Divine efficacy without humane power. Opened in a sermon preached at St. Margarets Church…

It is that which he hath promised, never to fail nor forsake us, Jos. 1. 5. to be with us while we are with him, 2. Chron. 15. 2. to keep us in our ways, Psal. 91. 11. The way of the Lord is our strength, Prov. 10. 29. We are ever under Gods protection while we are in Gods way. He will encamp about his house, and will be a wall of fire unto it.

It is that which he hath promised, never to faile nor forsake us, Jos. 1. 5. to be with us while we are with him, 2. Chron. 15. 2. to keep us in our wayes, Psal. 91. 11. The way of the Lord is our strength, Prov. 10. 29. We are ever under Gods protection while we are in Gods way. He will encamp about his house, and will be a wall of fire unto it.

From this point we learn, 1. That even when we are about Gods work, we must look for difficulties, some arising from within our selves, our own ignorance, weakness, frowardness, impatience, which usually ⟨p. 12⟩make easy things hard (such is Christs yoke in it self, though to our corruption it may seem irksome.) However, though we bring never so much love and resolution to the work, yet Satan will resist us, the world will hate us, God himself will try us, and put us hard to deny our selves, to empty our selves, and to captivate our Reason unto his Will. There will be mountains in our way, when we are to build Gods house; mountains of pride and prejudice, and high imaginations, [Greek or Hebrew],