Chap.6. Iccordaig to S` 1MA T T tl s vv. 24; cs cannot ranfom him. But as grafle, when ripe, withereth, and is carried away,either by the teeth ofbeats, or bands of men : fo are all, by impart fall death. And as the fiche with a few flroaks, mows down thoufands ofpiles and forms of graft; ; fo do Goes judgements millions ofmen, Pfäl. 9.17. Prov, 11.21, And as graf a is today a flourishing field, toMorrow caft into the oven fo arc the greateD into their graves (ifnot into that burning fiery fornace) then when they are in their prime and pride, in their greateft flourifh, in the ruff of all their jollity : as the rich fool, therefore a fool, becaufe he Duck hisclothes with thefe flowers of the field, thefe fading felicities, and thought himfelf thereby be- come (as SimonMa«ata) Tome great one. Contrarily S. pan Ass ; es 9 makes it a figne of a convert, that though ofhigh degree in the work', yet he is herein made low, that he bath low thoughts of expounded. thefc low things, which he Teeth tobe mutable and momentary, as the flower of the grA1e; and bids him rejoycein that he la exalt- Anime magno ed, in that he is nowmade agreater manever fence ; being con- nihit magnL:m. vetted he is become too big for thefe petty bufiocfh:s : As a man grown up, delights to deal in lands , and laies by his Cherry-tones. But we pitty that want of wit which ma- keth the mind: run on babies, but never think on ought fub- flantiall. Oye oflittlefaith.] Ye pettyfidians, yefmall faiths.. Unbelief is that root ofbitterneffe, whencecarefulnefle fpringeth. Hence itwas, that the Heathen fo abounded in it. Strive we therefore toa full afiurance offaith and hope : fo (hall werow' our felves up- on God for all things needful' to life and godlincfl'c. Faith fears Filesfame,n no famine,it quelleth and killcthdifiruifull fear: but awful' dread, nonforrnidat. it breedeth, feedeth,fofcreth andcherilheth. When a man can fay Hier.exTerr. with Abraham, ClodWill provide, he will be out of fearanddoubt : when he can believe not only Gods promifo, but his providence,as David,l Sam.a6.1o,11. Verfe 31. Therefore take no earefull.thought, &c.] From the fore-named grounds.Our Saviour here rcfumeth andc,iforceth the former exhortation. Sollicitude eJt egritudo cun, cogitation, faith Cic.Tufc.q.; the Orateur. Carcfulncfle is a tortnentfull plodding upon bufinef- fes. It is, fay Divines, an aft of fear and diftruft, taking up not only the head, but chiefly the heart, to the very dividing and ei- fturbing thereof : canting a man inordinately and over- eagerly to purfue his defires, and toperplexhimf lflikcwiffo with doubtful' it and
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