Seasonable truths in evil-times in several sermons / lately preached in and about London

First, consider this: whatsoever God doth for us immediately, that is an hundred times better, then what he doth for us by means. Now look when a man doth forsake a worldly interest for Christ, and puts himself upon Christ, Christ will provide immediately for him. You may see it in Matth. 15. there were a company that had followed Christ, and had followed him so long, that they were faint: Christ would not send them away fainting, vers. 32. Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they have continued with me now three days, and have nothing to eat. They have nothing to eat: they had left their houses, they had left their own victuals, and their own provisions, and they had nothing to eat; and (saith he) I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way. Well, what shall be done? here Christ works a miracle; And they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full. Do you think now that ever these men made a better meal in all their lives? I am persuaded it was an hundred-fold better to them, then the best meal they had in all their lives. And to show that Christ will rather work a miracle, then that those shall want which leave ought for him. What Christ doth for us imme••••ely, that he doth fully, and sweetly, and is •• hundred times better then that he doth by •eans.

First, consider this: whatsoever God doth for us immediately, that is an hundred times better, then what he doth for us by means. Now look when a man doth forsake a worldly interest for Christ, and puts himself upon Christ, Christ will provide immediately for him. You may see it in Matth. 15. there were a company that had followed Christ, and had followed him so long, that they were faint: Christ would not send them away fainting, vers. 32. Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they have continued with me now three days, and have nothing to eat. They have nothing to eat: they had left their houses, they had left their own victuals, and their own provisions, and they had nothing to eat; and (saith he) I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way. Well, what shall be done? here Christ works a miracle; And they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskts full. Do you think now that ever these men made a better meal in all their lives? I am perswaded it was an hundred-fold better to them, then the best meal they had in all their lives. And to shew that Christ will rather work a miracle, then that those shall want which leave ought for him. What Christ doth for us immeely, that he doth fully, and sweetly, and is hundred times better then that he doth by eans.