A visible blast
It is not strange that those who thus take the matter out of God's hand should be so often disappointed of the very things they seek, that while they throw away heaven to secure the things of earth, they lose the one but do not gain the other. The jealous God, in the wise course of his providence, frequently suffers this. So that those who will not cast their care on God, who taking thought for temporal things have little concern for things eternal, lose the very portion which they have chosen. There is a visible blast on all their undertakings. Whatever they do, it does not prosper. Inasmuch that after they have forsaken God for the world, they lose what they sought as well as what they sought not. They fall short of the kingdom of God and his righteousness, nor yet are other things added to them.
1771 text
It is not strange that they who thus take the matter out of God’s hand, should be so often disappointed of the very things they seek; that while they throw away heaven, to secure the things of earth, they lose the one, but do not gain the other. The jealous God, in the wise course of his providence, frequently suffers this. So that they who will not cast their care on God, who taking thought for temporal things, have little concern for things eternal, lose the very portion which they have chosen. There is a visible blast on all their undertakings: whatsoever they do, it doth not prosper. Insomuch, that after they have forsaken God for the world, they lose what they sought, as well as what they sought not. They fall short of the kingdom of God and his righteousness; nor yet are other things added unto them.
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Sermon 29 in the 1771 Works. Matthew 6:24-34.
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