Pium. Now my Kinsmen and Friends let us discourse a little about the Question propounded, Why we pray unto God before and after Meat? Our Lord Jesus Christ did so before meat, as it is written of him in many examples; and we are not to doubt but he did the same after meat, because the Lord hath commanded the same so expressly, saying, When thou hast eaten and art full, then beware lest thou forget the Lord.
And to show you what great reason we have thus to do, consider that God doth some of his chief works in this world, in the matter of our eating, which no creature can do: for take you a Tray of meat, and ask, Who can turn this into blood, and flesh, and si•ew•, and bones, and skin? and who can give every part of our body its due proportion, that one part sh•ll not overgrow the other, but every part alike? Who but God can do this? And ⟨p. 12⟩who but God can make our bodies to grow to such an appointe• stature, and then to grow no more? And who but God can preserve our health, and turn away sicknesses? Now these marvello•• things God doth for us every day, and every time we eat, an• therefore is it not very good reason that we should pray and give thanks to God at such time as he doth such great and obligi•• things for us?
Again, God provideth all our food for us; he provideth Cor• ▪ not we our selves, we do but a little towards it, the great work • Gods: all that we do is to put our Corn into the ground, and k••• the ground clean about it, but God makes it to grow, he gives […] a root, a blade, a stalk, and ears, whereby one Corn shall becom• three or four or five hundred. Who but God can do this? therefore Corn is of his providing.
Again, who provideth water, and watereth the Corn? is it no• God? for when Springs and Rivers are dried up, what can me• do, but cry to God? and the• God will bring Clouds, like great Bottles full of water, and drop them down upon the withered an• parched Earth, and thereby make the Corn and Grass, and all fruit to grow. Who but God can do this?
Again, God provides Flesh for us to feed upon, for he maketh the grass and herbs to grow, and when the beasts do feed thereo• he doth turn those Leaves into blood, flesh, sinews and bones; an• this he giveth us for food, and turneth it into blood, flesh, sine•• and bones in us. All these wonderful works God doth, in t•• matter of feeding us;
Pium. Now my Kinsmen and Friends let us discourse a little about the Question propounded, Why we pray unto God before and after Meat? Our Lord Jesus Christ did so before meat, as it is written of him in many examples; and we are not to doubt but he did the same after meat, because the Lord hath commanded the same so expresly, saying, When thou hast eaten and art full, then beware lest thou forget the Lord.
And to shew you what great reason we have thus to do, consider that God doth some of his chief works in this world, in the matter of our eating, which no creature can do: for take you a Tray of meat, and ask, Who can turn this into blood, and flesh, and si•ew•, and bones, and skin? and who can give every part of our body its due proportion, that one part sh•ll not overgrow the other, but every part alike? Who but God can do this? And ⟨p. 12⟩who but God can make our bodies to grow to such an appointe• stature, and then to grow no more? And who but God can pr••serve our health, and turn away sicknesses? Now these marvello•• •hings God doth for us every day, and every time we eat, an• therefore is it not very good reason that we should pray and giv• thanks to God at such time as he doth such great and obligi•• things for us?
Again, God provideth all our food for us; he provideth Cor• ▪ not we our selves, we do but a little towards it, the great work • Gods: all that we do is to put our Corn into the ground, and k••• the ground clean about it, but God makes it to grow, he gives 〈…〉 a root, a blade, a stalk, and ears, whereby one Corn shall becom• three or four or five hundred. Who but God can do this? there•fore Corn is of his providing.
Again, who provideth water, and watereth the Corn? is it no• God? for when Springs and Rivers are dried up, what can me• do, but cry to God? and the God will bring Clouds, like grea Bottles full of water, and drop them down upon the withered an parched Earth, and thereby make the Corn and Grass, and all frui to grow. Who but God can do this?
Again, God provides Flesh for us to feed upon, for he maket the grass and herbs to grow, and when the beasts do feed thereo he doth turn those Leaves into blood, flesh, sinews and bones; an this he giveth us for food, and turneth it into blood, flesh, sine and bones in us. All these wonderful works God doth, in t matter of feeding us;
