A65313:109
Seven sermons on several select subjects preached
Seven sermons on several select subjects preached by Mr. Tho. Watson ...
London : s.n., 1689
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The Worldlings cry, If this be happiness, the Lord deliver them from it. But Job saith this, Happy is that man whom God correcteth: How is he happy? he is happy who is made better by Affliction. The Cross, though it makes the outward condition worse, yet it makes the heart better.
The Worldlings cry, If this be happiness, the Lord deliver them from it. But Iob saith this, Happy is that man whom God correcteth: How is he happy? he is happy who is made better by Affliction. The Cross, though it makes the outward condition worse, yet it makes the heart better.
Again, he is happy who hath God to visit him. Don't we account him a happy person, who hath a King to visit him? but much more to have a God to visit him? Persecution, it is a Rod, yea, but for all that, it is a blessed Rod; it is a healing Rod. A Rod, though it smarts, yet it saves the Soul. Well then may a Christian say, Lord, thy Rod comforts me; this makes me happy. Happy is that man whom God corrects.
Sixthly and lastly, Gods Rod hath comfort in it, as it is a means to bring ⟨p. 38⟩us to glory. Gods Rod whips us to Heaven, 2 Cor. 4.17. These light afflictions, which are but for a moment, work for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. Affliction is like throwing a Bag of Money at another; it may bruise him, but it doth enrich him: so Affliction, it may bruise us, but it doth enrich us; and this works for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.