4. Do we fear outward •ants? there is a Promise, Psal. •4.10. They that fear the Lord, shall not want any good thing. If it be ⟨p. 11⟩good for us, we shall have it; if it be not good for us, then, the not having of it, is good. Exod. 23.25. I will bless thy bread, and thy water. This blessing falls as the honey-dew upon the leaf, it sweetens •hat little we possess. Let me want the Venison, so I may have the Blessing. Quest. But I fear I shall not get a livelihood? Answ. Peruse that Scripture, Psal. 37.25. I have been young, and now am old, yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his Seed begging bread. How must we understand this? 1. David speaks it as his own observation; he never beheld such an Eclipse, he never saw a godly man brought so low, that he had not a bit of bread to put in his mouth. 2. David never saw the righteous and their Seed lacking. Though the Lord might try godly Parents a while by want, yet not their Seed too: The Seed of the godly shall be provided for. 3. David never saw the righteous begging of bread, and forsaken: Though he might be reduced to great straits, yet not forsaken; still he is an heir of Heaven, and God loves him. Thus, in all these Cases, the Promises work for good.
4. Do we fear outw••d •ants? there is a Promise, Psal. •4.10. They that fear the Lord, shall not want any good thing. If it be ⟨p. 11⟩good for us, we shall have it; if it be not good for us, then, the not having of it, is good. Exod. 23.25. I will blesse thy bread, and thy water. This blessing falls as the honey-dew upon the leaf, it sweetens •hat little we possess. Let me want the Venison, so I may have the Blessing. Quest. But I fear I shall not get a livelyhood? Answ. Peruse that Scripture, Psal. 37.25. I have been young, and now am old, yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his Seed begging bread. How must we understand this? 1. David speaks it as his own observation; he never beheld such an Eclipse, he never saw a godly man brought so low, that he had not a bit of bread to put in his mouth. 2. David never saw the righteous and their Seed lacking. Though the Lord might try godly Parents a while by want, yet not their Seed too: The Seed of the godly shall be provided for. 3. David never saw the righteous begging of bread, and forsaken: Though he might be reduced to great straits, yet not forsaken; still he is an heir of Heaven, and God loves him. Thus, in all these Cases, the Promises work for good.
