1 - .rqy Belorvedisgonejnto hisgarden. 409 Againe, it comf?rts us in all oul' wants wh~t- s ·E R .XVIII foever that.God w1ll take care for us : CbnfT, Vft z. ufeth this argument, God faithhe, cloatheth the Li1lies of the field with an excellent ~eauty, he cares even for the meancll: p~ants,a~d w.ili he not Mn. 6 • 2 take care for you, o ye ~Jftttle flttb ? Doth he 9 ' \ ,care for Lillles that are to day, and to morrow are cafi: imothe oven,and fball henot et are for the I . Lillies of Paradife,the living Lillies>tho(e holy reafonable Lillies ~ undoubtedly he wilt Our \ Saviour Chrifis rea{on is undeniable,?.ethat puts fuch abeauty upon the poore plants that flouriG1 . to day in the morning and wither.before n,ight, he that puts fuch abeautyupon the gr~lfe of the field, will pe not put more excellency upon his children ~- will he not provide for them, feed 1\ them~undoubt~dly he w.ill.Thus \"Ve have fbewed why Gods children tn the Church of God ! are comp~ued to Lillks· I . _ 18gathtr Lillies. . That drifts Lillier{ball niJt bee fcattered, but he will ga• tber them to– ther. I Chrif\ is fa id to gather thefe Lillies,that is, he : will gathenhem together'·Chri!l: will not ltave · his Lillies alone fcattered, though hee leave$ 1 them.oft alone for a while, yet he will gather 1 ! them to Congregation§ and Churcses:the name ofaChurch in the Original\ is Eccleji~t, itis no– thing but a company gathered out of theworld. Doe we tllinke that we3re Lillies by nature':' no weare thornes and briers, God make us Lillies, and then&athers us to otherL~ll.ies,that on~ rn.ay ~ firengthen another. The Spmt of God m hts 1 children is not aSpirit of feparation of Chrifii- - ~ am
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