...it teacheth us to be happy in any condition, how mean soever it may be. / have learned in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content : I know both...and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need, Phil. iv. 11, 12. 5. Consider the peace, which piety diffuseth in the conscience. The prosperity of...

...follows: " But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again: wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked...know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound ; every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and...

...contentment, and fetching strength from him to exercise this grace in every condition. Philip. iv. 11, 12, 13, Not that I speak in respect of want ; for I have learned...know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound : every where, and in all things, I am instructed, both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound...

...follows : " But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again ; wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked...know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound ; ever}' where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and...

...not brought up to our mind, we must bring down our mind to our lot, as Paul did, Phil, iv, 11, 12. ' Not that I speak in respect of want : for I have learned...know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where, and in all things I am instructed, both to be fuH and to be hungry, both to abound and...

...brethren. We have a remarkable testimony to this part of his character in his Epistle to the Philippians. "Not that I speak in respect of want; for I have learned,...know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where, and in all things, I am instructed both to be full and to bo hungry, both to abound and...

...thus speaks of himself to the Philippians (Chap. iv. ver. 11, 12); " I have learned, in whatsoever state I am therewith to be content. I know both how...to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need." To this subject refer also those words, 1 Tim. vi. 8, " Having food and raiment, let us be therewith...

...same spirit? Walked we not in the same steps? We do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifyingf. Not that I speak in respect of want ; for I have learned...know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound ; every where, and in all things, I am instructed, both to be full, and to be hungry ; both to abound,...

...follows : " But I rejoice in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again, wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked...know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound ; every where and in all tilings, I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound...

...of sin and death." How great soever may be the variety of duty, he is enabled to fulfil the whole. " I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound...to suffer need. I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me." And it is not to be overlooked, even in this rapid sketch of the subject,...