A fourth volume containing one hundred and fifty sermons on several texts of Scripture…

3. Impatience at what is past, or a fretting dislike of God's Dispensations. Now by Faith we are persuaded both of the Greatness and Goodness of God, and so our murmuring is prevented.

3. Impatiency at what is past, or a fretting dislike of God's Dispensations. Now by Faith we are perswaded both of the Greatness and Goodness of God, and so our murmuring is prevented.

(I.) Faith has an esteem of the Greatness of God; God is too great to be questioned. The more we see the Greatness and Majesty of God, the more is our Pride checked; Job 35.5, 6. Look unto the Heavens, and see, and behold the Clouds which are higher than thou. If thou sinnest, what dost thou against him? Or if thy Transgressions be multiplied, what dost thou unto him? It is a swelling against God's Sovereignty, that he should have the disposal of us at his pleasure. Hab. 2.4. Behold, his Soul which is lifted up, is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his Faith. The lifting up of the Heart is opposed to living by Faith. The lifting up of the Heart is a proud, murmuring, conceited Disposition under trouble, taxing and censuring his Proceedings: Such a Soul will make defection; Heb. 10.38. Now the Just shall live by Faith: but if any Man draw back, my Soul shall have no pleasure in him. Pride will not suffer the Heart to submit to the Will of God, and so scorneth to bear the Cross of Christ. But now Faith, that relieth upon God and his Promises, suffereth God to take his own Way; and that waiting upon God in his Way, is a sure Path to a blessed Issue. Pride is conceited of its own Wisdom and Power, as if we could secure our selves better than by waiting upon God. Pride hath no Opinion of God, or his Dealings; but Faith, which is an high esteem of God, referreth all to him.