The Christian mans care A sermon on Matth. 6. 33. Together with a short…

For why do men neglect to look after Gods Kingdom? ^rForsooth, because they must build their houses, they must feather their nests first: they must get something that may be a stay to them hereafter, that they may be able to defend the world withal. To remove therefore this rub,² and to rid and ease men of this care, our Saviour here telleth them, that ^supon the due seeking of Gods Kingdom and his Righteousness, or the Righteousness thereof, (for ^tall cometh to one effect) all these things that men so much desire and look after, and take so much thought and care for, shall be by God himself provided for them, supplied unto them, and cast in thereupon as an advantage thereunto.

For why do men neglect to looke after Gods Kingdome? ^rForsooth, because they must build their houses, they must feather their nestes first: they must get something that may bee a stay to them hereafter, that they may bee able to defend the world withall. To remove therefore this rubbe,² and to rid and ease men of this care, our Saviour here telleth them, that ^supon the due seeking of Gods Kingdome and his Righteousnesse, or the Righteousnesse thereof, (for ^tall commeth to one effect) all these things that men so much desire and looke after, and take so much thought and care for, shall bee by God himselfe provided for them, supplied unto them, and cast in thereupon as an advantage thereunto.

1. rMoratur me res familiaris. Sic illam disponere volo, ut sufficere mihi hoc agenti possit, ne aut paupertas mihi oneri sit, aut ego alicui. Quantū sat est, nō dum habeo. Si ad illam summam pervener, tunc me totum philosophiae dabo, Sen. epist. 17.