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 "him, for he careth for you," I Pet.v. 7. How did God provide for the Rochellers in that fatal ſiege, when they were ready to ſtarve, by making a company of fiſhers come and deliver themſelves into their hands, that never were in thoſe parts before, nor ſince, and they abode till the ſiege was ended. This was God’s great providence to them, the Lord hath ſhewed by many memorable examples, as we have already ſhewed you, that he doth take care of us, and will not ſuffer us to want, if we caſt our care upon him, and this principle we ought to poſſeſs ſtrongly in our minds, That God provides and cares for us. And therefore God’s children never wants enough, if they have faith enough to depend upon God, Matth. vi. 33. "But ſeek ye firſt the kingdom of God, and his righteouſneſs, and all theſe things ſhall be added unto you." Mark it, ſeek heavenly things, and expect earthly; labour for the one and look for the other.

Not, my friends, that we ſhould be idle; he that doth not labour, muſt not eat; we muſt uſe means that God