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"Why should any living man complain when
punished for his sins?" Lamentations 3:39
To move you to silence under your sorest and
your sharpest trials, consider, that you have
deserved greater and heavier afflictions than
those you are under.
Has God taken away one mercy? You have
deserved to be stripped of all.
Has he taken away the delight of your eyes? He
might have taken away the delight of your soul.
Are you under outward wants? You have deserved
to be under outward and inward wants together.
Are you cast upon a sick bed?
You have deserved a bed in hell.
Are you under that ache and that pain? You have
deserved to be under all aches and pains at once.
Has God chastised you with whips? You have
deserved to be chastised with scorpions. 1 Kings 12:14.
Have you fallen from the highest pinnacle of honor
to be the scorn and contempt of men? You have
deserved to be scorned and condemned by God
and angels.
Are you under a severe whipping?
You have deserved an utter damning.
Ah Christian! let but your eyes be fixed upon your
demeritsand your hands will be quickly upon your
mouths! Whatever is less than a final separation from
God, whatever is less than hellis mercy! Therefore
you have cause to be silent under the sharpest
dealings of God with you.
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