“It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.”
Ps. 119:71
“That which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die”
1 Cor. 15:36
“…and he was there in the prison. But the Lord was with Joseph…”
Gen. 39:20-21
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Order of Contents
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Articles
1800’s
Alexander, Archibald – “Weep with them that Weep”, a Discourse Occasioned by the Burning of the Theatre in the City of Richmond, Virginia on Dec. 26th, 1811 (1812) 21 pp.
Buchanan, James
The Bible & Consolation no source info, three paragraphs
The Work of the Spirit as the Comforter, p. 505, 14 pp. from his The Office & Work of the Holy Spirit
Girardeau, John – The Suffering Seaboard of South Carolina (1876) 29 pp.
A chronicle of the sufferings of Charleston, SC, “our Southern Zion”, after its occupation by the Northern army during the War between the States. Peer here into the sufferings of a part of Christ’s church, and the labors of her faithful pastors.
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Books
1700’s
Boston, Thomas – The Crook in the Lot 180 pp.
“Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which He hath made crooked?” – Eccl. 7:13
Willison, John – The Afflicted Man’s Companion †1750 350 pp.
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Quotes
John Flavel
Keeping the Heart
“Though God hath reserved to Himself a liberty of afflicting his people, yet He hath tied up his own hands by promise never to take away his loving-kindness from them.”
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John ‘Rabbi’ Duncan
“If we have not got a cross, alas! we may conclude that we have not got Christ, for it is the first of his gifts.”
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“But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good”
Gen. 50:20
“I shall be his father, and he will be my son; if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: Nevertheless, my mercy shall not depart away from him.”
2 Samuel 7:14
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