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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
heart_n	abide_v	remove_v	zion_n	21	3	8.6837	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61129	Of trust in God, or, A discourse concerning the duty of casting our care upon God in all our difficulties together with An exhortation to patient suffering for righteousness, in a sermon on 1 S. Pet. III. 14, 15 / by Nathaniel Spinckes ...	Spinckes, Nathaniel, 1654-1727.	1696 (1696)	Wing S4978; ESTC R1589	208,951	357

sovereign Antidote against that endless Solicitude which the worldly-wise Men too often labour under And whosoever sets himself in good earnest to make tryal of it besides that he acts like a good Christian and takes care for Eternity he will find himself to have moreover laid the best Foundation for his own Happiness in this World Wherein though he cannot expect to be wholly freed from Troubles he will certainly be enabled to bear them with much the greater alacrity by reason of the assurance he has that God on whom he trusts knows how to over-rule them all to his advantage Wherefore it was no unaccountable flight of fancy in the Emperor Antoninus but the result of a serious Contemplation of the Instability of all earthly Enjoyments that he professes * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 l. 2.8 He should not desire to live in the World were it not for a good God and a Providence and the inestimable Benefits that hence arise to Mankind And in truth whosoever weighs with himself the infinite variety of Accidents whereto this Life is obnoxious and the need there is of an Almighty Hand to direct them as may best serve the Ends of living will find abundant cause with this Royal Philosopher * 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 L. 6.8 to adore and confide in and rely upon the guidance of that infinite Wisdom which incessantly exerts it self for the good of the Creation And being thus made sensible of his own Insufficiency and taught to place his Confidence in God as a sure Defence against all assaults it is hardly conceivable that whatever Misfortunes should make any lasting impression upon him For having learned to betake himself to God for shelter whensoever any thing of this nature appears he is soon convinced that he needs no longer perplex himself about it because his God having undertaken for him he knows assuredly it shall never hurt him Perhaps he may have it speedily removed but if not he will not suffer himself to be terrify'd at it but will rather consider that it would never be permitted to lie upon him but for some just and weighty Reason and some way or other for his own benefit Thus therefore we are to cast our Care upon God by doing what we are able for our own Relief and then humbly and faithfully depending upon his Providence for the Event We must see to moderate and restrain our Desires and to use the best means we can for obtaining them must do what is in our power must pray to God for what is above it and must be sure to serve and obey him and to shun as much as in us lies whatever might with-hold him from granting our Requests And then but not till then may we safely comfort our selves with a firm persuasion that God will certainly be mindful of us and of our Affairs and that we need not therefore torment our selves upon either of these accounts For although he will not be pleased with a fruitless reliance upon him a stupid neglect of all our concerns that he alone may take care of us yet if we labour aright to entitle our selves to his Protection that is to say if we curb our unreasonable Desires and in all respects use the best means we can for getting those satisfied that are reasonable we need not doubt but his Kindness will be extended to us Let us but acquit our selves well in these Particulars and we may thenceforward freely depend upon it that he will bestow upon us all that he shall see necessary for us and therefore that we shall have no cause to be overwhelmed with Fear or Grief sorrowing as men without hope how hard soever our Condition be but at our lowest ebb may look upon it as a mighty Consolation that we have a most gracious God to concern himself for us and on whom we may at any time cast our Care and rest secure that he will take Care of us when we do so CHAP. II. The Necessity of Casting our Care upon God I Come now in the Second place to observe our indispensible Obligation to this Duty of putting our Trust in God and casting all our Care upon Him A Duty which not only Almighty God may justly expect at our Hands as we are his Creatures and have our whole Subsistence from him but which he hath likewise frequently and very expresly required in the Holy Scriptures both of the Old and New Testament In the former of which the holy Psalmist professes in multitudes of places * Psal 4.5 36.7 37.3 5. 62.8 115.9 c. That his own Trust was constantly in the Lord and earnestly invites others in like manner † Ps 55.22 to commit their ways to God and put their trust in him ‖ Ps 50.15 to cast their burden upon him that he may sustain them * Ps 34.8 22. 40.4 and to call upon him in the day of trouble that he may deliver them And again for their Encouragement herein † Ps 31.19 he promises a Blessedness to the man that maketh the Lord his trust And again he ‖ Ps 91.3 c. 112.7 admires the great Goodness which God had laid up for them that fear him and which he had wrought for them that put their trust in him before the sons of men and undertakes for such that they shall be secure whether from outward dangers or from inward fears and that mercy * Ps 32.10 shall compass them about and * Ps 125 ●● they shall be even as the Mount Sion which cannot be removed but abideth for ever And his Son Solomon speaks also to the same purpose exhorting † Prov. 3.5 to trust in the Lord with all our heart and not to lean to our own understanding as if we could carve better for our selves and assures us that ‖ 28.25 he who putteth his trust in the Lord shall be made fat and * 29.25 shall be safe and † 16.3 shall have his thoughts established The Prophet Isaiah likewise excites to a ready dependance upon God as the best support in all conditions as a help that will never fail ‖ Isa 26.4 Trust ye in the Lord for ever for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength as a help at hand even in the lowest Estate * 50.10 Who is he among you that feareth the Lord that obeyeth the voice of his servant that walketh in darkness and hath no light let him trust in the name of the Lord and stay upon his God as a help in whom whosoever trusted † 57.13 was to possess the Land and to inherit God's holy Mountain and lastly as a help that could secure from all hurt and even from the fear of it ‖ 12.2 Behold God is my salvation I will trust and not be afraid for the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song he also is become my salvation And at another time * 26.3