The truly blessed man, or, The way to be happy here, and forever being…

USE IV. To exhort us suitably to acknowledge and submit to God in this respect. Find no fault, though it be so; be very thankful for any evidence of his gracious forgiveness, and adore him. In all that he doth: Believe that you need such things as these, and that he can and will make them work for your good; and accordingly endeavour to do your duty, by being humbled under his mighty hand, labouring hereby to embitter sin to your selves, and especially such sins as have more peculiarly dishonoured him: and let it make you more watchful to your selves, and put you upon the exercise of faith, patience, humility; so shall you in due time reap the peaceable fruits of righteousness by it.

Prop. 2. That if by prayer, they have settled their pardon, these floods cannot come nigh them, to hurt them; if forgiveness be secured, afflictions shall no• harm them.

That which lies before us to enquire, is, Wh•• security against harm by these floods, those whose pardon is settled, do enjoy? That their lot may be to live in trouble sometimes, hath already been observed Jeremiah, Baruch, Ezekiel did so; and that they may have a deep share in those troubles, beside• ⟨p. 371⟩many grievous personal afflictions befalling them: they have no illimited promise of security against these things; we are therefore to enquire, How this notwithstanding, they shall not hurt them? And so we may see what advantage their Justification, and forgiveness affords them in a day of sore affliction, above other men. Here then observe.

That which lies before us to enquire, is, Wh security against harm by these floods, those whose pardo is settled, do enjoy? That their lot may be to live in trouble sometimes, hath already been observed Jeremiah, Baruch, Ezekiel did so; and that they may have a deep share in those troubles, beside