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Things worth thinking on, or, Helps to piety being remains of some meditations, experiences,…
Things worth thinking on, or, Helps to piety being remains of some meditations, experiences, and sentences &c. never published till now : and now are as an addition to them which were formerly made public: together with a sermon entitled The beauty of holiness / by Ralph Venning ...Things worth thinking on, or, Helps to piety being remains of some meditations, experiences, and sentences &c. never published till now : and now are as an addition to them which were formerly made publick: together with a sermon entituled The beauty of holines / by Ralph Venning ...
London: printed for Robert Duncombe, 1664
THINGS Worth thinking on; OR, HELPS to PIETY. › Century 2: THE Second Century.
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.
15 It's a great evidence of pride and passion, when the want of one thing robs us of all the comfort we should take in the rest, Gen. 30.1. beside inordinate affection will choose for it self though on hard conditions, and is often punished, with having it's will, as Rachel was, who no sooner had her wish, viz. Children, but two, and she died.
15 It's a great evidence of pride and passion, when the want of one thing robs us of all the comfort we should take in the rest, Gen. 30.1. beside inordinate affection will chuse for it self though on hard conditions, and is often punisht, with having it's will, as Rachel was, who no sooner had her wish, viz. Children, but two, and she died.
16 God orders all our afflictions, for the quality of them, what they shall be; for the quantity, how much and how great they shall be; and for the duration, how long they shall be, Gen. 15.13. A stranger, afflicted, 400 years; there's all three.
17 There is not more comfort from Gods giving us any thing we want, than there is safety in waiting on God for the supply of our wants, Lam. 3.25, 26. and surely, there's no mercy that's worth praying for, but is worth waiting for; and if the mercy shall be ours, 'tis sit the time should be Gods, who doth all in the best time, even in due time,