. Chap.6. according to S M A T r H a vv. 239 delight : fo he knows them al,Pfal. g o.t I. and maintaineth them providing both for their ule,7/:147.9. and delight, PA/.1o4 .12. givingus wifedom beyond them, ?ob 37.1 I. and yet letting us to fchool to them, to learndependance upon God, both for preferva- tion from evil, Mattb.I o.29. and for provifion of good, as here, and lob 39.16. He taketh care of the Oftriches young ones,andof the yeu' gRavens that cry untohim, Pfa1.147.9. They are fedof God, when forfaken of their dammes, and left bare and deflitute: Ari(lot. Tiff. for out of their dung, and carrion, brought before to theneff, ari- aniVat, h2.9. feth a worm,which creepeth to their mouthand feedeth them. «P ;I. They (iw not,neitber do they reap; &c.] They take no care, nor have any to care for them, as Geefe, Hens, and other tame pullen; andyet they are provided for,we fee. And oh that we would fee, as our Saviour here enjoyns us, and behold not only the fowlsof the ayr, but the clouds above them, and other heavenly bodies ! When one asked Luth,r, where he could be tate and at quiet? fob ccelo, laid he. And to Pontantu the Chancellour of Saxony, Stutter, Almal. : he propunds to beviewed and weighed by him, that molt beauti- full arch-work ofheaven,refting upon no poftsnor pillars, andyet In B !landing f aft forever and ever, meetlyupheld by the mighty hand Nsn decider- of God. The clouds alto, as thin as the liqour contained in them ; ter, fedveins behold, faith he, how they hang and move, though weighty with t MO vital their burden; they falute us only, or rather threatenus, and vanifh rcbis labutazio we know not whether. Thefe things would be thought on, that (utitò drugi- God may be thebetter relied on. .Pe not ye of doubtfull miede, unt.L.ah. ¡LA's /Cs7áwCtá `, faithour Saviour, .livenot in careful' fufpenfè, hang not as meteors ,. in the ayr, betwixt heaven and earth, uncertain whether to keep Lae 22,29. your ftanding;, or fall to the ground, to truft God,or otherwifè as cxPlained. you can, to make Pure for your felves. Meteorsare matters thatIcreora ditty few men can tell what to make of. Iris1otlehimklf conkflèth, xiiluntbomr. n thathe knew little ofmanyof them. And as little can the diftrúit- loFÿcofbr du,. full perton tell,what to make of thotè infinite projects, anddifcour- ti (5- yuati. fes in the ayr, that he unceflantly frames for thecompelling of his lbe tiantet te. defiles. When,he needs but either to lookup tò the birds, or down neant. A to the fillies, and learn, that if God feed and cloath themwithout celzs fa.etur ¡e de quibufl2m any their careand pains, furely he will much more provide for his corona adbuc peopled-hat rely uponhim, and with their realonable pains and d.bitare.que. moderare care do ferve his providence. Shall the great houfe- darn verò ait- keeper ofthe world, water his flowers, prunehis plants, fodder his quoemMa i cattle and not feed and cloathhis children ? Never think ic. God ityfoto. r. provided.. '
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