Anf-01 ix.iii.xxvii Pg 6
Matt. x. 30.
set about inquiring into the number of hairs on each one’s head, and endeavour to search out the reason on account of which one man has so many, and another so many, since all have not an equal number, but many thousands upon thousands are to be found with still varying numbers, on this account that some have larger and others smaller heads, some have bushy heads of hair, others thin, and others scarcely any hair at all,—and then those who imagine that they have discovered the number of the hairs, should endeavour to apply that for the commendation of their own sect which they have conceived? Or again, if any one should, because of this expression which occurs in the Gospel, “Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and not one of them falls to the ground without the will of your Father,”3204 3204
Anf-02 vi.iii.iii.iii Pg 12.1
Anf-03 v.viii.xxxv Pg 8
Matt. x. 30.
and in the affirmation He of course includes the promise of their safety; for if they were to be lost, where would be the use of having taken such a numerical care of them? Surely the only use lies (in this truth): “That of all which the Father hath given to me, I should lose none,”7518 7518
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, Chapter 10
VERSE (30) - 1Sa 14:45 2Sa 14:11 1Ki 1:52 Lu 12:7; 21:18 Ac 27:34