SIMEON. he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? God sees our Inmost Thoughts. SIMEON. SIMEON. SIMEON. God the Source of all Good. James 1: 17. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. God Delights in Saving Sinners. Zeph. 3: 17. The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. The Abundant Grace of God. Rom. 5: 20, 21. Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound. That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord. SIMEON. God's Readiness to give his Spirit. SIMEON. SIMEON. how to give good gifts unto your children; how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? The Manner in which God draws his People. Hos. 11: 4. I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love. The Loving-Kindness of God. Ps. 36: 7. How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. SIMEON. The End for which God sent his Son. John 3: 17. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. SIMEON. God's Distinguished Regard for the James 2: 5. Hearken, my beloved brethren, SIMEON. The Majesty and Holiness of God. lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place. SIMEON. God's Paths are Mercy and Truth. Ps. 25: 10. All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. SIMEON. God's Method of Dealing with his Zech. 13:9. And I will bring the third part SIMEON. God's Sympathy with his People. Zech. 2: 8. He that toucheth you touca eth the apple of his eye. SIMEON. God's Care for the Righteous. SIMEON. Prov. 10: 3. The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish. The Stability of God's Promises. SIMEON. SIMEON. in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us. God a Sure Defence. Prov. 18: 10. The name of the Lord is a strong tower, the righteous runneth into it, and is safe. The Ways of God Unfolded. John 13: 7. Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. SMALLEY. On the Indiscriminate Dispensations of Providence. Eccl. 9: 2. All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath. SMALLEY. God, the Author of Afflictions and Troubles. Job 5: 6, 7. Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. SMALLEY. God's Pleasure is not to Afflict. Lam. 3: 33. For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men. SMALLEY. God to be Worshipped in the Beauty of Holiness. Ps. 96: 9. O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth. LATHROP. The Wheels of Providence. Ezek. 1: 16. The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel. LATHROP. God works for his own Name's sake. Ezek. 36: 32. Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto you. LATHROP. God Glorified in the General Judg ment. 2 Thess. 1: 10. When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe. PRES. DWIGHT. Secret Things belong to God. Deut. 29: 29. The secret things belong unto the Lord our God; but those things |