A practical commentary, or an exposition with observations, reasons, and uses upon the first…A practicall commentary, or an exposition with observations, reasons, and vses upon the first…

Obj. I have many things which I never prayed for, I have it may be Wife, and Friends, and Honour, and Calling, that I never prayed for, may I have comfort in them?

2. In the second place therefore a man may say, he hath a thing from the Father, when he hath it by fellowship with Christ, Ephes. 5.17. many times God gives us things out of his love in Christ, that we never thought of, for our hearts are shallow, and empty, and not able to comprehend what God is able to do, for he is able to do above all we can think, or ask, therefore let us get hold of Christ, and then we need fear no blessing.

2. In the second place therefore a man may say, he hath a thing from the Father, when he hath it by fellowship with Christ, Ephes. 5.17. many times God gives us things out of his love in Christ, that we never thought of, for our hearts are shallow, and empty, and not able to comprehend what God is able to doe, for he is able to doe above all we can think, or ask, therefore let us get hold of Christ, and then we need fear no blessing.

3. Whatsoever you receive by Faith, that is from the Father, Mat. 8.13. if you believe, God will do whatsoever he sees needful; and we believe he is able to do above what we are able to ask; now we receive it by faith, when either we reach it and bring it by faith, or if not so, yet we have it, and receive it by lawful means as a pledge of Gods love, and when we have it use it to his glory, for though we get it not by Faith yet we hold it by Faith, now Faith is adequate to our calling, the just lives by his Faith in every several calling, so that if we come by it in a lawful calling, any credit, or profit, or pleasure,