Faith & Trust
Faith chides down passion; when reason begins to sink, let faith swim.
The wise God sees that condition to be bad for one, which is good for another.
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.
Christ is the pearl of price; when we disesteem this pearl, we shall never learn its value.
The wise God hath ordered our condition; if he sees it better for us to abound, we shall abound.
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?
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?
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.
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