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A Body of Practical Divinity
A body of practical divinity consisting of above one hundred seventy six sermons on the lesser catechism composed by the reverend assembly of divines at Westminster : with a supplement of some sermons on several texts of Scripture / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692
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5. God is to be trusted when his Providences seem to run contrary to his Promises. God promised David to give him the Crown, to make him King, but Providence runs contrary to his Promise: David was pursued by Saul, was in danger of his Life, but all this while it was David's Duty to trust God. Pray observe, the Lord doth oftentimes by cross Providences bring to pass his Promises. God promised Paul the Lives of all that were with him in the Ship; but now the Providence of God seems to run quite contrary to his Promise, the Winds blew, the Ship splits and breaks in pieces, and thus God fulfilled his Promise upon the broken pieces of the Ship, they all come safe to shore. Trust God when Providences seem to run quite contrary to Promises.
5. God is to be trusted when his Providences seem to run contrary to his Promises. God promised David to give him the Crown, to make him King, but Providence runs contrary to his Promise: David was pursued by Saul, was in danger of his Life, but all this while it was David's Duty to trust God. Pray observe, the Lord doth oftentimes by cross Providences bring to pass his Promises. God promised Paul the Lives of all that were with him in the Ship; but now the Providence of God seems to run quite contrary to his Promise, the Winds blew, the Ship splits and breaks in pieces, and thus God fulfill'd his Promise upon the broken pieces of the Ship, they all come safe to shore. Trust God when Providences seem to run quite contrary to Promises.
6. The Providences of God are Chequer-work, they are intermingled: In the Life to come there shall be no more Mixture; in Hell there is nothing but Bitter, in Heaven there is nothing but Sweet: but in this Life the Providences of God are mixed, there is something of the sweet in them, and something of the bitter. Providences are just like Israel's Pillar or Cloud that conducted them in their March, it was dark on one side and light on the other, so the Providences of God are a dark part and a light part. In the Ark there was laid up the Rod and Manna, so are God's Providences to his Children, there is something of the Rod and something of the Manna: so that we may say with David, I will sing of mercy and judgment. Joseph: was in Prison, there was the dark side of the Cloud, but God was with Joseph,