A65297:91
Gods anatomy upon mans heart. Or, A sermon preached
Gods anatomy upon mans heart. Or, A sermon preached by order of the Honourable House of Commons, at Margarets Westminster, Decemb. 27. Being a day of public humiliation By Thomas Watson, pastor of Stephens Walbrooke, London.Gods anatomy upon mans heart. Or, A sermon preached by order of the Honorable House of Commons, at Margarets Westminster, Decemb. 27. Being a day of publick humiliation By Thomas Watson, pastor of Stephens Walbrooke, London.
London: printed for Ralph Smith, 1654
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.
1. When to deliver.
David saith, My times are in thy hand*. If our times were in our own hand, we would have deliverance too soon; if they were in our Enemies hand, we should have deliverance too late: But my times are in thy hand; and Gods time is ever best. Every thing ⟨p. 52⟩is beautiful in its season: when the mercy is ripe, we shall have it. It is true, we are now inter malleum & incudem: Between the hammer and the anvil, we may fear we shall see the death of Religion, before the birth of Reformation. But do not cast away your Anchor; God sees when the mercy will be in season. When his people are low enough, and the enemy high enough, then usually appears the Churches morning-star*, let God alone to his time.*
David saith, My times are in thy hand*. If our times were in our own hand, we would have deliverance too soon; if they were in our Enemies hand, we should have deliverance too late: But my times are in thy hand; and Gods time is ever best. Every thing ⟨p. 52⟩is beautifull in its season: when the mercy is ripe, we shall have it. It is true, we are now inter malleum & incudem: Between the hammer and the anvill, we may fear we shall see the death of Religion, before the birth of Reformation. But do not cast away your Anchor; God sees when the mercy will be in season. When his people are low enough, and the enemy high enough, then usually appears the Churches morning-star*, let God alone to his time.