332 zRern:t I. 35, 2. aEp6,6.S. 3s b Mat,7. t t. 4. C H Ap.4, An Expofation upon the ftrfl VER.t 5 likes the fawcinetlè of that Begger, that quarrels at his ,fines, becaufe another fares better? What euer our gifts are from God, they are Varna/ na mera, mere Almes ? far: who hatbgiwen him fill ? Secondly,We ( hould confider, that the feruice we doe to God, in what piace fòeuer, is acceptable, when it is tendred vnto him in obedience, and finglenetre of heart; as pleating to God is the obedience of the fubieft, as the rule of the Magiflrate. Hearing and obeying with an ho. nett and good heart, as Teaching in the Congregation. Saith Paul, touching the condition of Seruants ; a Whatfo_ euergoodthing ahoy man cloth, yea, in place of a feruant, the fame/ball he receive of the Lord. Thirdly, We call God Father, and fo he is ; and cannot but acknowledge his Fatherly loue to vs in Chrift. How !Mould we not be perfwaded,thar what bee fees b 60 for vt, that he willgiue vs ? If Peace were better for thee then Trouble, Riches then Want,Honorthen Infamy, makefl thou queftion, but the Lord would giuc it thee ? Thou knoweft not then the bowels of his Fatherly loue to thee in Chrifl, farre exceeding the loue of the tenderei} father towards the (ònne of his loynes, Laftly, let that now propounded, neuer bee forgotten; an Argument, nie thinkes, forcible to curbe in all men carnall emulation. In thofe things wherein vvee feeme to ba difaduantaged in refpeEt of our brethren, we are fure to haue, in one kind or another, our prerogatiue and pri- uiledgc to counteruaile it. VERS.
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