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Sermons . Sixteen casuistical sermons preached on several occasions (1716)
Sermons Sixteen casuistical sermons preached on several occasions - 1716 Author:John Sharp Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: moft for his Advantage : And, tho' he doth not underftand the particular tendencies of Things, iho' he doth not fee at prefent how this or the other Thing, that ... more »looks untoward- ly or mifchievoufly, mould work either to his own private or to the publick Advantage, yet he knows, in the general, that all is well intended, that God can and will bring Good out of the greateft Evils, and at laft all Things will prove for the beft, not only to the World in general, but to him in particular, if he truly loves God. Thefe Things now being all contained or implied in that which we call truft in God, it muft needs be an excellent Expedient a- gainft all dejection and difquiet of Mind, let our Condition be what it will. This is the firft Thing. But, Secondly, An entire Truft and Confidence in God is a good Remedy againft the evil of Afflictions, as it is an evidence to us, that we are qualified for his Mercy and Favour j feeing we do that, which is moft highly acceptable to him, and doth in a particular Manner recommend us to his Love. Trufting in God is, at all Times, both an Exercife and Expreffion of our Religion, and a great Evidence to our felves of our fincerity in it: But it is efpecially fo, when we are in any evil or difficult Circumftances, then, when we are under great Temptations, and Perplexities, then, when we are encompaf- fed with Dangers, and have no profpect of help or deliverance by humane Means, which way foever we look, then, I fay, to bear up, and exercife Faith in God, and to fupport our felves in this evil Plight with the confidence of his goodnefs to us, as it is a comfortable Argument that our Virtue and Piety is real and not only pretendedj fo it is a Thing that God doth highly efteem where ever he fees it, and will not fail to reward it, and this is a Co...« less