The way to prosperity a sermon / preached to the honourable convention of the…

But Thirdly, God is Graciously present with His people, by being Favourable unto them. And this Gracious presence of God is that which a people ought to be concerned for. It lies in The Engagement of Divine Providence for the Welfare of such a people. God is with us when God is for us.

To particularize,

First, God is with a people by Directing ⟨p. 7⟩of them. When Israel was to pass through' the Wilderness, they had that encouragement, in Exod. 22. 15. The presence of God going with them. What was that? Why, They had a cloudy fiery Pillar miraculously Leading of them every step of the way; There was a wonderful Pillar which was a Cloud by day, and a Fire by night; the Lower part of which rested on the Tabernacle, while the Upper part was to be seen by the whole Congregation: the Motions of this being managed by the Ministry of Angels, now God was with them, and He led them forth by the right way. A people are often brought into a Wilderness of Difficulties and Emergencies: but if God be with them, He guides them to a good Issue of them all. The Presence of God appears in His Directing and Inclining of a people to such Actions, as may be for His Honour and their Safety, and such Methods, as may extricate them out of all Distresses! When God is with a people, He shapes their Counsels for them, and he disposes them to the Things that should be done. He supplies them with Apprehensions beyond the Reach and Verge of their own Wisdom, and He lays before them Invitations, and Provocations, which as it were push them into the way wherein they should go. When the Jews were upon a Re-Assumption of the desirable things ⟨p. 8⟩