Pierson - BS1429 P53 1647

Verf. i a. rin .Lxpofitiowoftbe 85. Ffislae. is good : Pfal. 34. IO. To this agrees, Matth.6.3 3. Fzrfi feelZ,the ki,ngdome of god, andhis righteoufnefe: and all thefe things (hall be added unto you : For yodlinefe bath thepro- mife ofboth knde of bleffings. i Tim. 4. $. in the wanes Whereof We muff endeavour : as , 7ohn 4. 10. Ezell. 47. compared with Ifa. 55. I, &c. O6jeit. Such as take this courfe are yet in much want. Anf. It may be fo for outward things : For the difciple is not above his 'wafter : not thefonne ofman bathnot Where've to lay his head : Matth. 8. 20. and thepromifes of tempo- rall bleflings are to be underflood with the exception of the croffe. Yet know, that Gods grace is fufficient : as 2 Cur. I 2.9. compared with 2 Cor. 4. i F. And in the blef- fings ofgrace, hemakesfupply to all temporali wants : as, Phil. 4. 1 r, &c. Secondly, fee here plain evidenceof the worlds unbelief. The fecond Lord who hath believedour report ? Ifa. 53. 1. Are men ufe for in- perfwaded that good gifts fromGod , both temporali and flruftion. fpirituall , accompany his falvation in Chrift ? No furely, for then they would labour fiat to become religious, be- caufe that is theway toget Gods favour in Chri,it: as, 7ohn 14.6. Salomon faith,Prev. 19.6. Every man is a friend to him thatgivethgifts : that is, feek/tobe in his favour : but few take this courfe. Nay, they rather feek to the God of this world the devill : for fo indeed they do, that feek to thriveby ungodly courfes, as oppreflìon, lying, [tealing,and the like. For admonition it ferves two wayes. Firft, to naturali The Era men living in the Church , that they take noticewhence life for ad- good things come, both fpirituall and corporal!, and there- monition. upon labour for that eftate,whereby theymay be interefted thereto. Hereto two things are required, repentancefrom dead works : forfinnes withholdgood things, per. s. 25. and faith in Chrift : for fo is Chrift himfelf ours , and all things with him. Ifany fay, they, that regardnot thefe things, fpeed well in the world ó let them confider, whether here they have not

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