seed which liveth and abideth for ever; why should they envy mere flesh, and the glory of it, which are but as grass, and the flower thereof? 3 Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily shalt be fed. 3. “Trust in the Lord.” Here is the second precept, and one appropriate to the occasion. Faith cures fretting. Sight is cross-eyed, and views things only as they seem, hence her envy; faith has clearer optics to behold things as they really are, hence her peace. “And
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