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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 1: I. Century.
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34 We are beholden to God, not only for supplying our wants, but for chastising our wantonness, Psal. 89.31, 32. His rod is the rod of the Covenant, Ezek. 20.37. and his rebukes are from his love, Rev. 3.19. 'tis in very faithfulness that he doth afflict us, Psal. 119.75, and we may therefore take evil at his hand as well as good, Job 2.10. and bless him for taking as well as giving, as Job 1.21. and say with David '•is good to be afflicted, Psal. 119.71. for it comes from a good root, his love; and the fruit is good too, seeing it is for the taking away of sin, Isa. 27.9. and to make us partakers of his holiness, Heb. 12.10. So that however severely God seem to deal with us, we have cause to thank him, 1 Thes. 5.18.
35 With contentment no estate, without it any estate is miserable, Phil. 4.11. Eccles. 5.12.