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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second, being the five last, chapters of the book of Job being the substance of fifty-two lectures or meditations / by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. and S. Simmons, 1666
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AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-eighth, T… › Chapter 38 › Verse 24-27
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Hence Christ argues away all undue care and thoughtfulness in man for the succours of this life (Matth. 6.25, 26.) Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Behold, the fowls of the air; for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them: are ye not much better than they? Surely ye are, therefore ye shall be better provided for than they. Hath God a break-fast ready for every little bird that comes chirping out of her Nest? Hath he a break-fast ready for every beast in the Wilderness that comes out of his den? and will he not much more provide for you, O ye of little faith? How encouraging an argument is this to our Faith, that the Lord will provide for all men, and especially for his own; seeing he provides for the fowls of the air, and the beasts of the earth, where there is no man to give them any food, or take any care of them!
Hence Christ argues away all undue care and thoughtfulnesse in man for the succours of this life (Matth. 6.25, 26.) Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Behold, the fowls of the air; for they sowe not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them: are ye not much better than they? Surely ye are, therefore ye shall be better provided for than they. Hath God a break-fast ready for every little bird that comes chirping out of her Nest? Hath he a break-fast ready for every beast in the Wildernesse that comes out of his den? and will he not much more provide for you, O ye of little faith? How encouraging an argument is this to our Faith, that the Lord will provide for all men, and especially for his own; seeing he provides for the fowls of the air, and the beasts of the earth, where there is no man to give them any food, or take any care of them!
This consideration may strengthen our dependence on God, though we are brought into a Wilderness condition, where there is no man to pity us, or give us a morsel of bread. Surely the Lord that feeds the wild beasts where there is no man, can and will provide for his own people, when the hearts of all men are shut up against them; he can make the fowls of the air and the beasts of the earth to bring them food, as the ravens did to Elijah.