Faith & Trust
God sits at the stern of his church. Sometimes it is a ship tossed upon the waves, but cannot God bring this ship to haven, though it meet with a storm?
The wise God hath ordered our condition; if he sees it better for us to abound, we shall abound.
A contented Christian doth not go to choose his cross, but leaves God to choose for him; he is content both for the kind and the duration.
Did we believe this, it would give a check to the sinful disputes and cavils of our hearts: shall I be discontented at that which is enacted by a decree, and ordered by a providence? Is this to be a child or a rebel?
Another man desires liberty, God sees restraint better for him; he will work his liberty by restraint; when his feet are bound, his heart shall be most enlarged.
Christ is the pearl of price; when we disesteem this pearl, we shall never learn its value.
The wise God sees that condition to be bad for one, which is good for another.
Faith chides down passion; when reason begins to sink, let faith swim.
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