Verse 34. Take therefore no thought for the morrow]
The Lord Christ, well knowing which way our heart hangs, and pulse 〈◊〉〈◊〉, beats much upon this string, drives this nail home to the head. When things are over and over again repeated and inculcated, it imports. 1. The difficulty. 2. The necessity of the duty. 3. Our utter 〈◊〉〈◊〉, or at least, dulnesse to the doing of it. How hardly we come off with God in this most necessary, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 much neglected duty, who knowes not, feels not, bewails 〈◊〉〈◊〉. The world is a most subtle, sly enemy: and by reason of her 〈◊〉〈◊〉 neighbourhood, easily and insensibly insinuates into us, and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the best hearts. Our Saviour saw cause to warne his Dis∣ciples of the cares of life: and where was Thomas, when 〈◊〉〈◊〉 appeared to the rest of the 〈◊〉〈◊〉, the doors being shut, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 either lurking for fear of the Jews, (in probability) or packing up, and providing for one, now that his Master was 〈◊〉〈◊〉, and taken from him? What ever the cause was, the effect was wofull, Joh. 20. 24, 25. And albeit in both Testaments (as 〈◊〉〈◊〉 obser∣veth)* 1.1 the Saints of God have been noted to be subject to divers infirmities, yet none tainted with this enormity of 〈◊〉〈◊〉. Yet St John saw cause to say to those that were Fathers also: Love not the world, nor the things that are in the world. And* 1.2 David praies heartily, Incline my heart to thy Testimonies, and not* 1.3 to covetuousnesse. Satan will be busy with the best this way, as he was with our Saviour himself: he knew it a most prevailing bait. And when this would not work, he fleeth from him, as despair∣ing of victory. Be sober therefore (in the pursuit and use of these earthly things) and watch, for your adversary the devil watcheth* 1.4 you a shrewd turne by them. They are so neer and so naturall to us, that, through Satans pollicy and malice, when we think up∣on them (that we may the better learn to flee, and slight them) they stick to our fingers, when we should throw them away: they catch us when we should flee from them: they come over us with fained words usually; 2 Pet. 2. 3. To hide our faults from the