A practical exposition of the Lord's-Prayer

2. Nothing is deserved, and therefore certainly every thing should be kindly taken. If a Man be kept at free-cost, and maintained at your Expense, ⟨p. 334⟩you take it very ill, if he murmur and dislike his Diet. Certainly we are all maintained at free-cost, and therefore we should with all humble Contentation receive what ever God will put into our Hands.

2. Nothing is deserved, and therefore certainly every thing should be kindly taken. If a Man be kept at free-cost, and maintain'd at your Expence, ⟨p. 334⟩you take it very ill, if he murmur and dislike his Diet. Certainly we are all maintain'd at free-cost, and therefore we should with all humble Contentation receive what ever God will put into our Hands.

3. God knows what Proportion is best for us, he is a God of Judgment, and knows what is most convenient for us, for he is a wise God. It is the Shepherd must choose the Pasture, not the Sheep. Leave it to God to give you that which is convenient, and suitable to your Condition of Life. A Shoe may be too big for the Foot, and a Garment too great for the Body, as Saul's Armour was too large for little David; 1 Sam. 17. God will give you that which is convenient, that which is agreeable to you. A Garment, when too long, proves a dirty Rag; we may have too much, and therefore God he carves out our Allowance with a wise Hand.

3. God knows what Proportion is best for us, he is a God of Iudgment, and knows what is most convenient for us, for he is a wise God. It is the Shepherd must chuse the Pasture, not the Sheep. Leave it to God to give you that which is convenient, and suitable to your Condition of Life. A Shoe may be too big for the Foot, and a Garment too great for the Body, as Saul's Armour was too large for little David;