.. Of the ... XIini)Teria[F:mEl/qn~- 3·2·9:· . - €ommitted: con1mon prudence, and a lit– tle care, will (uffice; there is no l~kelihood that it can n1ifca-rry. But the work of the tninifhy is at or:ce fo important and fo dif– ficult, of fo great con(equence and f6 hardi to be performed, that there is a great,deal:. : o.f reafon for an. cmphatick interrogation?~ ll7ho is Jiifficient .for thefe things? I. Fir(l, Let us fix our thoughts:a while· on the weight and importance of the n1i– nifl:ry, and we fhall find that it is· a.greater-– burden-lying on our ilioulders; than if the greateil affairs- of this world were devolved: _upon us, and we did hold up the pillars oF. the earth. This· will appea-r, whether we· conJider the relation we fiand in t.·l the : Alrnighty God, or the charg~ of the flocks;. .we have con1mittedunto. t1s. To begin with the firft. That ii1finih:r. Majefty which! created, and ·cloth., contin':" ually. upohld the earth, and all things in . · it*, as the juft owner and lord of the · w,hole creation; ( for ·all are his fervants, and! mutt obey his-'Yill), is yetpleafed to claim~ a.fpecial property in fon1e things which: he·~ chufcth· for himfelf, and · cmployeth for · r.eculiar defigns :: Neverthelifs of old:did:: he chufi a.houfe fir ·himjelf; and a place ·to:_· E .e a~. be.., ~· Ffal•. ~xiv; ~- 2~.
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