Certain sermons, first preached, and after published at several times, by M. Thomas Gataker…Certaine sermons, first preached, and after published at severall times, by M. Thomas Gataker…

MATTH. 6.33. Seek first the Kingdom of God, and his Righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.

MATTH. 6.33. Seeke first the Kingdome of God, and his Righteousnesse, and all these things shall be added unto you.

IT is the wonted manner of Physicians, ^awhen blood issueth out immoderately one way, to open a vein elsewhere, and so^* by revulsion, as they term it, to stay it, by diverting the course and current of it another way:³ The like course doth our Saviour Christ take in this place. For observing^b the minds and hearts, the thoughts and cares of most men, to be wholly addicted unto, and carried after the things of this world, he endeavoureth in this place to withdraw them there-from, and so to cure them of this running disease, by diverting and turning the tide and stream of them another way.⁵ And as the Apostle would have us turn all our worldly grief into^c godly grief, into sorrow for our sins; and our Saviour else-where, all our worldly fear into godly fear, into^d fear of offending and displeasing God Almighty; so here he willeth us to turn all our worldly care into godly care, our care for this life,⁸