2. Which is moft Glorious and Honour-
able, Ifa. xliii. 4.

1. Wherein God is King. Ifa. xxxiii. 22.
2. The Angels are his Ministers of State,
Hebr. i. 14.

3. Every Subject is a Prince, Rev. i. 6.
4. The moft Pleafant and Happy, Pfal.

xvi. II.

5. The moft Powerful, I Cor. iv. 20.
Rev. xii. 10.

6. The most durable Kingdom, even for
ever and ever, S. Luk. i. 33.

VIII. Directions how to feek, that so we may obtain the Kingdom of God, &c.

1. Get thyself convinced of Sin, and the heinous Nature of it, At. ii. 37.

2.

and of thy Mifery by it, notwithstanding all thy temporal Enjoyments. 3. Repent, A&t. ii. 38.

4. Depend on Christ only for Pardon and Reconciliation, Act. xvi. 30, 31.

5. Be conftant in Prayer.

6. Be frequent in Reading, Hearing and Meditating.

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7. Live always as one that is feeking a Kingdom.

8. Endeavour to make all thy Thoughts, Words and Actions, subservient to this thy great and truly Christian Defign.

I.

S. MATT. vi. 34.

Take therefore no Thought for the
Morrow.

Μη, εν, μεριμνήσητε εἰς τὴν αύριον.

THAT is the Meaning of the Words in this Command of our Saviour?

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Win

1. Negatively.

1. Not that we should never think of future Things.

2. Nor as if we fhould not have a prudent Care of our Subfiftence.

For,

1. We are to follow our proper and lawful Callings, 1 Cor. vii. 20, 24. 1 Theff.

2.

3.

iv. II.

to be diligent in them, Prov. xviiii. 9.

to provide by them for ourfelves and Dependents, 1 Tim. v. 8. S. Joh. xii. 6. and xiii. 29. Gen. xli. 35, 48. Prov. vi. 6. and xxx. 25. But here observe,

1. To follow your Calling from a right Principle of Confcience, Col. iii. 23. 2. Pray to God for His Bleffing, Prov. x. 22. Deut. viii. 18. Pfal. cxxvii. 1,2. 3. Truft only on Him for Succefs, Pfal xxxvii. 3, 5.

2. Pofitively.

1. That we should not have high Thoughts, Prov. xxvii. 1. S. Jam. iv. 13.

Not

Not knowing but a Day may bring forth
1. Sin, S. Fam. i. 15.

2. Fresh Temptations, 1 S. Pet. v. 8.

3. Loffes, Job i. 14, 16, 17, 18.
4. Sickness.

5. Death, S. Fam. iv. 14.

2. That we should not have carking, tormenting Thoughts at what may happen, S. Luk. xxi. 34. Such are,

1. Vain, S. Matt. vi. 27.
2. Foolish. For,

1. Hereby we anticipate our Sorrows, ñ na

רעה,ta

2. Aggravate them.

3. Create new ones to ourselves.

4. Make ourselves more unable to bear 'em. not distrustful Thoughts.

For,

1. This will hinder our Service of God, S. Matt. vi. 24.

2. It is fuperfluous, for God will take Care
for us. For,

1. He hath given us Life, verf. 25.
Bodies, ibid.

2.

3. He feeds the Birds, v. 26.

4. He cloaths the Lillies, v. 28, 29.
Yet,

1. These do not work as we do, v. 28. 2. Nor laft and continue as we do, v.30. 5. He gives us better Things, v. 33. Rom. viii. 32.

3. Our distrustful Thoughts may make us miferable, but cannot help us, v. 27.

4. This is like the Heathens, v. 32.

5. God knows we need these Things, ibid.
6. If we feek His Kingdom and Righteousness,
thefe Things shall be added, v. 33.

7. Sufficient

7. Sufficient unto the Day is the Evil thereof, v. 34.

1. The Sin to be repented of.

2. The Griefs and Troubles to be born and undergone.

3. The Temptations to be refifted..

II. How may we obey this Command? 1. Set not your Hearts on this World, Coloff.

iii. 2.

For,

1. It is empty, Ísa. Iv. 2.

2.

unconftant, Prov. xxiii. §.

3. troublesome, Eccles. i. 14.

2. Mind your Duty, and trouble not yourselves with future Events, Prov. xvi. 33.

3. Reft fully fatisfied with the Providence of God, I Sam. iii. 18. Job i. 21, 22. and ii. 10. Lament. iii. 39.

4. Truft and depend only upon Him, even. for the Things of this World also. For,

1. He is Omniscient, S. Matt. vi. 32.
2. He is Omnipotent, Ifa. xliii. 1, 2.
3. He is All-Gracious, Pfal. lv. 22. 1 Pet.

V. 7:

5. Let your great Care be for your poor Souls.

S. MATT

S. MATT. vii. 1.

Fudge not, that ye be not judged.

Μή

Μὴ κρίνετε, ἵνα μὴ κριθῆτε

OR the understanding these Words, we must confider them,

I. Negatively.

1. Not as if the Civil or Ecclefiaftical Magi ftrate might not judge Malefactors and Offenders, as the Anabaptifts think, and wreft thefe Words to countenance their Error. For,

1. They receive Commiffion from God to judge and punish Criminals and Delinquents, 2 Chron. xix. 6. Rom. xiii. 1, 2. 2. Our Saviour Himfelf hath given His Church the Keys or Power of Binding and Loofing, S. Matt. xvi. 19. S. Job. XX. 23.

Πῶς ἢ αὐτοῖς καὶ τὰς κλῶς ἔδωκεν, εἰ δὲ μὴ μέλλεσι κείνων ἁπάντων ἔσονται άκυροι, Chryfoft. Καὶ

μάτην * εξεσίαν τὰ δεσμῶν καὶ τὸ χειν ελή paor, ibid.

3. Without this Power of judging, all Things would be brought into Confufion.

Εἰ τόσο καλήσειεν, ἅπαντα οιχήσεται κὶ τὰ ἐν ᾧ ἐκα κλησίαις, καὶ τὰ ἐν ᾧ πόλεσι, καὶ τὰ ἐν ᾧ οἷς xious, Chryfoft.

2. Nor that we should not reprove others.
For,

1. It is abfolutely commanded, Levit. xix. 17.
S. Matt. xviii. 15.
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2. It is neceffary for ourselves and others.

1. For