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 2. Kings, iv. 26. 
 And she answered, It is well. 
 
 Short words, soon spoken ; but to have a suit- 
 ableness of heart to them is one of the highest 
 attainments of faith. To be sure," It is well 
 we think so, when all things go according to our 
 wish ; when there is nothing in Providence that 
 crosses our desires, that thwarts our designs, that 
 sinks our hopes, or awakens our fears; Submis- 
 sion is easy work then ; but to have all things 
 seemingly against us, to have God smiting in 
 the tenderest part, unravelling all our schemes, 
 contradicting our desires, and standing aloof from 
 
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 our very prayers ; how do our souls behave then ? 
 This is the true touchstone of our sincerity and 
 submission j " Here," as it is said, Rev. xiii. 10. 
 
 " is the patience and faith of the saints "; this 
 shews what they are made of, what they are 
 within ; but instances there are many in the book 
 of God, wherein we find this sweet frame pre- 
 vailing, as Abraham, Job, David, and the Shu- 
 lamite in my text, than whose story we meet 
 with few things in Providence more affecting. If 
 you look back a little, you may see what were her 
 circumstances, and those of her family. She was 
 a " great woman," says verse 8, and that she was 
 a " good woman," the whole context shews, Her 
 husband and she wanted but one thing to make 
 them as happy as the vanity and uncertainty of 
 all human affairs would admit of. They had 
 enough of the world, ard they seem to have had 
 the enjoyment of it ; for when Elisha, to requite 
 her kindness, asks ; " What shall be done for 
 thee ? Wouldst thou be spoken for to the king ? 
 &c. she answers, " No, I dwell among mine 
 own people," " I seek nothing greater than 
 what I have : " only ( as Gehazie learned from 
 her) they wanted a child to comfort them now, 
 and to inherit what they had when they were 
 gone. God in a miraculous way, gives this re- 
 quest. This child grows up, and was no doubt 
 
the delight of its parents. Just at the time of life 
 when children are most engaging, before they are 
 capable of doing any great thing to grieve their 
 parents, God lays his hand suddenly upon him 
 and takes him away. The dearest comforts are 
 but short lived, and the dearer they are when liv- 
 ing, the deeper they cut when they are removed. 
 Many of you can judge what the loss of a son, an 
 only son, must be, and when there is no hope of 
 a Seth instead of Abel. But, behold, " he tak- 
 eth away, and who shall hinder him ?" Well : 
 What does the mother do now ? One would 
 think all her hope is cut off, and all her comfort 
 dried up : No, it is far otherwise. The same 
 power that gave him could also raise him ; in faith 
 of this, she lays him upon the prophet's bed, and 
 makes all the haste to him she could. She con- 
 cealing what had happened (as it is probable) 
 from her husband, he objects to her going to the 
 prophet, ver. 23. " Wherefore wilt thou go to 
 him to-day ? It is neither new-moon nor Sabbath." 
 And she said, " It shall be well." Faith sets aside 
 every obstacle : " It shall be well : the end will 
 be peace ;" " God is with me, and he will make 
 all things work together for good." Commen- 
 tators, in general, make very light of this, and 
 her answer to Elisha's message in my text. Some 
 suppose she has a reserve in her breast, when 
 
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 Gehazi asks after her family, that this " well** 
 
 only refers to her husband and herself. Others 
 think it is but a transition to something farther, 
 which she was in haste to say ; as if she had said, 
 "All is well do not hinder me, I have urgent busi- 
 ness with your master Elisha, and cannot stay to 
 talk farther with you upon any matters." This 
 is the sense which most annotators incline to, 
 which, I confess, I the more wonder at, because 
 all agree, that the apostle's words in part refer to 
 this story, Heb. xi. 35. " Women received their 
 dead raised to life again." How they received 
 them is there specified ; namely, by or " through 
 faith ;" Faith, not as some carry it, in the pro- 
 phet, but in the persons who had their dead re- 
 stored to them ; or else there would have been no 
 need to make mention of any by name. Now 
 wherein this woman's faith appeared, my text and 
 context make manifest. Here was adependance 
 upon God's promise, an abiding by that, God 
 had promised her a son ; a son, not to lose him 
 but to have comfort in him ; and, as if she had 
 said, " As for God, his work is perfect, he does 
 not use to raise his people's expectations for no- 
 thing; to give and immediately take away again, 
 My son is dead, but God, all sufficient liveth ; 
 why should I mourn as though I had no hope ? 
 As for God's power and faithfulness there is no 
 
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 abatement in them." Therefore, she makes no 
 preparation for his burial telis her husband no- 
 
 thins of his death, but seeks to God by the pro- 
 phet, and expects help from him, See how sho 
 ^presses herself: « Is it well with thee ? (and 
 says Gehazzi,) « Is it well with thy husband ? 
 Is it well with the child ? and she answered, It 
 is well". Here is the greatest submission m the 
 greatest distress : Her son, her only son, the son 
 of all her love, the son of her old age, he is taken 
 away with a stroke, and yet all is well. There is 
 nothing amiss in the dispensation ; had she been 
 to choose it, it is well ; she has nothing to object. 
 Here are submission and faith both discovered in 
 their sweet exercise ; submission to what God hath 
 done ; faith in what he is able to do, and in what 
 she believed he would do : « By faith women re- 
 ceived their dead raised to life again ; so that 
 the words, thus explained, afford us this plain and 
 useful observation. 
 
 Observ. Faith in God's promise and power 
 will bring a man to submit to the sorest and most 
 trying dispensations of his Providence ; or thus, 
 Faith where it is in exercise, will teach a Chris- 
 tian to say of all God does, « It is well." ^ 
 
 In discoursing on this propossition, I will en- 
 deavour to show what submission is, or how and 
 
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 in what sense we are to understand the expression 
 
 in my text, " It is well." 
 
 This " well" dost not suppose there is nothing 
 in providential dispensations, which to flesh and 
 sense appears evil. Submission quiets under an 
 affliction, but it does not take away our sense ana 
 feeling of the affliction. The apostle speaks 
 what is every believer's experience, Heb. xii. 11. 
 " No chastening for the present seemeth to be 
 joyous, but grievous. Whatever be spoken of 
 the good of it, it presents itself unto us with a 
 very different face ; it is matter of present grief 
 and sorrow to them that are chastised ; nor are 
 we blamed for our feeling and sense of it. Our 
 blessed Lord himself wept at the grave of his dear 
 friend, John xi. 35. And at the approach of his 
 last sufferings, " his soul was exceeding sorrow- 
 ful, even unto death," Matt. xxvi. 38. " yet he 
 was led as a lamb to the slaughter ; he opened 
 not his mouth ": there was patience and quiet 
 submission under all his sorrows, while nature 
 had some vent : for groans are sometimes an 
 easement to our grief. Thus it is said of the good 
 woman, " that her soul was bitter within her," 
 ver. 27. Elisba saw her agony in her looks, 
 though he knew not the cause of it ; and yet 
 'All is well." When Job lost his substance and 
 his children, and was smitten in his body with sore 
 
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 boils ; when Heman, and when the church in the 
 
 Lamentations were deprived of the consolations 
 from God, when the Comforter, who would re- 
 lieve their souls, was far from them ; when Da- 
 vid also was cursed by Shiniei, and turned out 
 of doors by his own son ; can you think that in 
 all these there was no feeling ? Had there been 
 none, there could have been no profit by any 01 
 the dispensations. Unless we realize our trials in- 
 deed, what are we the better for them? This 
 would be to despise the chastening of the Lord, to 
 be above correction, to be smitten and not grieve, 
 is one of God's sorest judgments, and always ar- 
 gues a soul ripe for ruin : this " well" does not 
 suppose us insensible of the evil of afflicting. 
 
 Though we believe all that befais us is well, 
 this does not forbid our inquiring into the reasons 
 of God's providential dispensations, and a searc 
 ing out the cause for which they come upon us. 
 Every rod hath a voice in it, and the " man of 
 understanding will hear it," and "seethe name 
 of God in it, " Micah vi. 9. what God intends by 
 it, what is his ends and design in it ; for he does 
 not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children ot 
 men, Lam. hi. 33. There is a " need be " in 
 every dispensation that befais us : 1 Pet. i. 6. 
 "Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a 
 season" (if need he) " ye are in heaviness through 
 
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 manifold temptations." God acts with judgment 
 in proportion to our needs ; there is a conveniency 
 and fitness, nay, there is an absolute necessity in 
 the case ; it must be that we are in heaviness and 
 that through manifold temptations. One single 
 trial oftentimes will not do, to empty us of self, 
 to wean us from the world, to shew us the vanity 
 of the creature, the sinfulness of sin, &c. : it must 
 
 be repeated or others joined with it, so fast are 
 our affections glued to the things of time and 
 sense. Now, what this need is in us, what this 
 intention and end is in God, the Christian will 
 and ought to be searching out, and inquiring dai- 
 ly into. This was Job's frame, (and ye have 
 heard, as says the, apostle, of the patience of 
 
 Job.) Job xxxiv. 31. 32. "Surely it is meet 
 to be said unto God I have borne chistisement, 
 I will not offend any more. That which a see 
 not, teach thou me ; if I have done iniquity, I 
 will do no more. Sin lies deep, it must be search- 
 ed after in the deep and secret corners of the 
 heart : there is so much self-love and self-flattery 
 hid there, that a man cannot judge aright of 
 himself, or of God without divine teachings. " It 
 It is meet to be said unto God, I have borne 
 chastisment." Sirs, it is one thing to be chastis- 
 ed, and another thing to bear chastisement ; to 
 behave aright under it ; to be patient, submissive, 
 
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 thankful ; to have a frame of heart suited to the 
 dispensation, whatever it is. This is to bear chas- 
 tisement: and wherever this is, the language of 
 the soul will be, " That which I see not teach 
 thou me ; I have donw inquity, I will do no more." 
 When an affliction is sanctified, it always begets 
 godly fear and jealousy. A man is then most a- 
 fraid of his own heart, lest that should deceive 
 him ; lest he should come out of the furnace im- 
 purged, unrefined; lest the end of God's visitation 
 upon him should be unattained. And this is well 
 consistent with our believing all that God does is 
 well done. Once more, 
 
 A soul may sav in a becoming frame, and i;; 
 the exercise of suitable affections, " It is well, V 
 and yet long, and pray, and wait from the trial. 
 Submission to the will of God, under awful dis- 
 pensations, is not inconsistent with earnest prayer 
 for a gracious and speedy issue to these very dis- 
 pensations. " It is well, " says this good-woman 
 in my text ; and yet how does she plead for the 
 life of the child, ver. 28. " Did I desire a son ot 
 nr\ lord? Did not I say do not deceive me? As 
 if she had said, " 1 asked it not, I could scarce 
 believe it when it was promised me; God raised my 
 expectations himself, he encouraged my hopes, 
 and surely he will not go back from his own word." 
 It was a wonderful act of faith ; but the promises 
 
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 of Gad can never lie long unfulfilled : when he 
 has prepared the heart to pray, his own ear is 
 epen to hear. He has not called himself " I am 
 that I am," for nothing. Abraham staggered 
 not at the promise through unbelief, no more does 
 the daughter of Abraham here : it is blessed plead- 
 ing, " Bid not I say, do not deceive me ?" " May 
 I trust ? May I venture ? He has given me the 
 faithful word of God to rely on ; here my faith 
 resteth." And a son came in due season. Now she 
 looks to God, the author of the mercy, and ap- 
 plies to the prophet, who was the revealer of it. 
 He sends Gehazi with his staff, but this will not 
 content her, except Elisha goes himself : she knows 
 that he was great with God ; she will therefore 
 have his prayers and presence " As the Lord liv- 
 eth, and as thv soul liveth, I will not leave thee," 
 ver. 30. All this argues the strong desires of her 
 heart after the return of the child's life, though 
 still she says, " All is well " While, we bear chas- 
 tenings, we may pray, and pray hard that God 
 would take them off. " If it be possible," ( says 
 innocent asrarieved nature in the man Christ, ) 
 "let this cup pass from me," Matthew xxvi. 26 
 Opening our mouth against God is our sin, but 
 it is our duty to open our mouths and our hearts 
 to him. In the former sense, says David, " 1 
 was dumb, I opened not my mouth, because thou 
 
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 didst it," Psal. xxxix, 9. : and yet, with the same 
 breath, he adds, " Remove thy stroke away from 
 me : I am consumed bv the blow of thine hand," 
 ver. 10. Was a child under the direction of a 
 parent to intimate no desire of his forbearance, 
 should we not rather account him stubborn than 
 submissive ? In like manner, not to ask of God 
 release from troubles, is as offensive as to mourn 
 at them. It is the token of a proud heart and a 
 
 relentless spirit. God expects other things at our 
 hands ; even of the wicked he says, " In their 
 affliction they Will seek me early ; " much more 
 shall his own people, who have known his name, 
 and put their trust in him ; who have known the 
 advantage of prayer, and been so often set at liber- 
 ty by it from all their fears. If these are silent 
 they cannot be sensible nor submissive. Only in 
 all their prayers, when they are most earnest and 
 vehement, " If it be consistent with the will of 
 God," and there will be no limiting, him as to 
 time or way. 
 
 These things are neither of them inconsistent 
 ■with the soul's saying, under the most awful re- 
 bukes," All is well." 
 
 Now, what is included in this " w T eli" in my 
 text, or what is this submission to the will of 
 God? It takes in, as I apprehend, these three 
 
1. A justifying God in all he does e< It id 
 well God cannot do amiss ; he worketh all 
 
 things after the counsel of his own will, to the 
 praise of his glory. And after all that is come 
 upon us," says the Church, Ezra ix. 13. " thou, 
 our God, hast punished us less than our iniqui- 
 ties deserve ; thou hast taken vengeance accord- 
 ing to the desert of our sins, When sin appears 
 to be what it is in itself, exceeding sinful, affliction 
 will appear light, and not till then. Wherefore, 
 says the church, Lam. hi. 39, " wherefore, does 
 a living man complain, a man for the punishment 
 of his sins ? So long as we are out of hell, God 
 punishes less than our iniquities deserve. 
 
 Whatever be our trial, it comes from God : lie 
 is the author, whoever be the instrument, there- 
 fore, " it is well," He cannot do iniquity : David 
 had not one word to say, by way of complaint, 
 when he saw God's hand in the affliction : yea, 
 let him curse, for " the Lord hath bid Shimei 
 curse David," 2 Sam. xvi. 12. W T e may puzzle 
 End distress ourselves about instruments and se- 
 •oncl causes, but no quiet no rest can we have, 
 rill we are led to the first. " He performeth 
 the thing appointed for me ;" that settles the soul, 
 but nothing else will do it. " Be still and know 
 that I am God," Psal. xlvi. 10. If thy child- 
 ren are taken, thy substance fails, thy body is 
 
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 sore vexed, thy comforts, and even the presence 
 
 of thy God leaves thee; yet be still, that is, do 
 
 not say a word against the dispensation, do not 
 fret, do not censure and condemn Providence. I 
 am God, thy God in all ; and a covenant God 
 cannot do amiss. God will be glorified and ex- 
 alted, that's enough for us. This, " It is well,' 5 
 implies in it, not in some things, but in all. 
 
 2. This submission implies in it, our approv- 
 ing of all God does ; not only it is not amiss, but 
 it is right ; it is the best way, the only sure way 
 to bring about our good Therefore holy Job 
 blesses God in all, chap. i. 21. " Naked' came 
 I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I 
 return thither : the Lord gave and the Lord hath 
 taken away ; blessed be the name of the Lord.' 
 He had the same great and good thought of God 
 as ever he had; God was his God still, and the 
 God of his mercy. He should have an expected, 
 a desired end; that he believed still, still, because 
 God's thoughts were the same they ever were; 
 that is thoughts of peace and not of eyil. And 
 this is the frame in which we find the poor saints, 
 that were scattered up and down throughout the 
 whole world almost, I Pet. i. 6. " who are kept 
 by the power of God through salvation, ready to 
 be revealed in the last time, wherein ye greatly 
 rejoice," &c. They were far from one another to 
 
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 avoid persecution, it was in their way : but none 
 of these things moved them. There was joy in 
 their expected rest in happiness at last, though 
 there was great pain and heaviness in the way to 
 it : the way was rough, but right ; therefore they 
 approved of it, they acquiesced in it ; nay, here- 
 in « they greatly rejoiced." Thus the saints of 
 old took joyfully the spoiling of their goods, and 
 were tortured, not accepting deliverance, because 
 they knew in themselves, "that they had in 
 heaven a better and an enduring substance, 
 Heb. x. 34. O that blessed knowledge ! it com- 
 forts, refreshes, it fills the soul, and lifts a man 
 above himself. 
 
 Every path which God takes is right then 
 and the believer chooses to walk in it : His God, 
 his Father, has marked it out, and nothing goes 
 so against the grain, but that " all is well," 
 which his Father does : His will is brought to be 
 one with God's ; the soul approves of all God 
 does. 
 
 3. This submission implies in it our cleaving 
 to God in all. To be pleased with God as a 
 friend, when he seems to be coming forth against, 
 us as an enemy ; to lean upon a promise, when all 
 the ways leading to the performance are shut up ; 
 to rejoice in God when we have nothing left be- 
 side to rejoice in, and faith is hard put to it to 
 
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 call God ours. Thus, to cleave to God when 
 we do not find comfort from him, this is believing 
 indeed ; to love the hand that smites, this is true 
 grace and great grace. A noble act of faith was 
 that, Job xiii. 15. " though he slay me, yet will 
 I trust in him ;" So "Abraham staggered not 
 at the promises through unbelief, " Rom. iv. 20. 
 He brought God's promises and faithfulness close 
 together, and considered none of the difficulties 
 nay absurdities, which came between them : It 
 was not — ' ' Is this reasonable ? What probability 
 is there in that ? How can these things be ? ; ' 
 &c. but being not weak in faith, he considered 
 not his own body now dead, neither yet the dead- 
 ness of Sarah's womb, but was strong in faith, 
 giving glory to God ; he clave to him, abode by 
 his promise in a way of faith and firm depend- 
 ance. 
 
 This is the true nature of submission, and is con- 
 tained in that expression in my text, " It is well." 
 
 A word of use 
 
 Use 1. Wonder not at your trials, be they 
 never so strange : " All is well ; some secret end 
 is to be answered which you see not ; God is in 
 all ; the hand and love of a Father is there. They 
 are to purge from sin, to wean from the world, to 
 bring you from the foot of God, to shew you that 
 your rest is not here, that it lies beyond the 
 
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 grave. What though they make you smart, 
 they do you the more good : this argues your sen.- 
 sibleness under the rod ; that is not a rod which 
 does not cause smart; the sharpest physic does 
 most service, because it reaches the inward, hid- 
 den cause, not one of our many trials which we 
 could well spare. 
 
 Use 2. Do not think any trial sanctified, 
 till you have a suitable frame to the trial, what- 
 ever it be. Are you humbled ? Are you prayer- 
 ful ? Are you submissive ? Have you looked 
 inward, and confessed your sin, saying. Take 
 away all iniquity ? If the affliction has not 
 brought you to this, it hath done you no good. 
 For all you may have borne, his anger is not 
 turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. 
 
 Use 3. Do not think of other means, where- 
 by God's end in visiting you might have been as 
 well answered ; that is, in fact, to quarrel with 
 God in what he has done, or is doing. Have 
 a care of your thoughts ; unsubmission slips in 
 at that door before one is aware. " It is well, " 
 is the only soul quickening and God-glorifying 
 frame. God that has oppointed the end, has 
 settled, and he will order the means ; Rest there, 
 and " ail is well." 
 
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 HINTS TO THE AFFLICTED. 
 
 What fatal mischiefs would follow, if there was no 
 variety in our experience ! There are so many 
 remains of depraved nature in the hearts of the 
 saints, that it* the warm sun of prosperity did al- 
 ways shine upon the Lord's garden, the weeds 
 would quickly multiply, the choicest flowers with- 
 er, and an army of caterpillars devour the pleasant 
 fruits. To prevent these, God will not surfer his 
 people to enjoy uninterrupted prosperity, but wise- 
 ly appoints seasons of affliction and trouble. 
 
 On the other hand, were we to groan under per- 
 petual adversity, our souls perhaps would suffer 
 equal prejudice. Our heavenly father will not al- 
 ways chide ; he remembers that we are but dust, 
 and that our flesh is not like brass or iron. Were 
 we never in the fire, our dross would not be con- 
 sumed, and were we always to be in the fire, our 
 silver and gold would be wasted. 
 
 Hereby God takes a proper method for the ex- 
 ercise and improvement of the graces of his chil- 
 dren. Without such a mixed condition, there 
 could be no room for many of them, and not room 
 enough for any of them to appear in their glory 
 and beauty. Were it always a day of prosperity 
 where would be the proof of their faith, hope and 
 patience ? — the evil day brings thee to rest. To 
 
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 possess our souls in patience, in the day of trouble 
 
 to believe the good will and fatherly love of God 
 even when he smites, is a point of no small diffi- 
 culty — But, were we never to enjoy a season of 
 prosperity, where would be the evidence of our 
 humility, heavenly mindedness, and contempt of a 
 present world ? Variety adds a beauty and lustre 
 to providence. In the day of prosperity therefore, 
 we ought to rejoice with trembling, and in the day 
 of adversity, to consider and faint not; for "God 
 hath set one against the other, to the end that no 
 man might find any thing after him," Eccl. vii 14. 
 
 While in this valley of tears, it is not wonderful 
 that believers should be often called to weep. 
 To mingle their tears with those of their brethren 
 —or in the words of the apostle, to " weep with 
 those that weep, — is a part of the holy fellowship 
 they are called to by the gospel. 
 
 At present, the way of providence in general 
 is dark and mysterious. There is a depth in it, 
 for which we have no line. There are many seals 
 on it, not fit as yet to be opened. But when the 
 Lamb who is in the midst of the throne, shall open 
 the seals, and shew the meaning of all the dark 
 passages in that mysterious book, and every one is 
 
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 made to view that part of it that related to the 
 way in which they were brought through manifold 
 tribulations to the kingdom, when they will all 
 strike up on the highest key, and sing " He 
 
 HATH DONE ALL THINGS WELJj i" 
 
 Believers ought to comfort 6£3 another with 
 these words. It is heartsome for travellers on 
 the road in a dark night, and going to the same 
 place, to speak to each other in the language of 
 the country to which they are going, and to say, 
 " What of the night ! what of the night !" And 
 to encourage one another, by often reiterating 
 that animating reply, " The morning cometh." 
 
 The shadows of the evening are daily growing 
 longer with all the travellers to the heavenly 
 Sion. But at evening time it shall be light. 
 The bright shining of the sun of Righteousness 
 will make even the passage through the dark vall- 
 ey of the shadow of death lightsome and pleasant. 
 Faith can see eternal day at the farther end of it. 
 Jesus went through the Jordan of death when it 
 overflowed all its banks, and was brimful of the 
 curse. But his death drank up the curse, and left 
 nothing but a blessing to all his redeemed : and his 
 sweet and cheering voice is still to be heard in the 
 passage — "Fear not! I am He that liveth, and 
 was dead ; and behold I am alive for evermore > 
 a»d have the keys of hell and of death V 
 
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 " If their uncircumcised hearts," said 
 the Lord respecting ancient Israel, « be humbled, 
 and they accept of the punishment of their in- 
 iquity, then will I remember my covenant with 
 Jacob," &c. Lev. xxvi. 4 1 —of the punish- 
 ment of their iniquity ! that is, bear it willingly 
 contentedly. It is a happy state of mind when 
 our trials are accepted ones: when God's chas- 
 tening hand is even esteemed a kindness Lord ! 
 
 may the believer say, I will not puzzle myself 
 with hows, and whys, and yets. Thou hast 
 done it ;Irest there. It seemed good in thy sight 
 that is a sufficient reason. Let God choose my 
 portion ; I am sure it will be best in the end.-l 
 Even when He acts as a Sovereign, he forgets 
 not his relation as a father. 
 
 SCRIPTURE PROMISES. 
 
 , Psalm 68 — 6- A father of the fatherless, and 
 a judge of the widow is God in his holy habitation. 
 
 Jeremiah 49— 1 1. Leave thy fatherless chil- 
 dren, I will preserve them alive ; and let thy wi- 
 dows trust in me. 
 
 Job 5 — 17. Happy is the man whom God 
 correcteth : therefore despise not thou the chas- 
 tening of the Almighty. Verse 18. For he 
 maketh sore, and bindeth up ; he woundeth, and 
 his hands make whole. 
 
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 Psalm 119-^-67. Before I was afflicted 1 
 went astray ; but now have I kept thy word 
 Verse 71. It is good for me, that I have been 
 afflicted ; that I might learn thy statutes. 75. 
 I know, O Lord, thy judgements are right, and 
 thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. 
 
 2. Corinthians 4—16. For which cause we 
 faint not ; but though our outward man perish, 
 yet the inward man is renewed day by day. 
 Verse 17. For our light affliction which is but 
 for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceed 
 ing and eternal weight of glory. 
 
 Hebrews 21. 6. Whom the Lord loveth he 
 
 chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he 
 receiveth. Verse 7. If ye endure chastening, 
 God dealeth with you as with sons ; for what 
 son is he whom the father chasteneth not? 10. 
 They verily, for a few days chastened us after 
 their own pleasure ; but he for our profit, that we 
 might be partakers of his holiness. 11. Now 
 no chastening for the present seemeth to be joy- 
 ous, but grievous: nevertheless, afterward it 
 yieldeth the peaceable fruits of righteousness, 
 unto them which are exercised thereby. 
 
 Deut. 8 5. As a man chasteneth his son, 
 
 so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee. 
 
 Job 36 8. And if they be bound in fetters, 
 
 and be holden in cords of affliction. Verse 9. 
 
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 Then he sheweth them their work and their trans- 
 gressions, that they have exceeded. 10. He 
 openeth also their ear to discipline, and command- 
 eth that they return fron iniquity. 
 
 Psalm 94. 12. Blessed is the man whom 
 
 thou chastenest, O Lord and teachest him out of 
 thy law. Verse 13. That thou may est give 
 him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit 
 he digged for the wicked. 
 
 Romans 5 3. We glory in tribulation also, 
 
 knowing that tribulation worketh patience, and 
 patience experience, and experience hope. 
 
 Job 19 26. Though after my skin worms 
 
 destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see 
 God. Verse 27. Whom I shall see for myself, 
 and mine eyes shall behold, and not another, 
 though my reins shall be consumed within me. 
 
 Isaiah 26—19. Thy dead men shall live, 
 together with my dead body shall they arise. A- 
 wake and sing, ye that dwell in the dust: for thy 
 dew is as the dew of herbs : and the earth shall 
 east out the dead.