The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment

First, For the quieting of our spirits.

As they were to be delivered out of this bondage in that way; so they were to be delivered out of the Babylonish bondage in the same way: So you shall find it Isa. 30. see what God saith for that deliverance, he tells them plainly at the 15. vers. In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength, and you would not: In quietness and confidence, it's true, they were in a passionate way, and God tells them, that in quietness and in confidence is their strength, and they would not: So, come to many people that are in great extremities, to some women and others, (when they are wringing their hands, and hanging about their husbands necks) and tell them, your confidence must be in quietness, they will be ready to row you off. But they would not (saith God) So in Isa. 30.7. I cried concerning this, Their strength is, to sit still: My Brethren, this day in the Name of God, do I cry concerning all our straights, after we have used all the means we can, we are to sit still, and see the salvation of our God, to quiet our hearts with this believing stand still, and look up to God for our salvation. It was their great fault, they did not so in their deliverance out of their captivity, there is one remarkable place for that Jer. 31.22. How long wilt thou go about? Oh thou backsliding daughter! for the Lord hath created a new thing in the earth: How long wilt thou go about, Oh thou backsliding daughter? What's the meaning of this text? It is thus, In the time of their deliverance from Captivity, they met with a great deal of difficulty, many straights, and they went about to this and that sharking course, and did backslide, when they were in a good way, they went back again, and the Prophet could not get the• […] stand still […] •ny way; as ⟨p. 322⟩