauc pO\·\'Cr and vcrand flowers which we treadVndCr our fcttl·,& thcr be~rb.Now thcn(to ~pp!y this.to the purvp with any gnynctTC itrour apparcll? ·.. po!"e intent<.·d by Chr_ilt) the fame <?od tha~ by Seco_n(Hy, thi~t_each_cr~ vs rhat all wdrlclly : ~~::;;:~:.tn I his opcratiuc-v,·ord g1ues rh1s glonousbecmg pompc 1s but vanme: tor 1n gloryand bC":~tr1 c I u111ue. cucry )'Care ro rhc field-lilies, harh giucn out a it comes lhort of~he flower ofthe field; &yet V\'Ord <Jf prouidence touching his fcruanrs, : vvhat is n~rc fr:~.Ue & trurfitory then the fi·ovr1 that if. they mill io him, vfing la\\'full mc-anes er, that is to day in thefield , and ro morro·J\'1! moder.ltcly., they !hall hauc r;;i:ncm fllfii_cie_nr, is cafi into the ouC~~hi:; the holyGh.oH \\rould and all thmg.s cls chat be nct·afull to ch1s hfc. B reach vs, by companng theglorie of man to the He(e then is nothing wantingbur uufl inGod flolvt;· ofgrajfo. I .Per t .24. and fecing that the · lu the fobcrvfe of ordinarie mcanes, for fuch (afbion of th~ wodd goeth away, I. Cor. 7-31 4 fhall be as fure ofr:~imcnt by Gods prouidCcc, wherefore (as: the Apollle there f::~irh) wecmuji 35 lilies arc to grow & b!offome in rhc fpring vfe rhUwor!tl !_fJ though l"()et- vfed it not: fot SaWtime and fummcr: and rh is were fufficicnr ro mons concluhon is true of all earthly thing's, pcrfw:1dc vs vmo mod~racc care though noVanitieufvanitus,aJIHvaniti~, ECcltC 1 .2. And thing more had bccne {~id, yet we mull not here imagine th3t ChriH- conBur he adJcrh, tb:y laboNr not, neirhn-JPimu: . dcmnes the: gloric ofSa!omon, rhough,h"e rhus Tins dcni::dl o~ chc vf<' of tnc:lncs vmo them, debafc it below the flo ...vcr of the field: for whereby chey 010uJd be :J.raycd, as ic prooues it was the gift ofGod in extraordinary fauour, direCtly th:tt God alone araics them wirh glol .Kin·g. 3.13. So tbar howfoeuer tht· \'\'Ord of rlous colours ;fo ic firongly enfO_rceth rhc duCod conde~~ne srid: and c:u_riofiric in· atrire, tic o( ,ontcnta~ion vpon vs, rcly1ng on Gods and fuperAu1t1e r'hcre1n ,.yet It ::dlo\vcrh vmo prou·idcncc, without dif1ratling care : bccaufc P~inces,and pcrfonages ofgreat flare, rhe vfc be(ldc our ci~le to Gods prouidcncc not i11fcri.: C ot gorgious :tnd coftly roin~cnt: ond therefore our to the lilies ofthe field, \VC _hauc allowed lopph bceing advanced to dignitie, \~'as araied ypto vs for our raiment the: vfc ofmeans which ingarmentsoffine /inner. ,hada riltg on hU finger, they W:lnt ·:and therefore howfocuer no man ) anaa chaine ofgold t!Pot~t hUneck!. Gen 41 ·41· :Vnder pretence of depending on Gods prouiA.nd that whteh Lu~faith ofAgrippa & Bcrdcnce, may hence take occafion to Hue idlelie, nice, 1hat thry CJim~in Jvithgr~atpomp~ ~o· hearc: negleCling the ordinaric lawfull means to proPaul, A~.15.13. may as well be taken m good cQre things honeft and needfull ;_yet hereby part, ~s 10 CU1ll. Chrifiwouldgiucafi'ur>ncetoall thattru!liu v. '0. Wherefore if riod ro him, and ferue him, that though all meanes 1 J t .: '1 Jf.. Jhould failc them, (fo it be nor through their I c/oath the graffi of thefeid > def~ult)ycc wtll he promde tlnngsnccdfull for I h· h · _. _. then 1 • »> IC u touay, anu to morrowe .> 19 •. Andprlfa7 vnr.7ou,rhateuenSatomii I iuaflintotheouen: (haUheenot t1'1a/lhuglone, Ot. Thrfe wordscomamc an I' _ , amplicotion.of;he fccond ron of Chrills rea. doe much more 'tmtoyou· 0jeof fon, to wit,rhat God doth nor onclycloath the , . ' . lili~s; but cloath them inmofl,(loriomaray, c- D /ztt/ejazth.? uen ab~ue the: $/on~ ojSalomon"' allhh· rMdttt-. Here ChriHpropounds :~nd applycs this rea.. And thts .amphficauo JS to be_marked, bcca~fe fon eo his dtfciplcs and hearers; and in t_his apt~lomonJ glory wac; exrr~ordm3ry, ~y fpcCJ_a}l plication cnforceth ft, ~Y putting,a manifdl gtf~ ft:om God, a~oue lus dellre: or cxp_cCt:a~w, difference bctv.~cene men and rhe heaths ofrhc ~ N~C may fee, 1 -~1~1• 3· 1 3..And yet Chnfi faah, field, preferring man farre before them. The ~at'ca<h fi~ld:!tlre IS more glon~ufly araye~ by prehemincncc ofman aboue the flow.c~~ ofthe t>.f:ln!prdle– mincncea,. bou~thc hcarbsof thcJicld. GQ<Is_promd_(c~ t~H:n SalqttJrmVI;;J;S at any 1_1me. ficldc !lands in thefe thi11gs: firH,~?~ hcarbs Aehecke tn Th1s ampi1Jicat1011 fei'Ucs; firH, to chec~ <ind ,..,ere made for mans·vfe,andnot man f"or them; ;~r~l{"~P· (Ont.roll the follic·of.thet_TI tha~ are pr_oud 111 apfor befides orJ1cr yfcs, they ferue forJe~'-'c11 rq ·I 1 p~·rctl, and ni~c and cqnous maraymg_ themthe oucn, .as ChriH here notc:th. S<;condly,the fcl\les.. This is t~lC co~on finne of thJs age' hcarb of the field is~to day and to. J~lOrr.ow is wh~ren~ ~o_r :lttlrc cucne fort almofl: cxcccdc not, fbr bccing burnt or confun1C~, it ~e:tfeth thctr abd1t1e a1,d degree. But ~"'hy lhould \-\'CC to be ac al:But it is not (o with rnan~foohough I be proud.of any apparel!, for when wee haue he bc·bur.nc or confJmea,yet is h.e nor br~ugbt done all wee c:m to m:..ke our fclues nrucr fo to nothing, but his bccingl rcma._i~~th, Hill g:ll¥, yet .we come fuort of the flowers of the by rcafon of ·his i~mortatl fou"Ie; · .,,·hich I rhoug!'__
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