- 011 the Nattvity~ 2:69' prived .and ftands in need of? Why then. fhouldfl: thou not be more glad of what thou haft, than fory for·what thou \vant– efi? Perhaps thou haft lofi part·of thy for- . tune; but yet enjoydl: n1ore than n1any who live happily enough notwithfianding•. Thou wantefi money, but thou hafl: thy health. If that be impaired, thou enjoyefl·. the ufc of thy reafon, . which is icfinitdy· - n1ore valuable. Thou hafl: loft a friend, . but perhaps thou . haft many behind; and ' ihall that lofs do n1ore to n1ake thee fad, than all the refl:·to !J1ake the chcarful ? Or · · ·wilt thou, like a· peevifh child, throw all: _ away, becaufe fomething is taken frorn · thee? I fay not that m'oderate .facfnefs is·. ' · hlamcable,on fuel). occafions, but tl;:'lt our grief ought not to be it1dulged till it grow~ habitual. And fure, whatever 'Our croffcs· - and our fears be, we ought chearfully to . aquiefce in a confl:ant dependance on the divine providence; having that infinite wif-– dom, and goodnefs, and powet~ wbich _n1ade · and doth govern the world, to care for us~ . and the providence of God for all thofe things which he fees nec~ifa ry or con.ven:.. · ient for us. What·is it then · that lhould · deject us, and depr~ve us of that joy whicho the text. allowet11 and cornmendetl1? Is .it . Z ~ the: - < I
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