A fourth volume containing one hundred and fifty sermons on several texts of Scripture…

1. From a distrust of God. Carking takes his Work out of his Hands, as the Care of the Son is a Reproof to the Father. You tax his Being and Providence. A Child at School taketh no care for Maintenance, because he hath a Father: Mat. 6.32. Your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.

2. From discontent with our Portion. We have never enough, and expect more than God will allow: Heb. 13.5. Let your Conversation be without Covetousness; and be content with such things as you have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee nor forsake thee. It is not our Necessities, but the enlargement of our Desires, that causeth carking. We would have more and more worldly Goods, which hindereth us from trusting God's Promise, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. The Sea hath Banks and Bottom, but not Man's Heart. We begin and end with nothing, and yet nothing will suffice us. There is a Story of a Discourse between Pyrrhus and Cynicus, when he told him of his Designs: When thou hast vanquished the Romans, what wilt thou then do? Conquer Sicily: What then? Subdue Afric: When that is effected, what then? Then we will sit down, and be quiet, and spend our Time contentedly. And what hinders, but thou mayest do so before, without all this Labour and Peril?

2. From discontent with our Portion. We have never enough, and expect more than God will allow: Heb. 13.5. Let your Conversation be without Covetousness; and be content with such things as you have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee nor forsake thee. It is not our Necessities, but the enlargement of our Desires, that causeth carking. We would have more and more worldly Goods, which hindreth us from trusting God's Promise, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. The Sea hath Banks and Bottom, but not Man's Heart. We begin and end with nothing, and yet nothing will suffice us. There is a Story of a Discourse between Pyrrhus and Cynicus, when he told him of his Designs: When thou hast vanquished the Romans, what wilt thou then do? Conquer Sicily: What then? Subdue Africk: When that is effected, what then? Then we will sit down, and be quiet, and spend our Time contentedly. And what hinders, but thou mayest do so before, without all this Labour and Peril?