An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…

He expresseth it not barely, What receiveth he of thee, but of thine hand; because as the hand is the great Instrument of working, so also of giving; we give and bestow with the hand, (what hath he received of thy hand), there is a speciality in that. Consider thy hand, what can the hand of God take out of thy hand? Thy hand is, First, a weak hand; Secondly, a narrow scanty hand; Thirdly, thy hand is an ineffectual hand to thy self, it cannot bring any work about to the issue, to the full end and accomplishment; therefore what is thy hand, thy weak, thy narrow, thy ineffectual hand, that God should receive any thing out of thy hand? And then consider what the hand of God is; His is, First, a strong hand; Secondly, a large, a wide hand; Thirdly, a hand full already; and, Fourthly, as his hand is full already, so it is a hand filling all things; He openeth his hand, and fills all things with good. Now God having such a hand, how canst thou fill his hand with thy hand? What receiveth he at thine hand? I need not labour further in the explication of the words; Take one general Observation from them, which I shall draw down into some particulars.

He expresseth it not barely, What receiveth he of thee, but of thine hand; because as the hand is the great Instrument of working, so also of giving; we give and bestow with the hand, (what hath he received of thy hand), there is a speciallitie in that. Consider thy hand, what can the hand of God take out of thy hand? Thy hand is, First, a weak hand; Secondly, a narrow scanty hand; Thirdly, thy hand is an ineffectual hand to thy self, it cannot bring any work about to the issue, to the full end and accomplishment; therefore what is thy hand, thy weak, thy narrow, thy ineffectual hand, that God should receive any thing out of thy hand? And then consider what the hand of God is; His is, First, a strong hand; Secondly, a large, a wide hand; Thirdly, a hand full already; and, Fourthly, as his hand is full already, so it is a hand filling all things; He openeth his hand, and fills all things with good. Now God having such a hand, how canst thou fill his hahd with thy hand? What receiveth he at thine hand? I need not labour further in the explication of the words; Take one general Observation from them, which I shall draw down into some particulars.