and, fhee faith thus with her felfe; now-he is,my husband,all this is-mine, I fhall haue~ny,interefl: in them, I.!hall haue that that is fit for me._So, looke now upon the Lord; confider when thou haft chofen himto,be thyf portion: though thou thouldfl: becontentto haue himalone,y et allthis comes together with .him, jt cannot befeparated from him, fo .that even then whenthou art de– prived ofall, yet all is thine : he hath it ready fo·r · 'thee to befl:ow on thee, as there is occalion. You will fay,thefeare notions, thefe are hard – tbings to .beleeue, to fee thefe really is another thing. , . .Anfw. B'tloved, will you beleeueyourfenfes,.lfinde 1"beLordtbe that the Scriptures take many arguments from ~~~a~~~~e · thofe things·that are expofed to theview ofmen, thewod4. , looke on nature &fee whatthe Lorddoththere, . ' doe but compare a houfe-keeper on earth with the Lord,andfeewhatthe differenceisbetweene - them;confider how many there a-re in this houfe oftheLor-d/ofwnichhe'is Mafier, .how many .Prat. Jot; lob 38•: I . ' ' there are at up-riling&down-lying from day to day. Confider how he provides for them ail. In Pfal.-zo4..and in Io6 38~ you fee the holy Ghofi: reafoning with the fonnes ofmen,even after this manner;Why faith he,do you doubt qim~Why are you not content: to confecrate your felues to him, to be to -himalone~Doe but fee how he deals wirh all the creatures; in the morning they know no.t what to do,but they lookeupunto/,;m~ , Pfat~: xo4• ,~. Heinftancerh in theRavens,and other creatures, -"~· htppeNeth/JH./u,nd1111agiveththemfoode,he {hHts . • hi&
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