The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away: blessed be the name of the Lord. Job 1. 21. Furthermore, we have had fathers of our flesh, which corrected us, and we gave them reverence : Shall we not much rather be in fubjection unto the Father of Spirits, and live? Heb. 12. 9, 10. Humble your selves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: Casting all your care upon him, for he careth for you. 1 Pet. 5. 6, 7. Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man, for the punishment of his fins? Lam. 3. 39. O remember not against me former iniquities : let thy tender mercies Speedily prevent me: for I am brought very low. Pfal. 79. 8. The Lord is merciful and gracious, low to anger, and plenteous in mercy. He will not always chide : neither will he keep his anger for ever. For he knoweth our frame : he remembreth that we are Dust. Like as a father pitieth his Children; So the Lord pitieth them that fear him. Pfal. 103. 8, 9, 14, 13. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. 2 Cor. 4. 17. Why art thou caft down, O my Soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God, for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance and my God. Pfal. 42. 11. And When I am weak, then am I Strong. 2 Cor. 12. 10. though the outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. Whilst we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not feen: For the things which are seen are Tempo ral; but the Things which are not Seen are Eternal. 2 Cor. 4. 16, 18. : Wait on the Lord: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the Lord. Pfal. 27. 14. But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we Should not be condemned with the world. 1 Cor. 11. 32. Blefssed is the man that endureth Temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the Crown of life, - which the Lord hath promisod to them that love him. Jam. 1. 12. And behold we account them happy which endure. Te have heard of the Patience of Job, and have Seen the end of the Lord: that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. Jam. 5. 11. 4 It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I may learn thy Statutes. I know, O Lord, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness haft afflicted me. Pfal. 119. 71, 75. Wherefore let them that Suffer according to the will of God, commit the keeping of their Souls to bim in well-doing, as unto a faithful Creator. 1 Pet. 4. 19. For he hath faid, I will never leave thee nor forsake thee. Heb. 13.5. And now, Lord, what wait I for my hope is in thee. Pfal. 39.7. O spare me, that I may recover Strength, before I go hence, and be no more. Pfal. 39. 13. Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I defire besides thee. My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. Pfal. 73. 25, 26. Prayers Prayers for Patience under Thou God of Patience and Confolation, give me Patience and Submission under the Pains and Confinement of a Sick Bed. Whatever thou shalt please to lay upon me, it is thy Doing, and my Deserving. Canft not thou do what thou wilt with thine own? I will. therefore lay my hand upon my Mouth, and say, It is the Lord, let him do what Seemeth him Good. But why do I complain of what I have deserved? Where fore doth a living man complain, a man for the Punishment of his Sins? O, let me never charge God foolishly, nor offend thee by an impatient and uneasy Spi rit. Lord, I humbly lye down under D 4 |