An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…

When there is the greatest unquietness in the Air, and in the affairs of this wo•ld, when (as it is said of those times, 2 Chron. 15.5.) There is no peace to him that goeth out, nor to him that comes in, but great vexations are upon all the inhabitants of the countries, men contending with and (like beasts) •ea•ing one an other, yet even then there may be spiritual quietness in the soul of a believer; he may sit still and unmoveable, in the savour and love of God, though the earth be moved (yea removed) and the hills carried into the midst of the Sea. This is eminently the wo•k of of God; he can give quietness to the soul in •h• midst of all worldly unquietness. Christ •aid to his disciples, and in them to all believers (John 16.33.) These things have I spoken to you that ye might have peace; in the world ye shall have tribulation. The meaning of Christ is not to assu•• his disciples, that the• shall have peace in him after they have had tribulation in the would, but that their inward spiritual peace shall Synchronize or be contemporary with their outward worldly tribulations. To have trouble ⟨p. 564⟩without, and peace within, at the same time, This is the special gift of God. The text tells us, God quieteth the earth; and as that gift of natural quietness is a mercy, so civil quietness is a great mercy, and spiritual quietness, quietness of heart and tranquility of mind, especially in the midst of tribulations, is the greatest mercy of all. We should pray earnestly, that God would keep the earth quiet, o• quiet the earth, when ever we find it unquiet, by some gracious South wind, but above all, that he would quiet our spirits by the sweet breathings of his blessed Spirit, that though at any time there should be nothing (which God forbid) but unquietness on the earth, yet we may have much quietness in our hearts.