§. 73. Directions for Thanksgiving.§. 73. Directions for Thanksgiuing.

§. 73. Directions for Thanksgiving.

§. 73. Directions for Thanksgiuing.

Before I conclude this point of Thanksgiving, I will add• some few directions, which being well observed, wil• be very helpful unto us in the performance of this duty.

BEfore I cōclude this point of Thanksgiuing, I wil add• some few directions, which being well obserued, wil• be very helpfull vnto vs in the performance of this duty.

The first is,¹ that we lift up our eyes unto the Author o• all blessings, and be persuaded that they come from God• and are brought unto us by Gods good guiding providence;⟨p. 419⟩ and not (as the vulgar and ignorant sort of people think and speak) by chance, luck, fortune, and the like. It was Israels fault,² that she did not know that God gave her corn and wine, &c: which made her so ungrateful and rebellious against God.³ The like reason is given of Judahs ingratitude, in which respect she is made worse then the most brutish beasts that be, namely, the Ox & the Ass: for the Ox knoweth his Owner, and the Ass his Masters crib, but my people (saith God) hath not understood: what understood they not? namely who bestowed on them the good things which they enjoyed. The truth is, that most men are like swine,