238 A Commentary taponthe Jog)el Chap.6, p <.ScuéT9u, Heb,, 3.3s Sed fcribo h ec fru¡trà: quia tu fecundura Phi- to(ophiant ver. ; tram, tae rer ratione regere hac efi,cum ra- riose ifanire perg.i (.9" tcci. du retprttni, &c. Epift. ad Me!2neh. JoS.6, Geni6.:. aan.B 3s. Ad b;lu»rivam. ei r cri. Aenclurr e,I1, qué a:! vituti borta- tur clura. s11,6A:4.0.z%7. Job t z,,. your praiers and praifes. And is it notgood that the heart be bal- lafted withgrace rather then the body forced with meats. What brave lettcrs,and how full of life, werewritten by Luther toMe- lanChn,afiiìftinghimfelfwith continual) cares,what would be the iffue of the Imperiali Diet held by Charles the filch, and other States of Germany at Ansborough, about the carafe of Chrifts Gospel? ego certé oropro te, faith he, & deleo te, pertinacif- fmam curarum hirudinem, meae precesfic irrita.s facere. I pray for thee,and am troubled at it, that thou, by troubling thy felf with unneceffàrycares, makeft my prayers ofnone effcft for thee. And, after many fweet consolations, mixt with reprehenfions, he con- cludes. But I Write these things in vain , because thou thinkef1 to rule these things by reason, and killeft thyLeif with immoderate cares about them : not confdering, that the caufeis Chrifis, who as he needs not thy counfels, fo he Will bring about his own ends Without thy earefullnejfe, thy vexing thoughts, and heart eating fiars, Whereby thou difquietef thy felf above meafure. Is not the life more then meat,&c?] And (hall he that hathgi- ven us that which is greater andbetter, deny unto us that which is leffe and worfe ? Shall we beleeve Gods promises in the main, but not Gods providence in the means : as the Difciples when they had forgotten to buybread, and as Abraham in the cafe of promife of itine of his body ? Excellent is that of the Apoftle, He that spared not his ownTonne, but deliveredhim up (or tee all, how Jhall he not with him alto J ecly giveus all things ? Where- upon St Bernard, Qui=fit unigenitum, imm1fit s fiiritum, pro- m f t vultum, quid tandem tibi negaturuseft ? And to like par- . pole S. Hierome : Never thinke,faith he, that God will deny thee any thing, whom he inviteth fo freely to feed upon the fatted calfe. Verle 26. Behold (orcaf>t your eyesupon) the fowls of the ayr] Look upon them intently, confider them wifely, learn of them carefully, to caft away carnali carefullnefle, and to call all your care upon God, who careth for them, how much more for you? Ask now the fowls of the ayr, and they fhall tell thee, faith yob, that there is a reward for the righteous, and aGod that jud- geth in the earth. Ashe made them at firft for his ownglory (that we might admire his workmanship in their multitude and variety efcolours,tunes and calfe,! Ccr.j s 3).) and for our bothoie and delight
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