243 A Commentary upon theGqel Chap.6, my table centintaally : Orjibe thould fay to us for our children, as 'David did to Barzillecs the Cileadite concerning Chisnhasai Chimhane lhaUgoe over with me, and Iwill doe to him that which [hall pen good unto thee : and wbatfoever thou f1aalt require ofme, that Willi doefor thee ; Rath not God faid as much hereas all this, and (hall we not trutt and ferve him, cleave to him, and rat on him without fear or difaradtion ? Vcrfe 34. Take therefore no thotsxbtfor the morrow] The Lord Chrift,well knowing whichwayour heart hangs, and pulfebeats, beats much upon this firing, drives thisnail home to the head. When things arc over and lover again repeated and inculcated, it imports. i. The difficulty. 2. The neceffity of the duty. 3. Our utter averfencíft, or at leaft, dulneífe to.the doing of ìr. Flow hardly we corne offwith God in this molt neceffary, but much neeleLted duty, who knowes not, feels not, bewails not ? The world is a moll íubtie, fly enemy : and by reafon ofher neer neighbourhood, eafily and infenlbly inlinuates into us, and in- fnates the befit hearts.. Our Saviour faw-caufe to warnehis Dif- ciples of the cares of life : and where was Thomas, when J ..fus appeared to the reft ofthe D fciples, the doors being (hut, but either lurking for fear of the ?art, (inprobability) or packingup, and providing for one, now that his Mailer was (l .in, and taken from him ? What ever the caufe was, the effe61 was wofuli, f. 0h. 9ctattet »a t- 2c. 24,25. And albeit in both Teflaments (as Scultettu obí-str- fçian. verb) the Saintsof God have been noted to be íìabjeCì to divers infirmities, yet none tainted with this enormitycf co\ etuouf. neffe. Yet St john fawcaufe to fay to thofe that were Fathers 1 alfo : Lovenot the world, nor the things that are in the world, And Th;/"."5., , 1i9 3 `LD avidpraies heartily, Incline my heart to thyTeflimonies, andnot to covetuorifae fje. Satanwill be bufy with the belt this way, as he was withour Saviourhimfelf: he knew it a mofl prevailing bait.. And when this would not work, he fleet's from him, 'as defpair- ing ofvi ofy. Be lober therefore (in the purfuit and ufe ofthefe adsetss. earthly things) and:witch, for your adverfary thedevil watcheth you a (hrewd turne by them. They are fo near and its naturall to us, that, through Satans pol-licy and malice, when we think up- ' pn them (that we may the better learn to flee, and flight them) they Rick to our fingers,when we fhould throw them away : they. catch us whenwe lhould flee from them : they come over us withfamed words uftáally, '2 'Pet, 2.3. Tohide our faults Eons the view
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