1 Chap.6. according, to S t M A T T H E VV. Verfe 32. Forafter all thefe thingsdoe the gentiles feet; ] With fmrT 3.1m. whom ifyoufhould fymaolize in fins, or not exceed in vertu; it m7 "f uC dr9:it. were a fhame toyou. Theyfludiouflyfeekthefe things, they Lek gitay, themwith all their might ; as beingwiahout God in the world, and dilig , therefore left by him to fhift for themfelves. When we 63." at uGz klnde ente of nd ferve a young man toiling and moiling, running and tiding, and m tet uaitrY ;s , not miffing a market, &c. we eatìly guefíeand gather that he h fatherfef c and friendleffe, and bath none other to take care for raev pv, him. Surely this immoderate care is better befeeming infidels that knownot God, but sett wholly upon themfelves, and their own means, then Chriftians, who acknowledge God aloft wifd and all-fuflicient to be their loving father. As we d+ger out Heathens in profcffion, fo we fhould inpraftice : and a groínbu- finefle it is, that ferufalem fhould.juftifie Sodom, and it fhould be faid unto her, Neither hathSamaria committedhalfafthyfannes,but thouhaft multiplied thine abominationsmore then they, Ezek. 16.5 r . Such as have hope in this lift; only, what marvel' if they labour their utmoft to make theirbefit of it. Now many of' the poor P.+garis believed not the immortalityof theloul , and thofe few of therm that dreamt ofanother life beyond this, yet affirmed of it very faintly, and fcarce believed themfelves, 3'ecrates the wife(} of d-leathèzosfpakethustohisfriendsat his death : the time is now vru:a4trsem come that I nua die, and you furvivc : butwhether is the better ft 712eä4 iinmortaterlei- ofthefè two, the gods onl know, and not any man lvinQ that's tint : henainena mine opinion. But we have not fo learnedChrii ; neither mutt quidern.arbirroy we do as Heathens and alients from the Common-wealth of If- ,[Gice rc.nine rz. rarl: fithnow in Chri(t J: fas, we who fometimes were farre Plato tee: . off; are madenigh by his bioud,and have an accefe through him by Eph "'E' i6_ s ene i iri:, to the Fatter. Fer your heavenly Father kaoweth that ye have need ofAll thefe things.] Not with a barebarren notional' knowledge, but with a fatherly tender care toprovide for his own in all their necefTi- ties : which who fodothnot, he judgeth himworts then an in- fidd. We neednot be careful' ofour maintenance here inour mi- nority andnone age, nor yet for our eternal! inheritance, when wecome to full age. We are cared for in every thing that we need, and' that can he good for us. Oh happy we, did we but knowour happinefí: 1 Höw might we live in a very heaven upon earth, could we but live' by faith, and walk beforeGod with a induct heart ? He made himfelf known to be Our gracious 'and R 3 provident 245
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