22 And he ſaid unto his diſciples, Therefore I ſay $-22ynto you, * Take no thought for your life, what ye 57: ſhall eat 3 neither for the body, whar ye ſhall pur on. 23 The life is more then meat, and the body 2 more
then raiment.
24 Conlider the ravens, for they neither ſow nor reap, which neither bave ſtore-houſe ror barn, and God feedeth them : How much more are ye better then
the fowls.
25 And which of you with taking thought can add to his ſtature one cubir ?
26 If ye then be not able to do that thing which is leaſt, why take ye thought for the reſt ?
27 Conſider the lilies how they grow : They toyl not, they ſpin-not ; and yet I fay uvuto you, that Sc- lomon in all his glory was not arrayed like oge of
theſe.
28 If then God ſo clothe the grafs, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is caſt into the oven, how much more wi he clothe you, O ye of little faith?
29 And ſeek not ye what ye ſhalleat, or what ye ſhall (ſk? drink, neither be || ye of doubrful mind W* 530 For all theſe tnings%to the nations of the world * ſeekafter, and your father knoweth that ye have need
of theſe things.
See the Notes on Math. 6. from v. 25. to v. 33. where we before met with all that is here. The thoughtfulneſs here foroudden,is not moderate, prudent thought fulneſs, or care, But 1. A diftruſtful thought- ye fulneſs, 2. Duirating or dividing Gates, fuch as make a Man live in at ſuſpenſe, and to be wavering 45 a Meteor, wi wirwwerCegls, Or, ny 3. A thwghtfulneſs for high things, as ſome Intcrpret tnat Word :
But poiſibly it better ſignifies ſucl: a thoughtfuineis to be farbtaden, as keeps the mind of Man from reſt, 1n a continual mo7zon and Flu- (uation, or 4. Any ſach thoughtfulneſs, as 1s inconſiſtent with our feering juſt the Kinadom of God. Againſt this thoughtfulneis, our Lord Arms his D:ſciples, with the confideration, 1. Of their de- penance 3n God neceſſarily ſor their Lives, which are better than Meat and Rayment, v.24. 2. Of the Providence of God, which extend- nz to all orders of Creatures, particu'arly to ſuch as meerly have Life (ſuch are Vegetables, the Graſs and Flowers) and ſuch as have #!y Life and Senſe (ſuch are the Ravens) it cantot be reaſonably preſumed, that it will be wanting 7 Men, who are the moſt nobie order of Sublugary Creatures, having Being, Life, Senſe and Reaſon (which is the Image of Gcd in Man). 3. From the contideration of the Vanity of this Care, by which we cannot Contribute a Cubif to wy Stature, 4. From the conſideration that the Heathens make theſe Flings their care, whom Chriſtians ought to excel, as Knowing more, and living under more excellent hopcs and prom'ſes than they have. Laſtly, from the contideration of their Relation th God as a Father, and their F.thers bnowing what the! have necd of,of whum therefore it were unreaſonable to prefume,that he ſhould ſuifer them to want Wt 15 necefiary for his Children. See more in the Notes beforc uncitiourd on Yatth. 5. 25,
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| 31 But rather ſeek ye kingdom of God, and=1t theſe things ſhall be added unto you.
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good pleaſure to give you the kingdon.
_ Vur Saviour had mentivied a Kingd)m, ve 3t How mints too 21g 4 thought was this for Fiſhermen, and others of hi: ror 4 -rS to entertain ? he therefore here atſurerh them of the thiys that they ſhould have a Kingdom,and theweth them that their Title to bs wis his and their Fathers Will. The they were a littlo E/3ct ad {£2 not like to Conquer a Kingdom upon Earth for themſelvess et the :hould have a Kingdom. from the free Donation of him, who wo Kingdoms to give, and would give it to them becauſe l;e was their eather, By this Kingdom can be underſtood notning cle, but that itate of Honour, G1ory and Dignity, which Bclicvers ſh. have in the World thar is to come, whicn they ſhall have not from Merit but Gift z not from the firſt god Motions and Inclinations of their own W1ll, but from the free Motions cf the Divine Wil. 2nd there- fore they had no reaſon to fear that God would not provide Food convenient for them. He that had provided a Kingdoin for them winch he would one Day give uato them, would ccrtainly provide Bread tor them, and ive 1t to them. :
your ſelves bags which wax not old, a treafure in the &% 4 heavens that taileth not, where no thief approacketh, neither moth corrupteth.
34 For where your treaſure is, there will your heart
be alſo. |