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XXXII.
OR
REMEDIES AGAffIST
FEAR.
29
pointed
place
?
Remember the
disciples
in
the midst
of
the
storm,
and the language
of Jesus
walking
upon
the
water,
"
It
is
I,
be
not
afraid,"
Mat.
xiv.
27.
Or
if
the public commotions
of
the world awaken
your
fears,
read the name and presence
of
God,
even
your
God,
in the xlvi.
Psalm, and
rejoice and stand
firm
amidst the
tumult and shaking
of
the nations. God
is
our refuge
and
strength, a
very
present
help
in
trouble.
Therefore
we
will not
fear,
though the
earth
be
removed,
and
though the mountains
be
cast
into the midst
of
the
sea;
verses
_1,
2.
The
heathen raged, the
kingdoms
were
moved
:.
He uttered
his
voice,
the
earth
melted;
verse 6.
The
Lord
of
hosts
is
with
us,
the God
of
Jacob
is
our
re-
Age
;
verse
11.
Selah.
Or perhaps more
particular
and personal dangers and
afflictions
threaten your
good name,
your
estate,
your
flesh,
your
life.
Well,
the
name
of
God
in his
presence
is
an universal
spring
of
comfort and courage, a
wide
-
spreading
shield
against
every mischief.
-
Are
you
terrified
at
the thoughts
of
personal
reproach
and slander, know
that
the tongues
of
men
are
within the
reach
of
the hand
of God,
and he
can
cast
a
bridle
of
re-
straint
upon
them,
but
if
he
take
off
that restraint, and
leave them to
their
own
perverseness
-and rage,
learn
to
say as good
David, when Shimei
cursed
him
;
the
hand
of
the Lord
is
in
it,
God
hath
given him a
loose to
curse me:
And
thus sweetly compose yourselves to an
acquiescence
in the
providential
will
of
your heavenly Father.
Is poverty and want the thing
you
dread
?
But
is
not
God
your
heavenly
Father
?
And can
you
not
trust
him
to
provide for
his
children
?
Will
he
give
the young
ra-
vens
their
food; when
they
cry,
and
will
he
not
feed
his sons
and
his
daughters
?
It
is
true
you
may
be
re-
duced
to
bread and water, and
brought
down to
the very
lowest circumstances,
and
you
must submit
to
his will
:
God
will
feed
your
nature, though
he
will
not
feed
your,
pride.
Are you affrighted
at
the thoughts
of
sickness
and
pain
?
Remember
diseases
are the servants
of
our
Lord
*
That
is
an excellent
treatise
which
Mr. Flavel
has
published against
sinful fear,
especially
in
times of
public danger and persecution
:
And
his
little
book
of
keeping the heart,
has some
valuable chapters
in
it,
containing
rich preservatives against
this
weakness
of
the mind.