A34165:462
A Complete collection of farewell sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl…A Compleat collection of farewel sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl…
A Complete collection of farewell sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl ... [et al.] ; together with Mr. Ash his funeral sermon, Mr. Nalton's funeral sermon, Mr. Lye's rehearsal ... with their several prayers.A Compleat collection of farewel sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl ... [et al.] ; together with Mr. Ash his funeral sermon, Mr. Nalton's funeral sermon, Mr. Lye's rehearsal ... with their several prayers.
London : s.n., 1663
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2. Such as please God, shall have his presence under sufferings, because now they need God most: if God will not leave his people as to temporal supplies, because they need such and such things: they need meat, and they need clothing: surely much more God will not leave his children, as to spiritual supplies, under times of distress, because then they need God. Oh what can a Believer do, or what can a Believer suffer when God leaves him, his strength is in God; his support is in God, his comfort is in God, his All is in God: and therefore if God now leave him, what will become of him, he needs God at all times, but never so much as when his condition is dark and troubled. What was Sampson, that man of so great strength, when his hair was gone? and what is a Believer, when his God is gone?
2. Such as please God, shall have his presence under sufferings, because now they need God most: if God will not leave his people as to temporal supplies, because they need such and such things: they need meat, and they need cloathing: surely much more God will not leave his children, as to spiritual supplies, under times of distress, because then they need God. Oh what can a Believer do, or what can a Believer suffer when God leaves him, his strength is in God; his support is in God, his comfort is in God, his All is in God: and therefore if God now leave him, what will become of him, he needs God at all times, but never so much as when his condition is dark and troubled. What was Sampson, that man of so great strength, when his hair was gone? and what is a Believer, when his God is gone?
3. God loves to see his people cheerful in a time of suffering, and therefore he is with them; he loves not that they should walk dejectedly. When God is present, Paul and Silas can sing in Prison: the Apostles can rejoice, that God honours them to be reproached for him. When God is present, the people of God are not only cheerful under tribulation, but can glory, their cross is their Crown; but if God be with-drawn, what can there be? drooping hearts and pensive sorrows.
3. God loves to see his people chearful in a time of suffering, and therefore he is with them; he loves not that they should walk dejectedly. When God is present, Paul and Silas can sing in Prison: the Apostles can rejoyce, that God honours them to be reproached for him. When God is present, the people of God are not only chearful under tribulation, but can glory, their cross is their Crown; but if God be with-drawn, what can there be? drooping hearts and pensive sorrows.