Divine Conduct, or The Mystery of Providence

During this delay of Providence, the hearts and hopes of the people of God may be very low, and much discouraged. This is too plain from what the Scriptures have recorded of others, and every one of us may find in our own experiences. We have an instance of this in Isa. 40. 13, 14. in the 13. verse you have God's faithful Promise, that he will comfort his people, and have mercy upon his afflicted. Enough one would think to raise and comfort their hearts. But the mercy promised was long in coming, they waited from year to year, and still the burden pressed them, and was not removed. And therefore ver. 14. Zion said, the Lord hath forsaken me and my Lord hath forgotten me, q. d. It's in vain to look for such a mercy, God hath no regard to us, we are out of his heart and mind, he neither cares for us nor minds what becomes of us.

During this delay of Providence, the hearts and hopes of the people of God may be very low, and much discouraged. This is too plain from what the Scriptures have recorded of others, and every one of us may find in our own experiences. We have an instance of this in Isa. 40. 13, 14. in the 13. verse you have God's faithful Promise, that he will comfort his people, and have mercy upon his afflicted. Enough one would think to raise and comfort their hearts. But the mercy promised was long in coming, they waited from year to year, and still the burthen pressed them, and was not removed. And therefore ver. 14. ZJon said, the Lord hath forsaken me and my Lord hath forgotten me, q. d. It's in vain to look for such a mercy, God hath no regard to us, we are out of his heart and mind, he neither cares for us nor minds what becomes of us.

So it was with David, after God had made him such a Promise, and in the time thereof so faithfully performed it, that never was mercy better secured to any man; for they are called, the sure mercies of David,