arylsCare ofhisChurch. treafure to provide for my poftericie. IfI am rich,I have there the wifedomeof God to infiruelme; and if I am poore,I have there the obligationsofGod to enrichmee. IfIamhonourable,I have there the fight of my fns to makemevile; and rules ofmoderation co makeme hum- ble : IfI amoflowdegree, I have there the Communion and confanguinitieofChrill, the participationof the di- vinenature,the adoptionofGod the Father tomakeme noble.IfI am learned,I havethere a lawofcharitie to or- der it unto edification,and ifI am unlearned,I have there a Spirit which fearcheth the deepe things ofGod,which can give wifedome unto the fimple,which can reveale fe- crets unto babes, whichcancommand light to fhine out ofdarknes, which can give the light ofthe knowledge of the glory, fulneffe, and love of God in the faceof Iefus Chriftwhich canmake me, though ignorant ofall other things,tolearne Chrifi,inwhom there is more vvifdome, more various and admirable curiofitie, more filling and plentifull fatisfaClion,more proportion to the boundleffe defiesof a ibule once rectified, more fruit and falvati- on (which chould bee theend of everyChriilian mans learning) than in all other knowledge which either pall or prefent ages canafford. In one word, every where and in all things I am there taught how to want, and how to abound,andhow todo all things throughChria that firengthensme. AChatiarcanbe fet in noelate, wherein the abundant Care of Chriit overhim is not in theGofpell wonderfully magnified. And commonly in the greateft firaitshe fheweth thegreatefi care, aswaters runne arongett in the narrowell pairages:whenwe walk in darkneife and have no light, whenwe feekewater and there is none,and our tongue faileth forthirfi I , then is his &tea time tohelpe us, and then is our fittefi time to flay upon him.lfraelwere deliverdbymimicsofmercy from their Egyptian bondage, and in the vvilderneife condu- etedbyamiraclikuiprefence,and fedwith Angelsfood. (1,4 Ifick 231 VERSE 2,
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