Secondly. The Promises in the Covenant of God, are all-sufficient and inexhaustible Springs of Comfort unto the People of God. The Covenant of Grace is a Covenant full of Consolations. Oh! the Consolations of the sure Mercies laid up in that most comfortable Storehouse! Christian, come to the Covenant of God, as thou wouldest unto thy Mother, on all Occasions, in all Necessities. The Lord will there Answer thee, as He did the Angel; Zech. I.13. With good Words, and comfortable Words. A Servant of God could say, This is my Comfort in my Affliction; for thy Word has quickened me. Whatever it be, by which we may be afflicted, we may find in the Word of God, something by which we may be comforted; A good Word, which may make the Heart Glad, when stooping with Heaviness. The Guilt of Sin affrights ⟨p. 27⟩us. That Word will Comfort us, The Blood of Jesus Christ the Son of God cleanseth from all Sin. The Power of Lust annoys us. That Word will Comfort us, Sin shall not have Dominion over you. Furious Temptations assault us. That Word will Comfort us, Our JESUS knows how to Succour the Tempted. We Conflict with Straits and Wants, or the Fears thereof. There is that Word for our Comfort, They that seek the Lord, shall not want any good Thing. We are afflicted and tossed with Tempests of Adversity. We have the Comfort of that Word; Whom the Lord Loves He Chastens, and He Scourges every Son whom He receives. We are bereaved of our valuable Friends. We have the Comfort of that Word; He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. O you feasted Children of God, What an incomparable Provision has your Heavenly Father made for you? No Mother on Earth could have done so for you. None Comforts like Him! Oh! Subsist on these Consolations, and with ravished Souls, often, often make those Exclamations, ⟨p. 28⟩In the multitude of my Thoughts within me, O my God, Thy Comforts delight my Soul! This World will not afford any substantial Comfort unto us. But from the Comfort of the Scriptures, we have Hope, of coming ere long to a better World. The comfortable Scriptures have told us, of a Paradise for the Spirits of the Dead, wherein it is said, They are comforted. The comfortable Scriptures have told us of a Resurrection for our Bodies from the Dead, and have said, Comfort one another with these Words.
Secondly. The Promises in the Covenant of God, are alsufficient and inexhaustible Springs of Comfort unto the People of God. The Covenant of Grace is a Covenant full of Consolations. Oh! the Consolations of the sure Mercies laid up in that most comfortable Storehouse! Christian, come to the Covenant of God, as thou wouldest unto thy Mother, on all Occasions, in all Necessities. The Lord will there Answer thee, as He did the Angel; Zech. I.13. With good Words, and comfortable Words. A Servant of God could say, This is my Comfort in my Affliction; for thy Word has quickened me. Whatever it be, by which we may be afflicted, we may find in the Word of God, something by which we may be comforted; A good Word, which may make the Heart Glad, when stouping with Heaviness. The Guilt of Sin affrights ⟨p. 27⟩us. That Word will Comfort us, The Blood of Jesus Christ the Son of God cleanseth from all Sin. The Power of Lust annoys us. That Word will Comfort us, Sin shall not have Dominion over you. Furious Temptations assault us. That Word will Comfort us, Our JESUS knows how to Succour the Tempted. We Conflict with Straits and Wants, or the Fears thereof. There is that Word for our Comfort, They that seek the Lord, shall not want any good Thing. We are afflicted and tossed with Tempests of Adversity. We have the Comfort of that Word; Whom the Lord Loves He Chastens, and He Scourges every Son whom He receives. We are bereaved of our valuable Friends. We have the Comfort of that Word; He hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. O you feasted Children of God, What an incomparable Provision has your Heavenly Father made for you? No Mother on Earth could have done so for you. None Comforts like Him! Oh! Subsist on these Consolations, and with ravished Souls, often, often make those Exclamations, ⟨p. 28⟩In the multitude of my Thoughts within me, O my God, Thy Comforts delight my Soul! This World will not afford any substantial Comfort unto us. But from the Comfort of the Scriptures, we have Hope, of coming e're long to a better World. The comfortable Scriptures have told us, of a Paradise for the Spirits of the Dead, wherein it is said, They are comforted. The comfortable Scriptures have told us of a Resurrection for our Bodies from the Dead, and have said, Comfort one another with these Words.
