Pictures of his eternity
And why are you anxious about clothing? Have you not a daily reproof wherever you turn your eyes? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They toil not, neither do they spin. And yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Therefore if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is and tomorrow is cast into the oven, is cut down, burnt up, and seen no more, shall he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? You whom he made to endure forever and ever, to be pictures of his own eternity. You are indeed of little faith. Otherwise you could not doubt of his love and care, no, not for a moment. Matthew 6:28-30.
1771 text
And why take ye thought for raiment? Have ye not a daily reproof, wherever you turn your eyes? Consider the lillies of the field how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin. And yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore if God so cloath the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, is cut down, burnt up and seen no more, shall he not much more cloath you, O ye of little faith? You whom he made to endure for ever and ever, to be pictures of his own eternity! Ye are indeed of little faith. Otherwise ye could not doubt of his love and care, no, not for a moment.
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Sermon 29 in the 1771 Works. Matthew 6:24-34.
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