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Correction, instruction or, a treatise of afflictions
Correction, instruction or, a treatise of afflictions: first conceived by way of private meditations: afterward digested into certain sermons, preached at Aldermanbury. And now published for the help and comfort of humble suffering Christians. By Tho. Case, M.A. sometimes student of Ch. Ch. Oxon. now preacher of the Gospel in London.Correction, instruction or, a treatise of afflictions: first conceived by way of private meditations: afterward digested into certain sermons, preach'd at Aldermanbury. And now published for the help and comfort of humble suffering Christians. By Tho. Case, M.A. sometimes student of Ch. Ch. Oxon. now preacher of the Gospel in London.
London: printed by J.M. for Luke Fawn, 1652London: printed by J.M. for Luke Favvn, 1652
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And secondly, It is as sweet as it is safe. 1Is it not a sweet thing to fetch all our waters from the fountain, from the spring-head, before they be degenerated or mudded by the miry channel? Why all my fresh springs are in thee, saith faith to God, Psal. 87.7. Is it not sweet to be sixth and composed in the midst of all the mutations and confusions that are under the Sun? Why this is the privilege of him that liveth by faith: No evil tidings shall make him afraid, 2his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. ⟨p. 65⟩And again; 3Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee, because he trusteth in thee: Heb: Peace, peace; that is, multiplied Peace; pure, unmixed Peace, constant and everlasting Peace is the portion of him that liveth by faith, so far as he liveth by faith; unless sense and reason break in to disquiet, he liveth in a most sweet and immutable serenity.
And secondly, It is as sweet as it is safe. 1Is it not a sweet thing to fetch all our waters from the fountain, from the spring-head, before they be degenerated or mudded by the miry channel? Why all my fresh springs are in thee, saith faith to God, Psal. 87.7. Is it not sweet to be fixt and composed in the midst of all the mutations and confusions that are under the Sun? Why this is the priviledg of him that liveth by faith: No evil tydings shall make him afraid, 2his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. ⟨p. 65⟩And again; 3Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee, because he trusteth in thee: Heb: Peace, peace; that is, multiplied Peace; pure, unmixt Peace, constant and everlasting Peace is the portion of him that liveth by faith, so far as he liveth by faith; unless sense and reason break in to disquiet, he liveth in a most sweet and immutable serenity.