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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1870 edition. Excerpt: ... / will perform my good word towards you; for I know the thoughts that I think towards you, saith the Lord; thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Then ye shall pray unto me, and Iwill hearken unto you; and ye shall seek me and find me; I will turn away your captivity. Jer. xxix. 10, 11, 13, 14. The word of the Lord is right; he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast. Psalm xxxiii. 4, 9. were it so light a matter to rely on the faithfulness of God in times of distress, what need would there be of so many and various promises? If our faith be right, we must wait his time with patience, which certainly is not an easy task; since the promise of the Lord often tarries, and sometimes his providence seems to oppose his word. On such occasions we must remember that these are the very ways and methods of God, unsearchahle hy human penetration, yet always consistent and just, and worthy of the Divine nature. The wisdom of God chooses, first, to help us inwardly, hy exercising faith and patience, and so prepares us for a right use of his outward dispensations, the pleasing, and the apparently severe. Thus we receive a douhle hlessing at once from his hands. Each of his words demands my faith; My soul can rest on all he saith His truth inviolably keeps The largest promise of his lips. O, tell me with a gentle voice, Thou art my God, and I'll rejoice! Fill'd with thy love, I dare proclaim The brightest honours of thy name, Behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her. Hos. iL 14. Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field, let us lodge in the village. Cant vii. 11. olord, this world is nothing to me but a wilderness, a place of tribulation, where, being...