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Silentiarius. A brief essay on the holy silence and godly patience, that sad things…
Silentiarius. A brief essay on the holy silence and godly patience, that sad things are to be entertained withal. A sermon at Boston-Lecture, on the death of Mrs. Abigail Willard, and the day before her interment; who expired Septemb. 26. 1721. / By her father. ; Whereunto there is added, a sermon on, the refuge of the distressed, which was preached on the Lord's-Day preceding.Silentiarius. A brief essay on the holy silence and godly patience, that sad things are to be entertained withal. A sermon at Boston-Lecture, on the death of Mrs. Abigail Willard, and the day before her interment; who expired Septemb. 26. 1721. / By her father. ; Whereunto there is added, a sermon on, the refuge of the distressed, which was preached on the Lord's-Day preceeding.
Boston: printed by S. Kneeland, 1721
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Secondly. YOUR Complaint unto the Lord, under your Oppression, must be your Prayer to the Lord, that He would undertake for you. It must be an Address to the Lord, that you may be helped under ⟨p. 11⟩your Oppression, by His undertaking for you.
Secondly. YOUR Complaint unto the Lord, under your Oppression, must be your Prayer to the Lord, that He would undertake for you. It must be an Address to the Lord, that you may be help't under ⟨p. 11⟩your Oppression, by His undertaking for you.
BUT what is contained, in this Comprehensive Desire, Undertake for me. It contains in General, a Desire, that GOD would go thorough with all that shall be needful for our Succour. He that undertakes a Business, must perform it, and go thorough with it. Now there are several things needful to be performed for the oppressed People of GOD.
BUT what is contained, in this Comprehensive Desire, Undertake for me. It contains in General, a Desire, that GOD would go thorough with all that shall beneedful for our Succour. He that undertakes a Business, must perform it, and go thorough with it. Now there are several things needful to be performed for the oppressed People of GOD.
First. MAY GOD Undertake for us, That we may be strengthened and comforted under our Oppressions. If GOD undertake for us, we shall have the Assistance of God; God will assist us to bear our Oppressions with Patience. If God undertake for us, we shall Continue and Persevere in the Ways of God under our Oppressions, and not step aside into any Sin, tho' we are broken in the Place of Dragons. If God undertake for us, we shall be kept from Heart-breaking Despondencies under our Oppressions; our Hearts will be revived with the Great Consolations of God brought home unto them. We read,