Seven sermons on several select subjects preached

First, If our Trust be right, then we commit our chief Treasure to God: our Soul is the Jewel, the chief Treasure, and we commit this to Gods care and custody, Psal. 31.5. Into thy hand I commit my Spirit; we lay up all our hope in God, Psal. 39.7. What wait I for? Lord, my hope is in thee. As in time of war, a man puts all his Money and Plate in a safe strong place, so must we lay up all our hopes in God as a strong Tower.

Secondly, If we trust in God aright, why then we do in all our danger fly to God. There are some, when troubles arise, they fly to their shifts; O! but do we fly to God? Psal. 143.9. Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: I will fly to thee to hide me. When Satan shoots his fiery Darts of Temptation, then we fly under Christs wing to shelter us; even as the Dove when the Hawk pursues it; it casts it self into the clefts of the Rock, and there it hides: So when Satan pursues us with Temptation, we get into the ⟨p. 118⟩bleeding wounds of Christ, these clefts of the Rock, there we rest and are safe. Saith Austin, I lay my self softly, and rest▪ upon my Saviours bleeding wounds.

Secondly, If we trust in God aright, why then we do in all our danger flie to God. There are some, when troubles arise, they flie to their shifts; O! but do we flie to God? Psal. 143.9. Deliver me, O Lord, from mine enemies: I will flie to thee to hide me. When Satan shoots his fiery Darts of Temptation, then we flie under Christs wing to shelter us; even as the Dove when the Hawk pursues it; it casts it self into the clefts of the Rock, and there it hides: So when Satan pursues us with Temptation, we get into the ⟨p. 118⟩