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Right thoughts in sad hours representing the comforts and the duties of good men…
Right thoughts in sad hours representing the comforts and the duties of good men under all their afflictions; and particularly, that one, the untimely death of children: in a sermon delivered at Charles-town, New England; under a fresh experience of that calamity.Right thoughts in sad hours representing the comforts and the duties of good men under all their afflictions; and particularly, that one, the untimely death of children: in a sermon delivered at Charls-town, New England; under a fresh experience of that calamity.
London: printed by James Astwood, 1689
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The Fourth Counsel, big with which every Affliction saith unto us, as Eliud unto Eglon, I have a Message to thee from God; we have specified in
The Fourth Counsel, big with which every Affliction saith unto us, as Eliud unto Eglon, I have a Message to thee from God; we have specify'd in
Job. 13. 15. Tho' he slay me, yet will I trust in him.
An Holy Resolution for God is to be maintained under every Affliction from God. Afflictions will not be Against us, if we Resolve under them to be still For him from whom they come. To lay aside no Devotions for all Afflictions, to serve a Smiting God as well as a Smiling God, to seek a God that is Frowning on us, as well as a God that is Owning of us, this will argue, An Israelite indeed. We should after all our Afflictions be still able to make that Appeal unto the Lord, in the Psal. 44. 17, 18. All this is come upon us, yet have we not forgotten thee, O Lord. Resolve never to Renounce the Truths of God, Resolve never to Desert the Ways of God, whatever your Afflictions are; still, With full purpose of Heart cleave unto the Lord. In Resolutions for God, O be like an Iron Pillar, and a Brazen Wall, that cannot be prevailed against.
An Holy Resolution for God is to be maintained under every Afflicition from God. Afflictions will not be Against us, if we Resolve under them to be still For him from whom they come. To lay aside no Devotions for all Afflictions, to serve a Smiting God as well as a Smiling God, to seek a God that is Frowning on us, as well as a God that is Owning of us, this will argue, An Israelite indeed. We should after all our Afflictions be still able to make that Appeal unto the Lord, in the