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           OF
           THOUGHTFULNES
           FOR
           THE
           MORROW
           WITH
           AN
           APPENDIX
           CONCERNING
           The
           immoderate
           Desire
           of
           foreknowing
           things
           to
           come
           .
           By
           
             JOHN
             HOWE
          
           Minister
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
        
         
           —
           Vive
           hodiè
           .
        
         
           Heb.
           13.
           8.
           
        
         
           Jesus
           Christ
           the
           same
           yesterday
           ,
           and
           to
           day
           ,
           and
           for
           ever
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Tho.
             Parkhurst
          
           at
           the
           Bible
           and
           Three
           Crowns
           ,
           at
           the
           lower
           end
           of
           Cheapside
           near
           Mercers-Chappel
           .
           1681.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           RIGHT
           HONOURABLE
           ANNE
           ,
           LADY
           WHARTON
           .
        
         
           
             IT
             was
          
           ,
           Madam
           ,
           the
           Character
           an
           ancient
           Worthy
           
             in
             the
          
           Christian
           Church
           
             gave
             of
             a
             noble
             person
          
           of
           your
           Sex
           ,
           
             that
             ,
             in
             reference
             to
             the
             matters
             of
             Religion
             she
             was
             not
             only
             a
          
           Learner
           ,
           
             but
             a
          
           Judge
           .
           
             And
             ,
             accordingly
             ,
             he
             inscribes
             to
             her
             divers
             of
             his
             writings
             (
             even
             such
             as
             did
             require
             a
             very
             
             accurate
          
           judgment
           
             in
             the
             reading
             of
             them
             ;
             )
             Which
             remain
             ,
             unto
             this
             day
             ,
          
           dispersedly
           ,
           
             in
             several
             parts
             of
             his
             works
             ,
             dignify'd
             with
             her
             (
             often
             prefixed
             )
             name
             .
          
        
         
           A
           greater
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           than
           he
           ,
           
             mentions
             it
          
           as
           an
           ill
           character
           ,
           
             to
             be
             not
             a
          
           doer
           
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             but
             a
          
           Judge
           .
           
             It
             makes
             a
             great
             difference
          
           in
           the
           exercise
           of
           the
           same
           faculty
           ,
           
             and
             in
             doing
             the
          
           same
           thing
           ,
           
             with
             what
          
           mind
           and
           design
           
             it
             is
             done
          
           .
        
         
           
             There
             is
             a
          
           judging
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           learn
           ,
           
             and
             a
          
           judging
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           not
           .
           
             A
             judgment
          
           subservient
           to
           our
           duty
           ,
           
             and
             a
             judgment
          
           opposite
           to
           it
           .
           
             Without
             a
             degree
             of
             the
          
           former
           
             no
             one
             can
             ever
             be
             a
             serious
             Christian.
             By
             means
             of
             the
          
           latter
           ,
           
           
             many
             never
             are
             .
             The
          
           World
           through
           wisdom
           knew
           not
           God.
           
        
         
           A
           cavilling
           litigious
           wit
           ,
           
             in
             the
             confidence
             wherof
             any
             set
             themselves
             above
             their
          
           Rule
           ,
           
             and
             make
             it
             their
             busines
             only
             to
          
           censure
           
             it
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             would
             rather
             find
             faults
             in
          
           it
           ,
           than
           themselves
           ,
           
             is
             as
          
           inconsistent
           with
           sincere
           piety
           ,
           as
           an
           humbly
           judicious
           discerning
           mind
           is
           necessary
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           This
           
             proceeds
             from
             a
             due
             savour
             and
             relish
             of
             divine
             things
             ,
          
           peculiar
           
             to
             them
             ,
             in
             whom
          
           an
           heavenly
           spirit
           and
           principle
           
             have
             the
          
           possession
           ,
           
             and
             a
             governing
             power
          
           .
           They
           that
           are
           after
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           do
           savour
           the
           things
           of
           the
           Spirit
           .
           The
           other
           
             from
             the
          
           prepossession
           
           and
           prejudice
           of
           a
           disaffected
           carnal
           mind
           .
           They
           that
           are
           after
           the
           flesh
           ,
           do
           only
           savour
           the
           things
           of
           the
           flesh
           .
        
         
           
             The
             ability
             God
             hath
             endow'd
             your
             Ladiship
             with
             to
             judge
             of
             the
          
           Truth
           that
           is
           after
           godliness
           ,
           is
           that
           
             you
             are
             better
             pleas'd
             to
          
           use
           ,
           than
           hear
           of
           .
           
             I
             shall
             therefore
             be
             silent
             herein
             ,
             and
             rather
             displease
             many
             of
             them
             that
             know
             you
             ,
             who
             will
             be
             apt
             to
             think
             a
          
           copious
           subject
           
             is
             neglected
             ,
             than
             say
             any
             thing
             that
             may
             offend
             either
             against
          
           your
           Ladiships
           
             inclination
             or
          
           my
           own
           .
        
         
           
             Here
             is
             nothing
          
           abstruse
           and
           difficult
           
             for
             you
             to
             exercise
             a
          
           profound
           judgment
           
             upon
             ;
             nor
             any
             thing
          
           curious
           
             to
             gratifie
             a
          
           pleasant
           wit.
           
             But
             
             plain
             things
             ,
             suitable
             to
             you
             ,
          
           upon
           accounts
           common
           to
           the
           generality
           of
           Christians
           ,
           
             not
             that
          
           are
           peculiar
           to
           your self
           .
           'T
           is
           easie
           
             to
             a
             well-temper'd
             mind
             ,
             (
             of
             how
             high
             intellectual
             excellencies
             soever
             )
             to
             descend
             to
             the
             same
             level
          
           with
           the
           rest
           ;
           
             when
             for
             them
             to
             reach
             up
             to
             the
          
           others
           pitch
           ,
           is
           not
           so
           much
           as
           possible
           .
        
         
           Our
           heavenly
           Father
           
             keeps
             not
             (
             as
             to
             the
             substantials
             of
             our
             nutriment
             )
             distinct
             tables
             for
          
           his
           Children
           ,
           
             but
             all
             must
          
           eat
           the
           same
           spiritual
           meat
           ,
           and
           drink
           the
           same
           spiritual
           drink
           .
           
             He
             hath
             not
          
           one
           Gospel
           for
           great
           wits
           ,
           and
           another
           for
           plainer
           people
           ;
           
             But
             as
             all
          
           that
           are
           born
           of
           him
           
             must
             meet
             at
             
             length
             in
          
           one
           end
           ,
           
             so
             they
             must
             all
             walk
             by
             the
          
           same
           rule
           ,
           
             and
             in
             the
          
           same
           way
           ,
           thither
           .
        
         
           
             And
             when
             I
             had
             first
             mentioned
          
           this
           Text
           of
           Scripture
           
             in
             your
             hearing
          
           ,
           the
           savour
           
             you
             exprest
             to
             me
          
           of
           the
           subject
           ,
           
             easily
             induc'd
             me
             ,
             when
             ,
             afterwards
             ,
             I
             reckon'd
             a
             discourse
             upon
             it
             might
             be
             of
             common
             use
             ,
             to
             address
          
           that
           also
           
             (
             such
             as
             it
             is
             )
             in
             this
             way
             ,
             to
             your
             Ladyship
             .
             Accounting
             the
             mention
             of
          
           your
           name
           
             might
             draw
             the
             eyes
             of
             some
             to
             it
             ,
             that
             have
             no
             reason
             to
             regard
          
           the
           Authors
           ,
           
             and
             that
             ,
             by
             this
             means
             ,
             if
             it
             be
             capable
             of
             proving
             beneficial
             to
             any
             ,
             the
             benefit
             might
             be
             diffus'd
             so
             much
             the
             further
             .
          
        
         
           The
           aptnes
           of
           the
           materials
           and
           
           subject
           ,
           here
           discourst
           of
           ,
           to
           do
           good
           generally
           ,
           I
           cannot
           doubt
           .
           Neither
           our
           present
           duty
           or
           peace
           ;
           nor
           our
           future
           safety
           or
           felicity
           can
           be
           provided
           for
           as
           they
           ought
           ,
           till
           our
           minds
           be
           more
           abstracted
           from
           time
           ,
           and
           taken
           up
           about
           the
           
             unseen
             ,
             eternal
             World.
          
           
        
         
           While
           our
           thoughts
           are
           too
           earnestly
           engaged
           about
           the
           
             events
             of
             future
             time
          
           ,
           they
           are
           
             vain
             ,
             bitter
             ,
             impure
          
           ,
           and
           diverted
           from
           our
           nobler
           ,
           and
           most
           necessary
           pursuits
           .
           They
           follow
           much
           the
           temper
           and
           bent
           of
           our
           Spirits
           ,
           which
           are
           often
           too
           intent
           upon
           what
           is
           uncertain
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           ,
           impossible
           .
        
         
           All
           good
           and
           holy
           Persons
           cannot
           live
           in
           
             good
             Times
          
           .
           For
           who
           
           should
           bear
           up
           the
           Name
           of
           God
           in
           bad
           ,
           and
           transmit
           it
           to
           
             succeeding
             times
             ?
             Especially
          
           when
           good
           Men
           are
           not
           of
           the
           same
           mind
           ,
           it
           is
           impossible
           .
           And
           ,
           
             more
             especially
          
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           not
           learn't
           ,
           as
           yet
           ,
           to
           bear
           one
           anothers
           differences
           .
           The
           
             same
             time
          
           ,
           and
           
             state
             of
             things
          
           which
           please
           some
           ,
           must
           displease
           others
           .
        
         
           For
           some
           ,
           that
           will
           think
           themselves
           much
           injur'd
           if
           they
           be
           not
           thought
           very
           pious
           Persons
           ,
           will
           be
           pleased
           with
           nothing
           less
           ,
           than
           the
           destruction
           of
           them
           that
           differ
           from
           them
           .
           So
           that
           while
           this
           is
           designed
           and
           attempted
           only
           ;
           generally
           ,
           neither
           sort
           is
           pleased
           ,
           The
           One
           because
           it
           is
           
             not
             done
          
           ,
           The
           Other
           because
           it
           is
           
             in
             doing
          
           .
        
         
         
           It
           must
           be
           a
           marvellous
           
             alteration
             of
             Mens
             minds
          
           that
           must
           make
           the
           Times
           please
           us
           all
           ;
           while
           ,
           upon
           supposition
           of
           
             their
             remaining
             unalter'd
          
           ,
           There
           is
           nothing
           will
           please
           
             one
             sort
          
           ,
           but
           to
           see
           the
           
             other
             Pagans
          
           ,
           or
           Beggars
           ,
           who
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           are
           not
           enough
           mortify'd
           either
           to
           
             their
             Religion
          
           ,
           or
           the
           
             necessary
             accommodations
             of
             humane
             life
          
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           well
           pleas'd
           with
           either
           .
        
         
           To
           trust
           God
           chearfully
           with
           the
           Government
           of
           
             this
             World
          
           ,
           and
           to
           live
           in
           the
           joyful
           hope
           and
           expectation
           of
           
             a
             better
          
           ,
           are
           the
           only
           means
           to
           relieve
           and
           ease
           us
           ;
           and
           give
           us
           
             a
             vacancy
          
           for
           the
           proper
           work
           and
           busines
           of
           
             our
             present
             Time.
          
           
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           design
           of
           the
           following
           
           discourses
           .
           
             The
             former
          
           whereof
           is
           directed
           against
           the
           
             careful
             thoughts
          
           ,
           which
           are
           apt
           to
           arise
           in
           our
           minds
           concerning
           the
           
             Events
             of
             future
             Time
          
           ,
           upon
           
             a
             fear
             what
             they
             may
             be
             .
             The
             other
             ,
          
           which
           by
           way
           of
           Appendix
           is
           added
           to
           the
           former
           ,
           tends
           to
           repress
           the
           
             immoderate
             desire
             of
             knowing
             what
             they
             shall
             be
             .
          
        
         
           
             Which
             latter
          
           I
           thought
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           it's
           affinity
           to
           the
           other
           ,
           fit
           to
           be
           added
           to
           it
           ;
           and
           in
           respect
           of
           the
           commonness
           ,
           and
           
             ill
             tendency
          
           of
           this
           Distemper
           ,
           
             very
             necessary
          
           .
           And
           indeed
           both
           the
           extreams
           in
           this
           matter
           are
           very
           unchristian
           ,
           and
           pernicious
           .
           A
           
             stupid
             neglect
          
           of
           the
           
             Christian
             Interest
          
           ,
           and
           of
           
           
             Gods
             Providence
          
           about
           it
           
             on
             the
             one
             hand
          
           ;
           And
           
             an
             Enthusiastick
             Phrensie
          
           ,
           carrying
           Men
           to
           expect
           they
           well
           know
           not
           what
           ?
           Or
           why
           ?
           
             on
             the
             other
          
           .
        
         
           Our
           great
           care
           should
           be
           to
           serve
           
             that
             Interest
          
           faithfully
           
             in
             our
             own
             stations
          
           ,
           for
           our
           little
           time
           ,
           that
           will
           soon
           be
           over
           .
           Your
           Ladiship
           hath
           been
           called
           to
           serve
           it
           
             in
             a
             Family
          
           wherein
           it
           hath
           long
           flourished
           .
           And
           which
           it
           hath
           dignify'd
           ,
           beyond
           all
           the
           splendour
           that
           Antiquity
           and
           
             Secular
             greatnes
          
           could
           confer
           upon
           it
           .
           The
           Lord
           grant
           it
           may
           long
           continue
           to
           flourish
           there
           ,
           under
           the
           joint-influence
           of
           your
           
             noble
             Consort
          
           ,
           and
           your
           own
           ;
           And
           ,
           afterwards
           ,
           in
           a
           Posterity
           ,
           that
           may
           imitate
           
           their
           
             Ancestors
             in
          
           substantial
           Piety
           ,
           
             and
             solid
             goodness
          
           .
        
         
           Which
           is
           
             a
             glory
          
           that
           will
           not
           fade
           ,
           nor
           vary
           ;
           not
           change
           
             with
             times
          
           ,
           but
           equally
           recommend
           it self
           ,
           to
           sober
           and
           good
           Men
           
             in
             all
             times
          
           .
           Whereas
           that
           which
           arises
           from
           the
           
             esteem
             of
             a
             Party
          
           can
           neither
           be
           diffusive
           ,
           nor
           lasting
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           true
           that
           I
           cannot
           but
           reckon
           it
           
             a
             part
          
           of
           any
           ones
           praise
           in
           a
           time
           wherein
           there
           are
           different
           Sentiments
           and
           waies
           ,
           in
           circumstantial
           matters
           relating
           to
           Religion
           ,
           to
           encline
           most
           to
           that
           which
           I
           take
           to
           come
           nearest
           the
           Truth
           and
           our
           
             common
             Rule
          
           .
           But
           ,
           as
           was
           said
           by
           one
           that
           was
           
             a
             great
          
           and
           
             early
             light
          
           in
           the
           Christian
           
           Church
           ;
           
             That
             is
             not
             Philosophy
             ,
             which
             is
             profest
             by
             this
             or
             that
             Sect
             ,
             but
             
               that
               which
               is
               true
               in
               all
               Sects
               .
            
          
           So
           nor
           do
           I
           take
           that
           to
           be
           Religion
           ,
           which
           is
           peculiar
           to
           this
           or
           that
           
             Party
             of
             Christians
          
           (
           many
           of
           whom
           are
           too
           apt
           to
           say
           
             here
             is
             Christ
             ,
             and
             there
             is
             Christ
             ,
          
           as
           if
           
             he
             were
             divided
          
           )
           but
           that
           which
           is
           
             according
             to
             the
             mind
             of
             God
             among
             them
             all
             .
          
        
         
           And
           I
           must
           profes
           to
           have
           that
           honour
           for
           
             your
             Ladiship
          
           ,
           which
           I
           sincerely
           bear
           ,
           and
           most
           justly
           owe
           unto
           you
           ,
           chiefly
           upon
           the
           account
           
             not
             of
             the
             things
             wherein
             you
             differ
          
           from
           many
           other
           serious
           Christians
           (
           though
           therein
           you
           
           agree
           also
           with
           my self
           )
           as
           for
           those
           things
           wherein
           you
           
             agree
             with
             them
             all
          
           .
           Vnder
           
             which
             notion
          
           (
           and
           under
           the
           sensible
           Obligation
           of
           your
           many
           singular
           Favours
           )
           I
           am
        
         
           
             MADAM
             ,
          
           
             
               Your
               Ladiships
            
             very
             humble
             and
             devoted
             Servant
             in
             the
             Gospel
             ,
             JOHN
             HOWE
             .
          
        
      
       
         
           Page
           52
           line
           6
           dele
           in
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           OF
           THOUGHTFULNES
           FOR
           THE
           FUTURE
           .
        
         
           
             MATTH
             .
             6.
             34.
             
          
           
             Take
             therefore
             no
             Thought
             for
             the
             Morrow
             :
             for
             the
             morrow
             shall
             take
             Thought
             for
             the
             things
             of
             it self
             :
             sufficient
             for
             the
             day
             is
             the
             evil
             thereof
             .
          
        
         
           THE
           
             Negative
             Precept
          
           (
           or
           the
           Prohibition
           )
           in
           the
           first
           words
           of
           this
           Verse
           ,
           I
           shall
           take
           for
           the
           principal
           ground
           of
           the
           intended
           Discourse
           .
           But
           shall
           make
           use
           of
           the
           following
           
           words
           ,
           for
           the
           same
           purpose
           for
           which
           they
           are
           here
           subjoyn'd
           by
           our
           Lord
           ,
           viz.
           the
           Enforcement
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           For
           our
           better
           understanding
           the
           Import
           of
           the
           Precept
           ,
           Two
           things
           in
           it
           require
           Explication
           .
        
         
           
             How
             we
             are
             to
             understand
             [
             The
             Morrow
             .
             ]
          
           
             What
             is
             meant
             by
             the
             [
             Thoughtfulnes
             ]
             we
             are
             to
             abstain
             from
             in
             reference
             thereto
             .
          
        
         
           1.
           
           By
           
             the
             Morrow
          
           must
           be
           meant
           
             
               1.
               
               Some
               measure
               of
               time
               or
               other
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               Such
               Occurrences
               ,
               as
               it
               may
               be
               supposed
               shall
               fall
               within
               the
               Compass
               of
               that
               time
               .
            
          
        
         
         
           We
           are
           therefore
           to
           consider
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           What
           
             portion
             or
             measure
             of
             time
          
           may
           be
           here
           signified
           by
           
             to
             morrow
          
           ,
           for
           some
           time
           it
           must
           signifie
           ,
           in
           the
           
             first
             place
          
           ,
           as
           fundamental
           to
           the
           further
           meaning
           .
           Not
           abstractly
           ,
           or
           for
           it self
           ,
           but
           as
           it
           is
           the
           Continent
           of
           such
           or
           such
           things
           as
           may
           fall
           within
           that
           time
           .
           And
           so
           that
           measure
           of
           time
           may
           ,
           1.
           
           Admit
           ,
           no
           doubt
           ,
           to
           be
           taken
           strictly
           for
           the
           very
           
             next
             day
          
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           literal
           import
           of
           the
           word
           
             to
             morrow
          
           .
           But
           2.
           
           It
           is
           also
           to
           be
           taken
           in
           a
           much
           larger
           sence
           ,
           for
           the
           whole
           of
           our
           remaining
           time
           ,
           
             all
             our
             futurity
          
           in
           this
           world
           .
           Indeed
           ,
           the
           whole
           time
           of
           our
           Life
           on
           Earth
           is
           spoken
           of
           in
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           
             but
             as
             a
             day
             .
             Let
             him
             alone
             that
             he
             may
             accomplish
             as
             an
             hireling
             his
             day
             .
          
           Job
           
           14.
           6.
           
           We
           are
           a
           sort
           of
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           short-liv'd
           Creatures
           ,
           
             we
             live
             but
             a
             day
          
           ,
           take
           the
           whole
           of
           our
           time
           together
           .
           Much
           less
           strange
           is
           it
           that
           the
           
             little
             residue
          
           ,
           the
           
             future
             time
          
           that
           is
           before
           us
           ,
           which
           we
           do
           not
           know
           how
           little
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           should
           be
           spoken
           of
           but
           as
           a
           day
           .
           Experience
           hath
           taught
           even
           sensual
           Epicures
           so
           to
           account
           their
           remaining
           time
           :
           
             Let
             us
             eat
             and
             drink
             ,
             for
             to
             morrow
             we
             shall
             dye
             .
             i.
             e.
          
           Very
           shortly
           .
           They
           were
           right
           in
           their
           Computation
           ,
           but
           very
           wrong
           in
           their
           Inference
           .
           It
           should
           have
           been
           ,
           Let
           us
           watch
           and
           pray
           to
           day
           ,
           we
           are
           to
           dye
           to
           morrow
           ,
           let
           us
           labour
           for
           Eternity
           because
           time
           is
           so
           short
           .
           But
           say
           they
           ,
           
             Let
             us
             eat
             and
             drink
             to
             day
             ,
             for
             to
             morrow
             we
             shall
             dye
             .
          
           A
           day
           to
           eat
           and
           drink
           was
           ,
           it
           seems
           ,
           a
           great
           gain
           .
           And
           if
           the
           phrase
           were
           not
           so
           used
           ,
           
           to
           signifie
           all
           the
           residue
           of
           our
           future
           time
           ,
           yet
           by
           consequence
           it
           must
           be
           so
           understood
           .
           For
           if
           we
           take
           to
           morrow
           in
           the
           strictest
           sence
           
             for
             the
             very
             next
             day
          
           ;
           they
           that
           are
           not
           permitted
           ,
           
             with
             solicitude
          
           ,
           to
           look
           forward
           so
           far
           as
           the
           very
           next
           day
           ;
           much
           less
           may
           they
           to
           a
           remoter
           and
           more
           distant
           time
           .
           Yea
           and
           we
           may
           in
           some
           sense
           extend
           it
           not
           only
           to
           
             all
             our
             future
             time
          
           ,
           but
           simply
           to
           
             all
             future
             time
          
           as
           that
           measures
           the
           concernments
           and
           affairs
           ,
           not
           of
           this
           world
           only
           ,
           but
           ,
           which
           is
           more
           considerable
           ,
           even
           of
           that
           lesser
           select
           community
           ,
           
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             God
          
           in
           it
           ,
           mentioned
           in
           the
           foregoing
           Verse
           .
           Which
           Kingdom
           ,
           besides
           its
           future
           eternal
           State
           ,
           lies
           also
           spread
           and
           stretcht
           throughout
           all
           time
           unto
           the
           end
           of
           the
           World.
           And
           
             as
             to
             its
             present
             and
             temporal
             
             State
             ,
          
           or
           
             as
             it
             falls
             under
             the
             measure
             of
             time
             ,
          
           it
           is
           not
           unsupposable
           that
           it
           may
           be
           within
           the
           compass
           of
           our
           Saviours
           design
           ,
           to
           forbid
           unto
           his
           disciples
           (
           who
           were
           not
           only
           to
           pursue
           
             the
             blessedness
          
           of
           that
           Kingdom
           
             in
             the
             other
             world
          
           ,
           but
           to
           intend
           
             the
             service
          
           of
           it
           
             in
             this
          
           )
           an
           intemperate
           and
           vexatious
           solicitude
           about
           the
           success
           of
           their
           endeavours
           ,
           for
           the
           promoting
           its
           present
           Interest
           .
           
             i.
             e.
          
           After
           he
           had
           more
           directly
           forbidden
           their
           undue
           carefulness
           about
           their
           own
           little
           concernments
           ,
           what
           they
           should
           eat
           ,
           drink
           or
           put
           on
           ;
           And
           directed
           them
           rather
           and
           
             more
             principally
          
           to
           seek
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           God
           and
           his
           Righteousnes
           ,
           with
           an
           assurance
           that
           those
           other
           things
           should
           be
           added
           to
           them
           .
           It
           seems
           not
           improbable
           he
           might
           in
           conclusion
           ,
           give
           this
           general
           direction
           ,
           as
           with
           a
           more
           especial
           
           reference
           to
           the
           private
           concernments
           of
           humane
           life
           ,
           about
           which
           common
           frailty
           might
           make
           them
           more
           apt
           to
           be
           unduly
           thoughtful
           :
           So
           with
           Some
           oblique
           and
           secondary
           reference
           to
           the
           affairs
           of
           that
           Kingdom
           too
           ,
           which
           they
           were
           here
           to
           serve
           as
           well
           as
           hereafter
           to
           partake
           and
           enjoy
           .
           And
           about
           the
           success
           of
           which
           service
           (
           being
           once
           ingaged
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           difficulties
           they
           were
           to
           encounter
           ,
           appearing
           great
           and
           discouraging
           to
           so
           inconsiderable
           persons
           as
           they
           must
           reckon
           themselves
           )
           they
           might
           be
           somewhat
           
             over
             solicitous
          
           also
           .
        
         
           Nor
           though
           they
           might
           not
           as
           yet
           understand
           their
           own
           work
           ,
           nor
           (
           consequently
           )
           have
           the
           prospect
           of
           its
           difficulties
           as
           yet
           in
           view
           ,
           are
           we
           to
           think
           our
           Saviour
           intended
           to
           limit
           the
           usefulness
           of
           
           the
           instructions
           he
           now
           gave
           them
           ,
           to
           the
           present
           time
           ,
           but
           meant
           them
           to
           be
           of
           future
           use
           to
           them
           as
           occasions
           should
           afterwards
           occur
           .
           As
           we
           also
           find
           that
           they
           did
           recollect
           some
           other
           sayings
           of
           his
           ,
           and
           understand
           better
           the
           meaning
           of
           them
           ,
           when
           particular
           occasions
           brought
           them
           to
           mind
           ,
           and
           discovered
           how
           apposite
           and
           applicable
           they
           then
           were
           .
           Luke
           24.
           8.
           
           John
           2.
           22.
           
        
         
           So
           that
           we
           may
           fitly
           understand
           this
           prohibition
           to
           intend
           ,
           universally
           ,
           a
           repressing
           of
           that
           too
           great
           aptitude
           and
           proneness
           in
           the
           minds
           of
           men
           ,
           unto
           undue
           excursions
           into
           futurity
           ,
           their
           intemperate
           and
           extravagant
           rangings
           and
           roamings
           into
           that
           unknown
           Country
           ,
           that
           
             Terra
             incognita
          
           ,
           in
           which
           we
           can
           but
           bewilder
           and
           lose
           our selves
           to
           no
           purpose
           .
        
         
         
           Therefore
           Secondly
           and
           more
           principally
           ,
           by
           [
           to
           morrow
           ]
           we
           are
           to
           understand
           
             the
             things
          
           that
           may
           fall
           within
           that
           compass
           of
           
             future
             time
          
           .
           For
           time
           can
           only
           be
           the
           object
           of
           our
           care
           ,
           
             in
             that
             relative
             sense
          
           ,
           as
           it
           refers
           unto
           such
           and
           such
           occurrences
           and
           emergencies
           that
           may
           fall
           into
           it
           .
           And
           so
           our
           Saviour
           explains
           himself
           in
           the
           very
           next
           words
           ,
           that
           by
           
             to
             morrow
          
           he
           means
           
             the
             things
             of
             to
             morrow
          
           .
           To
           morrow
           shall
           take
           care
           
             for
             the
             things
             of
             it self
          
           .
        
         
           And
           yet
           here
           we
           must
           carefully
           distinguish
           ,
           as
           to
           those
           things
           of
           to
           morrow
           ,
           matters
           of
           Event
           and
           of
           Duty
           .
           We
           are
           not
           to
           think
           these
           the
           equally
           prohibited
           objects
           of
           our
           thoughts
           and
           care
           .
           Duty
           belongs
           to
           us
           ,
           it
           falls
           within
           our
           Province
           ,
           
           and
           there
           are
           (
           no
           doubt
           )
           thoughts
           to
           be
           employed
           ,
           how
           I
           may
           continue
           on
           in
           a
           course
           of
           duty
           ,
           unto
           which
           I
           am
           ,
           by
           all
           the
           most
           sacred
           Obligations
           tyed
           for
           a
           stated
           course
           ,
           that
           may
           lie
           before
           me
           ,
           let
           it
           be
           never
           so
           long
           ,
           and
           be
           there
           never
           so
           many
           to
           morrows
           in
           it
           .
           There
           ought
           to
           be
           thoughts
           used
           ,
           of
           this
           sort
           ,
           concerning
           the
           duties
           of
           the
           morrow
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           my
           future
           time
           .
           If
           it
           please
           God
           to
           give
           me
           such
           additional
           time
           I
           will
           love
           him
           to
           morrow
           ,
           I
           will
           serve
           him
           to
           morrow
           ,
           I
           will
           trust
           him
           to
           morrow
           ,
           I
           will
           walk
           with
           him
           to
           morrow
           .
           I
           will
           ,
           through
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           ,
           live
           in
           his
           fear
           ,
           service
           and
           communion
           ,
           even
           as
           long
           as
           I
           have
           a
           day
           to
           live
           .
           Upon
           such
           terms
           doth
           every
           sincere
           Christian
           bind
           himself
           to
           God
           ,
           even
           
             for
             alwaies
          
           ,
           as
           God
           binds
           
           himself
           to
           them
           on
           the
           same
           terms
           .
           
             This
             God
             shall
             be
             our
             God
             for
             ever
             and
             ever
             ,
             he
             shall
             be
             our
             guide
             even
             unto
             death
             .
          
           Psalm
           48.
           14.
           
           The
           case
           can
           never
           alter
           with
           us
           in
           this
           regard
           ,
           but
           as
           the
           worthiest
           object
           of
           all
           our
           thoughts
           is
           
             yesterday
             ,
             and
             to
             day
             the
             same
             ,
             and
             for
             ever
             ,
          
           so
           should
           the
           course
           of
           our
           thoughts
           be
           too
           ,
           in
           reference
           to
           that
           blessed
           object
           .
           
             Every
             day
             will
             I
             bless
             thee
             ,
             and
             praise
             thy
             name
             for
             ever
             and
             ever
             .
          
           Psal.
           145.
           2.
           
           
             I
             will
             sing
             unto
             the
             Lord
             as
             long
             as
             I
             live
             ;
             I
             will
             sing
             praise
             to
             my
             God
             while
             I
             have
             my
             being
             .
          
           Psal.
           104.
           33.
           
           The
           thoughts
           of
           our
           hearts
           should
           be
           much
           exercised
           this
           way
           ,
           how
           it
           may
           be
           thus
           with
           us
           ,
           in
           all
           future
           time
           ;
           that
           
             to
             morrow
          
           ,
           in
           this
           respect
           
             may
             be
             as
             this
             day
             ,
             and
             much
             more
             abundant
             ,
          
           as
           is
           spoken
           on
           a
           much
           another
           account
           ,
           Isai.
           56.
           12.
           
           To
           morrow
           shall
           be
           as
           this
           day
           ,
           God
           
           assisting
           ,
           and
           much
           more
           abundant
           as
           to
           my
           love
           to
           him
           ,
           serving
           of
           him
           ,
           conversing
           with
           him
           ,
           doing
           and
           designing
           for
           him
           ,
           which
           are
           to
           run
           through
           all
           my
           dayes
           .
        
         
           But
           now
           for
           the
           Events
           of
           
             to
             morrow
          
           ,
           they
           are
           things
           quite
           of
           another
           consideration
           .
           They
           do
           not
           belong
           to
           us
           ,
           they
           are
           not
           of
           the
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           none
           of
           the
           things
           within
           our
           compass
           .
           To
           employ
           our selves
           with
           excessive
           intention
           of
           thoughts
           and
           cares
           concerning
           them
           ,
           is
           to
           meddle
           without
           our
           Sphaere
           ,
           beyond
           what
           we
           have
           any
           warrant
           for
           ,
           farther
           than
           as
           it
           is
           in
           some
           cases
           supposable
           there
           may
           be
           some
           connexion
           ,
           and
           dependance
           ,
           between
           such
           and
           such
           Events
           ,
           and
           my
           own
           either
           sin
           ,
           or
           duty
           ,
        
         
           Now
           Events
           that
           may
           occur
           to
           
           us
           to
           morrow
           ,
           or
           in
           our
           future
           time
           ,
           you
           know
           are
           distingishable
           into
           good
           or
           bad
           ,
           grateful
           and
           ungrateful
           ,
           pleasing
           to
           us
           or
           displeasing
           .
           Good
           or
           grateful
           Events
           ,
           you
           easily
           apprehend
           ,
           are
           not
           here
           intended
           .
           We
           do
           not
           use
           to
           perplex
           our selves
           about
           good
           things
           ,
           otherwise
           than
           
             as
             they
             may
             be
             wanting
          
           ,
           and
           as
           we
           may
           be
           deprived
           of
           them
           ,
           which
           privation
           or
           want
           is
           an
           Evil.
           And
           under
           that
           notion
           our
           Saviour
           considers
           the
           object
           of
           the
           prohibited
           thoughtfulness
           ,
           as
           his
           after
           words
           shew
           .
           Sufficient
           for
           the
           day
           is
           
             the
             Evil
             of
             it
          
           .
           And
           therefore
           gives
           caution
           not
           equally
           against
           all
           fore-thoughts
           ,
           about
           the
           Events
           of
           future
           time
           ;
           of
           which
           some
           may
           be
           both
           rational
           ,
           and
           pleasant
           .
           But
           against
           forebodings
           ,
           and
           presages
           of
           evil
           and
           direful
           things
           .
           As
           lest
           such
           thoughts
           
           should
           slide
           into
           our
           minds
           ,
           or
           impose
           and
           obtrude
           themseves
           upon
           us
           .
           
             Alas
             !
             what
             shall
             I
             do
             to
             live
             to
             morrow
             ?
             I
             am
             afraid
             I
             shall
             want
             bread
             for
             to
             morrow
             ,
             or
             for
             my
             future
             time
             .
          
           This
           our
           Saviour
           sayes
           is
           
             paganish
             ,
             after
             these
             things
             do
             the
             Gentiles
             seek
             ,
          
           that
           (
           as
           is
           intimated
           )
           have
           no
           father
           to
           take
           care
           of
           them
           .
           
             Your
             heavenly
             father
             knows
             you
             have
             need
             of
             these
             things
             ,
          
           vers
           .
           32.
           
           And
           directs
           his
           disciples
           to
           a
           noble
           object
           of
           their
           thoughts
           and
           care
           ,
           vers
           .
           33.
           
           
             Seek
             you
             first
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             God
             :
          
           wherein
           ,
           as
           their
           future
           reward
           ,
           so
           their
           present
           work
           and
           business
           was
           to
           lie
           .
           And
           then
           addes
           ,
           
             Take
             no
             thought
             for
             to
             morrow
             ,
          
           q.
           d.
           It
           would
           be
           indeed
           an
           ill
           thing
           if
           you
           should
           want
           bread
           to
           morrow
           ,
           and
           it
           would
           be
           worse
           if
           the
           affairs
           of
           Gods
           Kingdom
           should
           miscarry
           ,
           or
           you
           
           be
           excluded
           it
           .
           But
           mind
           you
           your
           own
           present
           work
           ,
           and
           be
           not
           unduly
           concerned
           about
           these
           surmised
           bad
           events
           ,
           God
           will
           provide
           .
           This
           is
           then
           ,
           in
           short
           ,
           the
           object
           of
           this
           prohibited
           thoughtfulness
           [
           
             future
             time
             including
             whatsoever
             ungrateful
             events
             ,
             we
             suppose
             ,
             and
             preapprehend
             in
             it
             .
          
           ]
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           We
           are
           to
           enquire
           about
           the
           thoughtfulness
           prohibited
           in
           reference
           hereto
           .
           It
           cannot
           be
           that
           
             all
             use
             of
             thoughts
             about
             future
             events
             ,
          
           even
           such
           ,
           as
           ,
           when
           they
           occur
           ,
           may
           prove
           afflictive
           ,
           is
           intended
           to
           be
           forbidden
           .
           Which
           indeed
           may
           be
           collected
           from
           the
           import
           of
           the
           word
           in
           the
           Text
           that
           signifies
           
             another
             ,
             peculiar
             sort
             of
             thinking
             ,
          
           as
           we
           shall
           hereafter
           have
           more
           occasion
           to
           take
           notice
           .
           We
           were
           made
           and
           are
           naturally
           ,
           
           
             thinking
             Creatures
          
           ;
           yea
           and
           forethinking
           ,
           or
           capable
           of
           prospiciency
           and
           foresight
           .
           'T
           is
           that
           by
           which
           in
           part
           Man
           is
           distinguisht
           from
           Beast
           .
           Without
           disputing
           as
           some
           do
           how
           far
           nature
           ,
           
           in
           this
           ,
           or
           that
           man
           ,
           doth
           contribute
           to
           divination
           and
           prophecy
           ;
           we
           may
           say
           of
           Man
           indefinitely
           ,
           
             he
             is
             a
             sort
             of
             divining
             creature
             ,
          
           and
           of
           
             humane
             nature
          
           in
           common
           ,
           that
           it
           much
           excells
           the
           brutal
           ,
           in
           this
           ,
           that
           ,
           whereas
           sense
           is
           limited
           to
           the
           
             present
             ;
             Reason
          
           hath
           dignify'd
           our
           nature
           by
           adding
           to
           it
           a
           sagacity
           ,
           and
           enabling
           us
           to
           use
           prospection
           in
           reference
           to
           what
           yet
           lies
           more
           remotely
           before
           us
           .
           And
           though
           we
           are
           too
           apt
           to
           a
           faulty
           excess
           herein
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           overpresaging
           (
           which
           it
           is
           the
           design
           of
           this
           discourse
           to
           shew
           )
           yet
           we
           are
           not
           to
           think
           that
           all
           use
           of
           any
           natural
           faculty
           can
           be
           a
           fault
           ;
           
           for
           that
           would
           be
           to
           charge
           a
           fault
           on
           the
           Authour
           of
           nature
           .
           The
           faculties
           will
           be
           active
           .
           To
           plant
           them
           therefore
           in
           our
           natures
           ,
           and
           forbid
           their
           use
           ,
           were
           not
           consistent
           with
           the
           wisdom
           ,
           righteousness
           ,
           and
           goodness
           by
           which
           they
           are
           implanted
           .
           It
           must
           therefore
           be
           our
           business
           to
           shew
           What
           Thoughtfulness
           is
           not
           ,
           And
           then
           ,
           what
           is
           within
           the
           compass
           of
           this
           Prohibition
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           
             What
             is
             not
          
           .
           There
           is
           ,
           in
           the
           general
           ,
           a
           prudent
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           a
           Christian
           use
           of
           forethought
           ,
           about
           matters
           of
           that
           nature
           already
           specify'd
           ;
           which
           we
           cannot
           understand
           it
           was
           our
           Saviours
           meaning
           to
           forbid
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A44685-e2230
           
             Maimonid
             .
             Mor.
             Nev.
             D.
             Mer.
             Casaubon
             .
             Enthus
             .