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woman_n	forget_v	son_n	womb_n	1,433	5	10.0403	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60455	A sermon preached in St. Saviour's Church in Dartmouth, July 24th. anno Dom. 1698 Together with some refections on the opinion of those, who affirm, that the only difference between the Church and the meeting-house, is that of a few ceremonies. In a letter to a friend. By Humfry Smith, M.A.	Smith, Humphry, b. 1654 or 5.	1698 (1698)	Wing S4086; ESTC R224030	30,983	72

from some certain Events it was still an undoubted truth That the steps of a Psal 37. 23. good Man are ordered by the Lord and that he delighteth in his way that tho' he fall be shall not be utterly cast down for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand Yea this he confirms from his own constant observation throughout the whole course of his life I have been young and how am old yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken nor his seed begging their bread And to give the surest ground for a firm reliance on the divine Protection God himself hath been pleas'd to declare that it is an impossibility an ●tter impossibility for him to forget the care of his People Can a Woman forget her sucking Child that she 〈◊〉 49. 15. should not have compassion on the Son of her Womb yea they may forget yet will I not forget thee Behold I have graven thee upon the Palms of my hands thy walls are continually before me And lest we should be a●● to think that all this implyed no more than that temporal ●elicity which peculiarly belonged to the Jews and so hath no relation to the times of the Gospel We have some promises of the like kind too in the New Testament Indeed the Kingdom of the Messiah was not to be such as the Jews expected a thing remarkable for outward advantages and a worldly Glory And our Saviour we find frequently warns his Disciples not to deceive themselves with any such fond Expectation However he sufficiently assures them that they should in no sort be given up to the rage of the world as men forsaken Take no thought saith he saying Mat. 6. 31. what shall we eat or what shall we drink Or where-withall shall we ●e cloathed For your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things But seek ye first the Kingdom of God and his Righteousness and all these things shall be added Mat. 10. 2● unto you And at another place Verily I say unto you There is no man that hath left house or brethren or sisters or Father or Mother or Wife or Children or Lands for my sake and the Gospels But he shall receive a hundred-fold now in this time houses and brethren and so on as well as in the world to come eternal life Whence the Apostle makes no doubt to apply to the Christian Church the promises of this kind which had been made to the Jewish He hath said I will never Heb. 13. 5. leave thee nor forsake thee so that we may boldly say the Lord is my helper and I will not fear what man shall do unto me Not to mention that wonderful Preservation and those signal deliverances with which God in every age hath blessed his Church There is not I think an upright Person but that as he reflects upon the occurrences of his past life finds reason to magnify the care and the bounty of a favourable Providence The dangers out of which there appear'd no way to escape have easily past away and the rage of the adversary been strangely becalmed or as strangly disappointed Unexpected aids have risen up for the support of a mighty difficulty and as it was in the Case of Joseph the malice of evil men have turned to his advantage even wick●ed conspiracies have contriv'd his advancement and his glory And then 3. The following of that which is Good changeth the nature of things and turns evils into blessings It pulls out the sting of affliction and even converts it into happiness If the envy of the world breaks out into an extraordinary fury and God for reasons of infinite Wisdom permits it sometimes to fall upon his servants He still takes off the sharpness and removes the Poyson so that it becomes both easy and beneficial At that place of St. Mark 's Gospel which I mentioned but now amongst the rewards of constancy which our blessed Master promises to his Disciples we find he reckons up Persecuons Mat. 10. 30 Children and Lands saith he with Persecutions And agreeably to this St. Paul puts the dangers which threatned the Church at Corinth amongst the Possessions of it Whether life or death or things present or things to come all are 1 Cor. 3. 22. yours The things which the world looks upon as so grievous and troublesom are converted by the Divine benediction into the most valuable goods the richest and most useful enjoyments Indeed this is such a riddle to natural men as they cannot understand If you tell them that poverty contempt injuries and afflictions are profitable things they will imagine they are as much impos'd upon as the Roman Governour thought himself by Laurentius the Deacon when he Prudentius 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Hymn 2. presented him the blind and the ●ame for the treasures of the Church However the real Christian is abundantly sensible of the truth of 〈◊〉 He well knows the healthfulness of a bitter cup and the exceeding usefulness of a severe discipline and so that which others are so very impatient of he receives even with joy and thanksgiving A Person who is constant to his Duty who cannot vere with every Wind and act upon new Principles upon every change of Times yea who expresseth the same Zeal for a good Cause in a cloudy Day as under the warmest Sun-shine Such a Person I say as this must sometimes expect to meet with Reproach to be evil-spoken of sometimes even by the same Men that once applauded him and to have that now censur'd in him as a Crime which once was esteemed as Matter of Praise But now what real Calamity is there in all this Tho' such Usage may grate a little upon Flesh and Blood here is a proper Scene for the Exercise of a great many noble Vertues which in the issue will administer to much Joy and Satisfaction Here is an opportunity for a Christian to have his mind above Provocation and to enjoy the divine Pleasure of forgiving And here too is an assurance of Recompence and infinite Rewards Blessed are ye when men shall revile you and persecute you and shall say all ●at 5. 11. manner of evil against you falsly for my sake Rejoyce and be exceeding glad for great is your reward in heaven Yea suppose the Rage of them who will be offended when no just Cause is given goes farther then hard Words and it lies in their way to injure him that is firm to his Duty in some important Interest In such a case the damage he may sustain how great soever is but a trifle and such as deserves not the least regard Or to say better the damage is no damage at all but an accession of happiness as we may learn from S. Peter's words immediately following my Text but if ye suffer for righteousness sake happy are ye In short nothing can appear so grievous and dreadful nothing can seem so directly contrary to his Advantage and