ChryisCare of&Church. in the timeoffamine, that when theyoung Lions famifil for hunger, ( theyWhich live not by the fruits on the earth ,but by their prey,they which can feed ofthe dead bodiesofthofe othercreatures whom a famine had de- voured) yet even then bee can provide abundantly for his ; that when things are marvellous untous, then they are eafie untohim ; that when they are impoffibleunto us, then they are poilible with him; that he can lead in a wilderneffe,and feed with an unknovvneand an unfuf- peetedbread; that when the light of the Sun and the Moone (hall faile,he canbe aneverlafling light and glo- ry to his people;that os a Fatherlohepitieth ; and 04an heavenly Father, fo he knoweth, andcan fupply all our needs; that whenwe are without any wifdome to dif- appoint or flrength to withfland the confederacies of men, When theycome with chariotsof iron, and walls ofbraffe, even then the eyesof the Lord runne to and fro to Phew hirnfelfevaliant in the behalfe of thole that walke uprightly, that he can thenorder Tomeaccident, produce fome engine, difcover Tome way to extricate and to clee re all; then will a man learne to be careful! or difIraaed in nothing, but in every thing by prayer and fupplication, with thankefgiving, make his requca knowneunto himwho is at hand, and who careth for him. The like may be laid of mens fpirituall condition ; - when mendefpaire, as Cain, that their finne is greater - thancan beforgiven ? the one!), ground is, becaufethey judge not aright ofGod in Quill, they looke not on him in hisGofpell as a God that careth for them, they doenot leanupon the flaffe of his flrength. Defpaire is an affeetion growingout ofthe fence oftin and wrath,as it is, malwm ardtemn,infiaits,ar inelrrE abile,.an cv ill too heavie to be borne, and yet impoilible to be removed. All viaory arifetheither outofan inward power ofour owne, or by the affiliance of forren power, which is R 4 more 247 YERSE2. zech.2.6. Marke , PCaLz36.i6. Ier.z.6. Amos 1. 10. Deut.8,t c,T6. Ef-ay6o. 19. Matth.6 3z. z Chron.16. 9. rhil.4 6.
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