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…

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?

2. When it goes ill with the Godly, ⟨p. 218⟩yet God deals well with them, because while he is inflicting evil upon them, he is doing them good. That which the Text renders, thou hast dealt well with thy Servant, in the Hebrew it is, thou hast done good to thy Servant^*: Psalm 129.71. It is good for me that I have been afflicted: David doth not say, it is Good for me that I have been in prosperity, but that I have been afflicted. God doth his People good by Affliction Two ways;

2. When it goes ill with the Godly, ⟨p. 218⟩yet God deals well with them, because while he is inflicting evil upon them, he is doing them good. That which the Text renders, thou hast dealt well with thy Servant, in the Hebrew it is, thou hast done good to thy Servant^*: Psalm 129.71. It is good for me that I have been afflicted: David doth not say, it is Good for me that I have been in prosperity, but that I have been afflicted. God doth his People good by Affliction Two wayes;