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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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3. You that are Christians, believe that all God's Providences shall conspire for the good of his People, and shall promote their Salvation at last. The Providences of God are sometimes dark, and our eyes dim, and we can hardly tell what to make of them: but when we cannot unriddle Providence, believe it shall work together for the good of the Elect, Rom. 8.28. The Wheels in a Watch seem to move cross one to another, but they help forward the Motion of the Watch, and make the Larum strike; so the Providences of God seem to be cross Wheels, but for all that they shall carry on the Good of the Elect. The pricking of a Vein is in itself evil and hurtful, but as it prevents a Fever, and tends to the Health of the Patient, so it is good: So Affliction in itself is not glorious but grievous, but the Lord turns this to the good of his Saints. Poverty shall starve their Sins, Affliction shall prepare them for a Kingdom. Therefore, Christians, believe that God loves us, that he will make the most cross Providences to promote his Glory, and our Good.
3. You that are Christians, believe that all God's Providences shall conspire for the good of his People, and shall promote their Salvation at last. The Providences of God are sometimes dark, and our eyes dim, and we can hardly tell what to make of them: but when we cannot unriddle Providence, believe it shall work together for the good of the Elect, Rom. 8.28. The Wheels in a Watch seem to move cross one to another, but they help forward the Motion of the Watch, and make the Larum strike; so the Providences of God seem to be cross Wheels, but for all that they shall carry on the Good of the Elect. The pricking of a Vein is in itse•f evil and hurtful, but as it prevents a Fevor, and tends to the Health of the Patient, so it is good: So Affliction in itself is not glorious but grievous, but the Lord turns this to the good of his Saints. Poverty shall starve their Sins, Affliction shall prepare them for a Kingdom. Therefore, Christians, believe that God loves us, that he will make the most cross Providences to promote his Glory, and our Good.