True contentment in the gain of godliness, with its self-sufficiency A meditation on 1.…True contentment in the gaine of godlines, with its self-sufficiencie A meditation on 1.…

But neither will such ^eCarefulness, or such ^fCovetousness stand with Contentment: and therefore must be both far from us, if we would be accounted truly religious. We must banish all such distrustful thoughts, we must abandon all such greedy desires. We must learn, as ^gwe pray but for daily bread; so to rest content with it when we have it; yea to rest content too, when we have it not, with the want of it. We must learn, when we have done our best endeavour, to leave the issue and event of our labours to God. As Joab saith to his soldiers; ^hLet ⁵us be of good courage, and fight valiantly for our King and our Country; and let the Lord then do what seemeth good in his sight. So must we do what God hath enjoined us to do; and when we have so done, ⁱcommit our way for the issue of it to him, and rely upon him, and he will bring it about; he will be sure then to give such issue to it as shall be for our good.

But neither will such ^eCarefulnes, or such ^fCouetousnes stand with Contentment: and therefore must be both far from vs, if we would be accounted truly religious. We must banish all such distrustfull thoughts, we must abandon all such greedy desires. We must learne, as ^gwe pray but for daily bread; so to rest content with it when we haue it; yea to rest content too, when we haue it not, with the want of it. We must learne, when we haue done our best endeuor, to leaue the issue and euent of our labors to God. As Ioab saith to his souldiers; ^h