Selected quad for the lemma: mercy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
mercy_n	israel_n	lord_n	redemption_n	2,132	5	10.1091	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39696	Two treatises the first of fear, from Isa. 8, v. 12, 13, and part of the 14 : the second, The righteous man's refuge in the evil day, from Isaiah 26, verse 20 / by John Flavell.	Flavel, John, 1630?-1691.	1682 (1682)	Wing F1204; ESTC R177117	170,738	308

the faithfulness of God is built These are immutable things Heb. 6. 18. This Abraham built upon Rom. 4. 21. Being fully perswaded that what he had promised he was able also to perform He accounted him faithful that promised What would you expect or require in the person that you are to trust You would 1. Expect a clear promise and lo you have a thousand all the Scripture over fitted to all the cases of your Souls and Bodies This you may plead with God as David Psal. 119. 49. Remember the word unto thy Servant upon which thou hast caused me to hope So Iacob pleaded Gen. 32. 12. Thou saidst I will surely do thee good These are Gods Bonds and Obligations 2. You would expect sufficient power to make good what he promiseth This is in God as a fair foundation of faith Isa. 26. 4. Trust ye in the Lord for ever for in the Lord Iehovah is everlasting strength Because of thy strength we will wait on thee Creatures cannot but God can do what he will 3. You would expect infinite goodness and mercy inclining him to help and save you why So it is here Psal. 130. 7. Let Israel hope in the Lord for with the Lord there is mercy and with him is plenteous redemption So Moses Exod. 33. 18. I beseech thee shew me thy glory The request was a view of God's Glory The answer is my goodness shall pass before thee which hints to us that though all God's Attributes be glorious yet that he most glories in is his goodness And then 4. You would expect that none of his Promises were ever blotted or sta●●ed by his unfaithfulness at any time and so it is here Iosh. 23. 14. not one thing hath failed all are come to pass all ages have sealed this conclusion Thy word is truth thy word is truth 2. Arg. Besides all this you have the encouragement of all former experiences both others and your own as a second Argument to press you to enter into this Chamber of Safety the Faithfulness of God 1. You have the experiences of others Saints have reckoned the experiences of others that lived a thousand years before them as excellent arguments to quicken their Faith So Hos. 12. 4. He had power over the Angel and prevailed he found him in Bethel and there he spake Remember there was a Ioseph with us in Prison a Ieremy in the Dungeon a Daniel in the Den a Peter in Chains an Hez●kiah upon the brink of the Grave and they all found the help of God most faithfully protecting them and saving them in all their troubles Suitable so this is that in Psal. 22. 4. 5. Our father 's trusted in thee they trusted and thou deliveredst them they cried unto thee and were delivered they trusted in thee and were not confounded 2. Your own experiences may encourage your faith So Davids did 1. Sam. 17. 37. The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the Lyon and out of the paw of the Bear he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine So did Paul's experience encourage his Faith in 2 Cor. 1. 10. Who delivered us from so great a death and doth deliver in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us Thus enter into the Faithfulness of God by Faith 2. Let me beg you to be sure to shut the doors behind you against all unbelieving doubts jealousies and suspicions of the faithfulness of God the best men may find temptations of that nature so did good Asaph though an eminent Saint Psal. 77. 78. Will the Lord cast off for ever and will he be favourable no more Is his mercy clean gone for ever Doth his promise fail for ever more These jealousies are apt to creep in upon the minds of men especially when 1. God delays to answer our Prayers as soon as we expect the return of them we are all in hast for a speedy answer forgetting that seasons of Prayer are our seed-times and when we have sown that precious seed we must wait for the Harvest as the Husbandman doth Even a precious Heman may find a faint qualm of unbelief and despondency seizing him by the long suspension of Gods answers Psal. 88. 9 10 11. 2. T will be hard to shut the door upon unbelief when all things in the eye of our sense and reason seem to work against the Promise It will require an Abraham's Faith at such a time to glorifie God by believing in hope against hope Rom. 4. 18. If ever thou hop●st to enjoy the sweet repose and rest of a Christian in evil times thou must resolve whatever thine eyes do see or thy senses report to hold fast this as a most sure conclusion God is faithful and his word is sure and that although Clouds and darkness be round about him yet righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne Psal. 97. 2. O that you would once learn to keep house upon Gods Faithfulness and fetch your daily reliefs and supports thence whensoever you are pressed and assaulted either 1. By Spiritual troubles When you walk in darkness and have no light then you are to live by acts of trust and recumbency upon the most faithful one Isa. 50. 10. Or 2. By Temporal distresses so did the People of God of old Hab. 3. 17 18. He lived by Faith on this Attribute when all visible comforts and supplies were out of sight But especially let me warn and caution you against five principal enemies to your repose upon the Faithfulness of God viz. 1. Distracting cares which divide the mind and eat out the peace and comfort of the heart and which is worst of all they reflect very dishonourably upon God who hath pledged his Faithfulness and Truth for our security against which I pray you bar the door by those two Scriptures Phil. 4. 6. Be careful for nothing but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God And that in 1 Pet. 5. 7. Casting all your care upon him for he careth for you 2. Bar the door against unchristian despondency another enemy to the sweet repose of your Souls in this comfortable and quiet Chamber of Divine Faithfulness you will find this unbecoming and uncomfortable distemper of mind insinuating and creeping in upon you except you believe and reason i● out as David did Psal. 42. 11. Why art thou cast down O my soul and why disquieted within me Hope thou in God for I shall yet praise him 3. Bar the door of your heart against carnal policies and sinful shifts which war against your own Faith and Gods Faithfulness as much as any other enemy whatsoever This was the fault of good David in a day of trouble 1 Sam. 27. 1. And David said in his heart I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines Alas poor David