Passage 1: Genesis 7-8
(Gen 7:1) And the Lord said vnto Noah, Enter thou and all thine house into the Arke: for thee haue I seene righteous before me in this age.
(Notes Reference) And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen (a) righteous before me in this generation.
(a) In respect to the rest of the world, and because he had a desire to serve God and live uprightly.
(Gen 7:2) Of euery cleane beast thou shalt take to thee by seuens, the male and his female: but of vncleane beastes by couples, the male and his female.
(Notes Reference) Of every (b) clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that [are] not clean by two, the male and his female.
(b) Which might be offered in sacrifice, of which six were for breeding and the seventh for sacrifice.
(Gen 7:3) Of the foules also of the heauen by seuens, male and female, to keepe seede aliue vpon the whole earth.
(Gen 7:4) For seuen dayes hence I will cause it raine vpon the earth fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes, and all the substance that I haue made, will I destroy from off the earth.
(Gen 7:5) Noah therefore did according vnto all that the Lord commanded him.
(Gen 7:6) And Noah was sixe hundreth yeeres olde, when the flood of waters was vpon the earth.
(Gen 7:7) So Noah entred and his sonnes, and his wife, and his sonnes wiues with him into the Arke, because of the waters of the flood.
(Gen 7:8) Of the cleane beastes, and of the vncleane beastes, and of the foules, and of all that creepeth vpon the earth,
(Gen 7:9) There came two and two vnto Noah into the Arke, male and female, as God had commanded Noah.
(Notes Reference) There (c) went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
(c) God compelled them to present themselves to Noah, as they did before to Adam, when he gave them names, (Gen 2:19).
(Gen 7:10) And so after seuen dayes the waters of the flood were vpon the earth.
(Gen 7:11) In the sixe hundreth yeere of Noahs life in the second moneth, the seuetenth day of the moneth, in the same day were all the fountaines of the great deepe broken vp, and the windowes of heauen were opened,
(Notes Reference) In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the (e) fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
(e) Both the waters in the earth overflowed and also the clouds poured down.
(Gen 7:12) And the raine was vpon the earth fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes.
(Gen 7:13) In the selfe same day entred Noah with Shem, and Ham and Iapheth, the sonnes of Noah, and Noahs wife, and the three wiues of his sonnes with them into the Arke.
(Gen 7:14) They and euery beast after his kinde, and all cattell after their kinde, and euery thing that creepeth and moueth vpon the earth after his kinde, and euery foule after his kinde, euen euery bird of euery fether.
(Gen 7:15) For they came to Noah into ye Arke, two and two, of all flesh wherein is ye breath of life.
(Notes Reference) And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two (f) of all flesh, wherein [is] the breath of life.
(f) Every living thing that God would have be preserved on earth, came into the ark to Noah.
(Gen 7:16) And they entring in, came male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the Lord shut him in.
(Notes Reference) And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD (g) shut him in.
(g) So that God's secret power defended him against the rage of the mighty waters.
(Gen 7:17) Then ye flood was fourtie dayes vpon the earth, and the waters were increased, and bare vp the Arke, which was lift vp aboue the earth.
(Gen 7:18) The waters also waxed strong, and were increased exceedingly vpon the earth, and the Arke went vpon the waters.
(Gen 7:19) The waters preuailed so exceedingly vpon the earth, that all the high mountaines, that are vnder the whole heauen, were couered.
(Gen 7:20) Fifteene cubites vpwarde did the waters preuaile, when the mountaines were couered.
(Gen 7:21) Then all flesh perished that moued vpon the earth, both foule and cattell and beast, and euery thing that creepeth and moueth vpon the earth, and euery man.
(Gen 7:22) Euery thing in whose nostrels the spirit of life did breathe, whatsoeuer they were in the drie land, they died.
(Gen 7:23) So he destroyed euery thing that was vpon the earth, from man to beast, to ye creeping thing, and to the foule of the heauen: they were euen destroyed from the earth. And Noah onely remained; and they that were with him in ye Arke.
(Notes Reference) And every living substance was destroyed (h) which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only (i) remained [alive], and they that [were] with him in the ark.
(h) That is, by God.
(i) Learn what it is to obey God only, and to forsake the multitude, (1Pe 3:20).
(Gen 7:24) And the waters preuailed vpon the earth an hundreth and fiftie dayes.
(Gen 8:1) Now God remembred Noah and euery beast, and all the cattell that was with him in the Arke: therefore God made a winde to passe vpon the earth, and the waters ceased.
(Notes Reference) And God (a) remembered Noah, and (b) every living thing, and all the cattle that [was] with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;
(a) Not that God forgets his at any time, but when he sends comfort then he shows that he remembers them.
(b) If God remembered every brute beast, that ought also to assure his children.
(Gen 8:2) The fountaines also of the deepe and the windowes of heauen were stopped and the raine from heauen was restrained,
(Gen 8:3) And the waters returned from aboue the earth, going and returning: and after the ende of the hundreth and fiftieth day the waters abated.
(Gen 8:4) And in the seuenth moneth, in the seuenteenth day of the moneth, the Arke rested vpon the mountaines of Ararat.
(Notes Reference) And the ark rested in the (c) seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
(c) Part of September and part of October.
(Gen 8:5) And the waters were going and decreasing vntill the tenth moneth: in the tenth moneth, and in the first day of the moneth were the toppes of the mountaines seene.
(Notes Reference) And the waters decreased continually until the (d) tenth month: in the tenth [month], on the first [day] of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
(d) Which was the month of December.
(Gen 8:6) So after fourtie dayes, Noah opened the windowe of the Arke, which he had made,
(Gen 8:7) And sent forth a rauen, which went out going forth and returning, vntill the waters were dried vp vpon the earth.
(Gen 8:8) Againe he sent a doue from him, that he might see if the waters were diminished from off the earth.
(Gen 8:9) But the doue found no rest for the sole of her foote: therefore she returned vnto him into the Arke (for the waters were vpon the whole earth) and he put forth his hand, and receiued her, and tooke her to him into the Arke.
(Notes Reference) But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters [were] on the face of the whole earth: then he (e) put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
(e) The raven flew to and fro, resting on the ark, but did not come into it, unlike the dove that was taken in.
(Gen 8:10) And he abode yet other seuen dayes, and againe he sent forth the doue out of the Arke.
(Gen 8:11) And the doue came to him in ye euening, and loe, in her mouth was an oliue leafe that she had pluckt: whereby Noah knewe that the waters were abated from off the earth.
(Notes Reference) And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth [was] an (f) olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
(f) Which was a sign that the waters were much diminished: for the olives do not grow on the high mountains.
(Gen 8:12) Notwithstanding he wayted yet other seuen dayes, and sent forth the doue, which returned not againe vnto him any more.
(Gen 8:13) And in the sixe hundreth and one yeere, in the first day of the first moneth the waters were dryed vp from off the earth: and Noah remoued the couering of the Arke and looked, and beholde, the vpper part of the ground was drie.
(Notes Reference) And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the (g) first [month], the first [day] of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.
(g) Called in Hebrew Abib, part of March and part of April.
(Gen 8:14) And in the second moneth, in the seuen and twentieth day of the moneth was the earth drie.
(Gen 8:15) Then God spake to Noah, saying,
(Gen 8:16) Goe forth of the Arke, thou and thy wife, and thy sonnes and thy sonnes wiues with thee.
(Notes Reference) (h) Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee.
(h) Noah declares his obedience, in that he would not leave the ark without God's express commandment, as he did not enter in without the same: the ark being a figure of the Church, in which nothing must be done outside the word of God.
(Gen 8:17) Bring forth with thee euery beast that is with thee, of all flesh, both foule and cattell, and euery thing that creepeth and moueth vpon the earth, that they may breede abundantly in ye earth, and bring forth fruite and increase vpon ye earth.
(Gen 8:18) So Noah came forth, and his sonnes, and his wife, and his sonnes wiues with him.
(Gen 8:19) Euery beast, euery creeping thing, and euery foule, all that moueth vpon the earth after their kindes went out of the Arke.
(Gen 8:20) Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and tooke of euery cleane beast, and of euery cleane foule, and offered burnt offerings vpon the altar.
(Notes Reference) And Noah (i) builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
(i) For sacrifices which were as an exercise of their faith, by which they used to give thanks to God for his benefits.
(Gen 8:21) And the Lord smellled a sauour of rest, and the Lord said in his heart, I will hencefoorth curse the ground no more for mans cause: for the imagination of mans heart is euill, euen from his youth: neither will I smite any more all things liuing, as I haue done.
(Notes Reference) And the LORD smelled a (k) sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart [is] evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
(k) That is, by it he showed himself appeased and his anger at rest.
(Gen 8:22) Hereafter seede time and haruest, and colde and heate, and sommer and winter, and day and night shall not cease, so long as ye earth remaineth.
(Notes Reference) While the earth remaineth, (l) seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
(l) The order of nature destroyed by the flood, is restored by God's promise.
Passage 2: Psalms 9-10
(Psa 9:1) To him that excelleth vpon Muth Laben. A Psalme of Dauid. I will praise the Lord with my whole heart: I will speake of all thy marueilous workes.
(Notes Reference) "To the chief Musician upon Muthlabben, A Psalm of David." I will praise [thee], O LORD, with my (a) whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.
(a) God is not praised unless the whole glory is given to him alone.
(Psa 9:2) I will bee glad, and reioyce in thee: I will sing praise to thy Name, O most High,
(Psa 9:3) For that mine enemies are turned backe: they shall fall, and perish at thy presence.
(Psa 9:4) For thou hast maintained my right and my cause: thou art set in the throne, and iudgest right.
(Notes Reference) For (b) thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.
(b) However the enemy seems for a time to prevail yet God preserves the just.
(Psa 9:5) Thou hast rebuked the heathen: thou hast destroyed the wicked: thou hast put out their name for euer and euer.
(Psa 9:6) O enemie, destructions are come to a perpetual end, and thou hast destroyed the cities: their memoriall is perished with them.
(Notes Reference) (c) O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
(c) A derision of the enemy that minds nothing but destruction: but the Lord will deliver his, and bring him into judgment.
(Psa 9:7) But the Lord shall sit for euer: hee hath prepared his throne for iudgement.
(Psa 9:8) For he shall iudge the worlde in righteousnes, and shall iudge the people with equitie.
(Psa 9:9) The Lord also wil be a refuge for the poore, a refuge in due time, euen in affliction.
(Notes Reference) The LORD also will be a refuge for the (d) oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble.
(d) Our miseries are meant to cause us to feel God's present care over us.
(Psa 9:10) And they that know thy Name, will trust in thee: for thou, Lord, hast not failed them that seeke thee.
(Psa 9:11) Sing praises to the Lord, which dwelleth in Zion: shewe the people his workes.
(Psa 9:12) For whe he maketh inquisition for blood, hee remembreth it, and forgetteth not the complaint of the poore.
(Notes Reference) (e) When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble.
(e) Though God does not suddenly avenge the wrong done to his, yet he does not permit the wicked to go unpunished.
(Psa 9:13) Haue mercie vpon mee, O Lord: consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate mee, thou that liftest me vp from the gates of death,
(Psa 9:14) That I may shewe all thy praises within the gates of the daughter of Zion, and reioyce in thy saluation.
(Notes Reference) That I may shew forth all thy praise in the (f) gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation.
(f) In the open assembly of the Church.
(Psa 9:15) The heathen are sunken downe in the pit that they made: in the nette that they hid, is their foote taken.
(Notes Reference) The heathen are (g) sunk down in the pit [that] they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken.
(g) For God overthrows the wicked in their enterprises.
(Psa 9:16) The Lord is knowen by executing iudgement: the wicked is snared in the worke of his owne handes. Higgaion. Selah.
(Notes Reference) (h) The LORD is known [by] the judgment [which] he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
(h) The mercy of God toward his saints must be declared and the fall of the wicked must always be considered.
(Psa 9:17) The wicked shall turne into hell, and all nations that forget God.
(Psa 9:18) For the poore shall not bee alway forgotten: the hope of the afflicted shall not perish for euer.
(Notes Reference) For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation (i) of the poor shall [not] perish for ever.
(i) God does not promise to help us before we have felt the cross.
(Psa 9:19) Vp Lord: let not man preuaile: let the heathen be iudged in thy sight.
(Psa 9:20) Put them in feare, O Lord, that the heathen may knowe that they are but men. Selah.
(Notes Reference) Put them in fear, O LORD: [that] the nations may know themselves [to be but] (k) men. Selah.
(k) Which they cannot learn without the fear of your judgment.
(Psa 10:1) Why standest thou farre off, O Lord, and hidest thee in due time, euen in affliction?
(Notes Reference) Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? [why] hidest thou [thyself] in (a) times of trouble?
(a) As soon as we enter into affliction, we think God should help us, but that is not always his due time.
(Psa 10:2) The wicked with pride doeth persecute the poore: let them be taken in the craftes that they haue imagined.
(Psa 10:3) For the wicked hath made boast of his owne heartes desire, and the couetous blesseth himselfe: he contemneth the Lord.
(Notes Reference) For the wicked (b) boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, [whom] the LORD abhorreth.
(b) The wicked man rejoices in his own lust he boasts when he has that he would; he brags of his wit and wealth and blesses himself and thus blasphemes the Lord.
(Psa 10:4) The wicked is so proude that hee seeketh not for God: hee thinketh alwayes, There is no God.
(Psa 10:5) His wayes alway prosper: thy iudgements are hie aboue his sight: therefore defieth he all his enemies.
(Psa 10:6) He saith in his heart, I shall neuer be moued, nor be in danger.
(Notes Reference) He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for [I shall] (c) never [be] in adversity.
(c) The evil will not touch me, (Isa 28:15) or else he speaks thus because he never felt evil.
(Psa 10:7) His mouth is full of cursing and deceite and fraude: vnder his tongue is mischiefe and iniquitie.
(Psa 10:8) He lieth in waite in the villages: in the secret places doeth hee murder the innocent: his eyes are bent against the poore.
(Notes Reference) (d) He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.
(d) He shows that the wicked have many ways to hide their cruelty and therefore should be even more feared.
(Psa 10:9) He lyeth in waite secretly, euen as a lyon in his denne: he lyeth in waite to spoyle the poore: he doeth spoyle the poore, when he draweth him into his net.
(Psa 10:10) He croucheth and boweth: therefore heaps of the poore doe fall by his might.
(Notes Reference) He croucheth, [and] humbleth himself, that the (e) poor may fall by his strong ones.
(e) By the hypocrisy of them who have authority the poor are devoured.
(Psa 10:11) He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten, he hideth away his face, and will neuer see.
(Psa 10:12) Arise, O Lord God: lift vp thine hande: forget not the poore.
(Notes Reference) (f) Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble.
(f) He calls to God for help, because wickedness is so far overgrown that God must help now or never.
(Psa 10:13) Wherefore doeth the wicked contemne God? he saith in his heart, Thou wilt not regard.
(Notes Reference) Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not (g) require [it].
(g) Therefore you must punish their blasphemy.
(Psa 10:14) Yet thou hast seene it: for thou beholdest mischiefe and wrong, that thou mayest take it into thine handes: the poore committeth himselfe vnto thee: for thou art the helper of the fatherlesse.
(Notes Reference) Thou hast seen [it]; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to (h) requite [it] with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless.
(h) To judge between the right and the wrong.
(Psa 10:15) Breake thou the arme of the wicked and malicious: searche his wickednes, and thou shalt finde none.
(Notes Reference) Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil [man]: seek out his wickedness [till] thou find (i) none.
(i) For you have utterly destroyed him.
(Psa 10:16) The Lord is King for euer and euer: the heathen are destroyed foorth of his land.
(Notes Reference) The LORD [is] King for ever and ever: the (k) heathen are perished out of his land.
(k) The hypocrites or such as live not after God's law, will be destroyed.
(Psa 10:17) Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the poore: thou preparest their heart: thou bendest thine eare to them,
(Psa 10:18) To iudge the fatherlesse and poore, that earthly man cause to feare no more.
(Notes Reference) (l) To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress.
(l) God helps when man's help ceases.
Passage 3: Matthew 6
(Mat 6:1) Take heede that ye giue not your almes before men, to be seene of them, or els ye shall haue no reward of your Father which is in heaue.
(Notes Reference) Take heed that ye do not your (1) alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no (a) reward of your Father which is in heaven.
(1) Ambition makes alms vain.
(a) This word "reward" is always taken in the scriptures for a free recompense, and therefore the schoolmen fondly set it to be answerable to a deserving, which they call "merit".
(Mat 6:2) Therefore when thou giuest thine almes, thou shalt not make a trumpet to be blowen before thee, as the hypocrites doe in the Synagogues and in the streetes, to be praysed of men. Verely I say vnto you, they haue their rewarde.
(Notes Reference) Therefore when thou doest [thine] alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the (b) hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
(b) Counterfeits, for hypocrites were players that played a part in a play.
(Mat 6:3) But when thou doest thine almes, let not thy left hand knowe what thy right hand doeth,
(Mat 6:4) That thine almes may be in secret, and thy Father that seeth in secret, hee will rewarde thee openly.
(Mat 6:5) And when thou prayest, be not as the hypocrites: for they loue to stand, and pray in the Synagogues, and in the corners of the streetes, because they would be seene of men. Verely I say vnto you, they haue their rewarde.
(Notes Reference) (2) And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites [are]: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
(2) He rebukes two revolting faults in prayer, ambition, and vain babbling.
(Mat 6:6) But when thou prayest, enter into thy chamber and when thou hast shut thy doore, pray vnto thy Father which is in secret, and thy Father which seeth in secret, shall rewarde thee openly.
(Mat 6:7) Also when ye pray, vse no vaine repetitions as the Heathen: for they thinke to be heard for their much babbling.
(Notes Reference) But when ye pray, use not (c) vain repetitions, as the heathen [do]: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
(c) Long prayers are not condemned, but vain, needless, and superstitious ones.
(Mat 6:8) Be ye not like them therefore: for your Father knoweth whereof ye haue neede, before ye aske of him.
(Mat 6:9) After this maner therefore pray ye, Our father which art in heauen, halowed be thy name.
(Notes Reference) (3) After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
(3) A true sum and form of all christian prayers.
(Mat 6:10) Thy Kingdome come. Thy will be done euen in earth, as it is in heauen.
(Mat 6:11) Giue vs this day our dayly bread.
(Notes Reference) Give us this day our (d) daily bread.
(d) That which is suitable for our nature for our daily food, or such as may suffice our nature and complexion.
(Mat 6:12) And forgiue vs our dettes, as we also forgiue our detters.
(Mat 6:13) And leade vs not into tentation, but deliuer vs from euill: for thine is the kingdome, and the power, and the glorie for euer. Amen.
(Notes Reference) And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from (e) evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
(e) From the devil, or from all adversity.
(Mat 6:14) For if ye doe forgiue men their trespasses, your heauenly Father will also forgiue you.
(Notes Reference) (4) For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
(4) They that forgive wrongs, to them sins are forgiven, but revenge is prepared for them that take revenge.
(Mat 6:15) But if ye do not forgiue men their trespasses,, no more will your father forgiue you your trespaces.
(Mat 6:16) Moreouer, when ye fast, looke not sowre as the hypocrites: for they disfigure their faces, that they might seeme vnto men to fast. Verely I say vnto you, that they haue their rewarde.
(Notes Reference) (5) Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they (f) disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
(5) That is, those that desire a name of holiness by fasting.
(f) They do not let their original pallor to be seen, that is to say, they mar the natural colour of their faces, that they may seem lean and palefaced.
(Mat 6:17) But when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face,
(Mat 6:18) That thou seeme not vnto men to fast, but vnto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret, will rewarde thee openly.
(Mat 6:19) Lay not vp treasures for your selues vpon the earth, where the mothe and canker corrupt, and where theeues digge through and steale.
(Notes Reference) (6) Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:
(6) The labours of those men are shown to be vain, which pass not for the assured treasure of everlasting life, but spend their lives in scraping together stale and vain riches.
(Mat 6:20) But lay vp treasures for your selues in heauen, where neither the mothe nor canker corrupteth, and where theeues neither digge through, nor steale.
(Mat 6:21) For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
(Mat 6:22) The light of the body is the eye: if then thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be light.
(Notes Reference) (7) The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine (g) eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.
(7) Men maliciously and wickedly put out even the little light of nature that is in them.
(g) The judgment of the mind: that as the body is with the eyes, so our whole life may be ruled with right reason, that is to say, with the Spirit of God who gives light to us.
(Mat 6:23) But if thine eye be wicked, then all thy body shalbe darke. Wherefore if the light that is in thee, be darkenes, howe great is that darkenesse?
(Mat 6:24) No man can serue two masters: for eyther he shall hate the one, and loue the other, or els he shall leane to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serue God and riches.
(Notes Reference) (8) No man can serve (h) two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and (i) mammon.
(8) God will be worshipped by the whole man.
(h) Who are at odds with one another, for if two agree they are as one.
(i) This word is a Syrian word, and signifies all things that belong to money.
(Mat 6:25) Therefore I say vnto you, be not carefull for your life, what ye shall eate, or what ye shall drinke: nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more worth then meate? and the bodie then raiment?
(Notes Reference) (9) Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
(9) The perverse burdensome carefulness for things of this life, is corrected in the children of God by an earnest thinking upon the providence of God.
(Mat 6:26) Behold the foules of the heauen: for they sowe not, neither reape, nor carie into the barnes: yet your heauenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better then they?
(Notes Reference) Behold the fowls of the (k) air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
(k) Of the air, or that line in the air: in almost all languages the word "heaven" is taken for the air.
(Mat 6:27) Which of you by taking care is able to adde one cubite vnto his stature?
(Notes Reference) Which of you by (l) taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?
(l) He speaks of care which is joined with thought of mind, and has for the most part distrust yoked with it.
(Mat 6:28) And why care ye for raiment? Learne howe the lilies of the fielde doe growe: they are not wearied, neither spinne:
(Notes Reference) And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they (m) toil not, neither do they spin:
(m) By labour.
(Mat 6:29) Yet I say vnto you, that euen Salomon in all his glorie was not arayed like one of these.
(Mat 6:30) Wherefore if God so clothe the grasse of the fielde which is to day, and to morowe is cast into the ouen, shall he not doe much more vnto you, O ye of litle faith?
(Mat 6:31) Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eate? or what shall we drinke? or where with shall we be clothed?
(Mat 6:32) (For after all these things seeke the Gentiles) for your heauenly Father knoweth, that ye haue neede of all these things.
(Mat 6:33) But seeke ye first the kingdome of God, and his righteousnesse, and all these things shall be ministred vnto you.
(Mat 6:34) Care not then for the morowe: for the morowe shall care for it selfe: the day hath ynough with his owne griefe.