118 Notto boaR oftomorrGW. Gon·s Nam~, I AM. drinke, and to morrow(hall be ttJ- thiJ day, and much more abundant. Now, whence comes this ? let a rnan have \ health to day,he thinkes he ihall have ir to mor– row; let him have peace and friends to day, bee thinkes it will be fo .ll:ill. This is every mans . thought, and it arifeth from hence, that we forget I ehovAh) he that continues the being of every thing. Ifwe didremember him,every onewou Id · fay; I doe not know whether it. be his p.Ieafure that gives being to them·I know,tbat'ifhe with– draw his hand, they will come to nothing. It is a– great faultto boa£1: of to morrow,for hereb.yyou detract from G11d, and dilhonour him exceeding– ly;you'fee how be c_omplains ofit, I am.4.13, r·4·– andindeed it is an entry upon ~is roy~U preroga- · tives; as ifa man fbouldchallenge many too •. acres ofground:,and hath not one foot; for future times are properly the Lordi. Now,when we will~ anticipate t~ings in our thougbts,and rejoyce in . our projeCts before-hand,as iftheywer~ come to , paffe;this isa:fiBfull rejoycing. And thence it is, · that pride.goei ·/Jefore li fill; 'becaufe when a'man b~gins- to rdl:'himfelfe upmutiecreature, and to build t1pon that which is but vanity, then the . .LQrdbegin's to-take away tbe,foundation;& hin- -.der his purpofes~an'd 'then he falls and perifheth. Thereforewhy'ooeft thouboaftofto -rnorrow? · Knoweft thou what is·. in the worn be oftheday? thou knoweft no more, ~hanmenknow·what is i.p thewornbeofaow9man, till they fee it; · .. Now, G cOD. bath a·n over..ruling.hand ' in _all l·-+---'--'----.-----/----------t_h'_efc_e=-'
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