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…

Mark the Apostles argument, that he useth for the proof of this point:^q He that spared not his Son; but bestowed him upon us, how can ⟨p. 163⟩he but give us all things together with him? And conceive we the force of it by this comparison: Suppose a man have a friend, who having but one precious Jewell of great price, that he maketh special reckoning of, is content to part with it, and bestow it on him for the ransoming and redeeming of him out of captivity: he is content again, when he is sick, to be at any charge with him for Physician and Physic; and yet when he is in the fit of a burning Fever, he will not by any means suffer him to have a cup of cold water. May not such a one in this case reason thus with himself? Surely if it were good and safe for me, yea were it not certainly dangerous and prejudicial unto me to drink such cold and raw drink, this my friend that thinketh nothing too good or too dear for me that may do me good, that is content to be at all this cost and charge with me for Physic, would never deny me a cup of cold water that standeth him in nothing. And consequently, if he be wise, he will strive against his own desire of it, and bend himself patiently to endure the want and denial of it, as done in wisdom by his friend, & out of a tender regard of his good. And in like manner doth the Apostle teach the Godly man to reason: God, that having but^r one precious Jewell, to speak of,^s his own Son and his only Son, was content to bestow him upon me, to shed his heart-blood for the saving of my soul, if he saw health or wealth to be good for me, he would never deny it me,^t being no more than as a crumb of bread or a drop of water with him. So that so long as he with-holdeth it, I know well that it is better for me to want it than to have it; and therefore^* I will endeavour to keep my self quiet, and rest content with the want of that, which I want for my good.