Seven sermons on several select subjects preached

Name: Seven sermons on several select subjects preached
Author: Thomas Watson

Seven sermons on several select subjects preached by Mr. Tho. Watson ...

Thomas Watson d. 1686London : s.n., 1689

[8], 190 p. · 32k words · Wing W1144 · ESTC R38959

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:249p. 109

Secondly, Why we ought to trust in God?

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Thirdly How faith doth fix the heart, and makes us to trust in God?

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I begin with the first of these.

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I answer, It is called in Scripture our casting our burden upon God; the burden of our care, the burden of our fear, the burden of our wants, the burden of our sins, Psal. 55.22. Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee.

:253p. 109–110

Secondly, Trusting in God in Scripture is called a staying our selves upon ⟨p. 110⟩God, as a man that is ready to fall, he stays himself upon some prop or pillow. Thus a Christian, he stays himself upon God,

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