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A fourth volume containing one hundred and fifty sermons on several texts of Scripture…
A fourth volume containing one hundred and fifty sermons on several texts of Scripture in two parts : part the first containing LXXIV sermons : part the second containing LXXVI sermons : with an alphabetical table to the whole / by ... Thomas Manton ...
London: printed by J. D., 1693
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2. Consider God's Providence to other Creatures: God feeds the Fowls; Matth. 6.26. 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 not ye better than they? God paints the Lilies, ver. 28, 29. Consider the Lilies of the Field how they grow, they toil not, neither do they spin: and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his Glory was not arrayed like one of these. Luke instances in the Raven, which is Animal cibi rapacissimum, a Creature ravenous of Food; chap. 12.34. Consider the Ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, which neither have Store-house nor Barn, and God feedeth them. The Raven is a Bird of Providence; Psal. 147.9. He giveth to the Beast his Food, and to the young Ravens which cry. The Raven as soon as it is hatched, it is left to Prayer; for the Crying of the Ravens is their Prayer. Now ask the Beasts, if there be not a Providence? Job 12.7. But ask now the Beasts, and they will teach thee; and the Fowls of the Air, and they shall tell thee. These Creatures have no ordinary Means, they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into Barns; the Lilies spin not; and yet God feedeth and clotheth them; And shall he not much more clothe you? O ye of little Faith! Mat. 6.30.
2. Consider God's Providence to other Creatures: God feeds the Fowls; Matth. 6.26. 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 not ye better than they? God paints the Lilies, ver. 28, 29. Consider the Lilies of the Field how they grow, they toil not, neither do they spin: and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his Glory was not arrayed like one of these. Luke instances in the Raven, which is Animal cibi rapacissimum, a Creature ravenous of Food; chap. 12.34. Consider the Ravens, for they neither sow nor reap, which neither have Store-house nor Barn, and God feedeth them. The Raven is a Bird of Providence; Psal. 147.9