...fure." More particularly, i. The firlt reafon and argument, upon which we know that all things fhall work together for good to them who love God, and are the called according to his purpofe, is drawn from the nature of God : why, he is the Lord of hofts, the God of armies, who hath all ,ths...

...member that the Lord's aflurance is far better than our cqnjecture ; he declares that " all things do work together for " good to them who love God, and are the called according " to his purpofe." A want of penetration, and frequent miftakes in judging about the difpenfations of Providence, occafion...

...yea, that the very rod that smote him yielded the very balm that healed him ! Now he can say, " All things work together for good to them who love God, and are called according to his purpose." Many a time has he pronounced this sentence with his lips, or read...

...hearts of all men and the powers of universal nature subject to his control, causeth all things to work together for good to them who love God, and are the called according to his purpose. " The Lord rcigneth, let the earth rejoice, let " the multitude of the isles be glad thereof."...

...is God's. And since the covenant oath of their Father and their Friend runs thus, " Att things shall work together for good to them who love God, and are the called according to his purpose," the why and the wherefore of those sorrows and sufferings which some of the Lord's people...

...God the Creator; which sheweth us that every creature of God is good; and that all things are working together for good to them who love God, and are the called according to his purpose. It taketh the mystery off the present condition of things : and unsloughs, if I may so speak,...

...spread of the gospel, and the destruction of the kingdom o!" Satan. It must be so. " All things shall work together for good to them who love God and are the railed according to his purpose." It is God who has providentially raised up anil increased the power...

...corn and their wine abound. It informs us that all things, even the most unpromising, shall lvor/c together for good to them who love God, and are the called according to his purpose — that afflictions are the discipline of their Father's house — and that the exercise of...

...godliness has promise of the life that now is, as well as of that which is to come" — that " all things work together for good to them who love God, and are the called according to his purpose" — that " light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart" — " great...

...by way of exposition of the passage, let us attempt to confirm its leading sentiment — that " all things work together for good to them who love God, and are the called according to his purpose." I cannot enumerate every particular comprehended in this extensive mode of speaking. I might...