Matthew Poole and continuators on Matthew 10:31

31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

Besides consider: There is a God that governeth the World, and by his Providence influenceth, and watcheth over the most minute, and invaluable beings in it, and preserveth, and upholdeth them, it extendeth to the very Hairs of your Head, and to a Sparrow (two of which are sold ordinarily for an Assarion, the tenth part of a Roman Penny) these little Birds fall not when they are shot, without the notice of him, who is your heavenly Father, and he will much more regard even you[illegible: 1 letter] Bodies, for you are of more value than many Sparrows. Our Lord there, 1. Asserts the Providence of God, to extend to the most minute things, to be restrained to things in Heaven, or some greater and more Noble Creatures. 2. He teacheth his Disciples to take courage from the Consideration of it, as being assured, that their greatest Enemies should not be able to steal, or wrest them out of Gods Hands. But if they should dye in their Testimony, it should be by Gods ordering.