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Religion our true interest, or, Practical notes upon the third chapter of Malachi the…Religion our true interest, or, Practical notes upon the third chapter of Malachy the…
Religion our true interest, or, Practical notes upon the third chapter of Malachi the sixteen, seventeen and eighteen verses : seasonable for the times / by Thomas Watson ...Religion our true interest, or, Practical notes upon the third chapter of Malachy the sixteen, seventeen and eighteen verses : seasonable for the times / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed by J. Astwood for Tho. Parkhurst, 1682
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.
It must be held as an undoubted maxim,1 that when the Lord severely chastiseth the Saints, he deals well with them: but we are ready to Question this Truth, and say as the Virgin Mary to the Angel, how can this be; therefore I shall demonstrate it, that when it goes ill with the Righteous, yet God deals well with them.
It must be held as an undoubted maxim,1 that when the Lord severely chastizeth the Saints, he deals well with them: but we are ready to Question this Truth, and say as the Virgin Mary to the Angel, how can this be; therefore I shall demonstrate it, that when it goes ill with the Righteous, yet God deals well with them.
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1. When the Lord afflicts the Saints yet he deals well with them, because he is their God. David was in the deep of Sorrow, Psal 130.1. Yet he could say, the Lord was his Portion, Psalm 16.5. God is an exceeding great reward, Gen. 15.1. He is a whole Paradise of delight—Bonum in quo omnia bona—He who hath God for his God, all his Estate lies in Jewels. If then God passeth over himself to his People by a Deed of gift to be their God, here is enough to countervail all their troubles: what can God give more than himself?