to flee for his life from the perſecution of Jezebel: The angel of the Lord bid him riſe and eat, and he walked by the ſtrength of that food forty days. ⟨I⟩ Kings xix. 7. And alſo how afterwards the Lord fed him by ravens, they brought him his food. Alſo his miracle of the widow of Sarepta, where he was fed in the time of famine, ver. 14. of the xvii. chapter, The barrel of meal ſhall not fail." Again the example of one of the prophets’ widows, 2 Kings iv. how God increaſed the pot of oil, that ſhe not only paid her debts out of it, but had enough to maintain her family besides. "Thus God is a ſtrong tower, the righteous fly to it, and are ſafe." And tho’ they are often times enforced to ſuffer nakedneſs, yet he will clothe them with his righteouſness; their ⟨Graces⟩ ſmell of myrrh, aloes and ⟨caſſia⟩, whereby they are more adorned than with all the gold and ſilver in the whole world.
Uſe 1. We learn faith, to truſt and ⟨lay⟩ hold on the promiſes of God made in Chriſt to ſuch as have it dwelling ⟨in⟩ them: "Caſting all your care upon
