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Man ashiv le-Yahoweh, or, A serious enquiry for a suitable return for continued life,…
Man ashiv le-Yahoweh, or, A serious enquiry for a suitable return for continued life, in and after a time of great mortality, by a wasting plague (anno 1665) answered in XIII directions / by Tho. Doolittle.Man ashiv le-Yahoweh, or, A serious enquiry for a suitable return for continued life, in and after a time of great mortality, by a wasting plague (anno 1665) answered in XIII directions / by Tho. Doolitel.
London: printed by R.I. for J. Johnson, 1666
DIRECTIONS how to live after a wasting PLAGUE. › Part 13 › Section 2
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2. Should not you thus praise God for your preservation, Who have such examples for your practice, recorded in the Scripture. When Hezekiah had been sick and was recovered he sang forth the praises of the Lord, Isa. 38.19, 20. When David had been in danger of death and was delivered, he deliberates with himself what he should return and render to the Lord, Psal. 116.12, 13 &c. What shall I render to the Lord, for all his benefits towards me? I will take the cup of Salvation, and will call upon the name of the Lord. Ver. 17. I will offer unto thee the sacrifice of thanks-giving — For your imitation consider Davids practice, (1.) He propounds a case of conscience. Since I was brought low and the Lord hath helped me; since the sorrows of death have compassed me about, and God hath delivered me, ⟨p. 284⟩what shall I render? What must I do? What return must I make? And he presseth himself to this by four forcible Arguments, in these words, for all his benefits towards me. He considered,
First, Benefits received. Kindnesses call for acknowledgements; favours are obliging. We must give thanks in, and for afflictions, much more when we are delivered. I deserved judgments, but benefits have been my receipt.
First, Benefits received. Kindnesses call for acknowledgments; favours are obliging. We must give thanks in, and for afflictions, much more when we are delivered. I deserved judgments, but benefits have been my receipt.
Secondly, The Author of them, [His] benefits; The kindnesses of men should not be forgotten, much less the benefits of God. Your life is a benefit, and God is the Author of it.