Now to provide for the wants of the soul, is our highest duty on earth .-- Sin has unclothed us of that innocence in which our Creator first made us, and the responsibility now rests upon every soul, to provide a clothing which will stand the inspection of God himself.
This clothing, Christ has prepared through His sufferings, and death, and it is given to all them that believe in Him.

And surely, if it be our duty to provide temporal things for ourselves, and for those of our own house, how much more are we bound to seek and secure the one thing needful.
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But we will consider in the second place, what is meant by providing for our own house?
--"and especially for those of his own house ?" House here means family.

First, we will consider the duty devolving upon a christian parent, in making suitable provision for his own house, or family.

This embraces all we have urged as his duty to himself.