Waiting in Patience
I have been thinking since my departure from you, of the pride and malice of your adversaries; and ye may not (since ye have had the Book of Psalms so often) take hardly with this; for David's enemies snuffed at him, and through the pride of their heart said, "The Lord will not require it" (Ps x 13). I beseech you therefore, in the bowels of Jesus, set before your eyes the patience of your forerunner Jesus, who when He was reviled, reviled not again; when He suffered, He threatened not, but comitted Himself to Him who judgeth righteously (! Pet. ii 23). And since your Lord and Redeemer with patience received many a black stroke on His glorious back, and many a buffet of the unbelieving world, and says of Himself, "I g ave My back to the smiters, and My cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; I hid not my face from shame and spitting." (Isa iv 6); follow Him, and think it not hard that you receive a blow with your Lord. Take part with Jesus of His sufferings, and glory in the marks of Christ. If this storm were over, you must prepare yourself for a new wound; for five thousand years ago, our Lord proclaimed deadly war betwixt the Seed of the Woman the seed of the Serpent. And marvel not that one town cannot keep the children of God and the children of the devil, for one belly could not keep Jacob and Esau (Gen xxv. 22); one house could not keep peacably together Isaac, the son of the promise, and Ishmael, the son of the handmaid (Gen. xxi. 10). Be you upon Christ's side of it, and care not what flesh can do. Hold yourself fast by your Saviour, howbeit you be buffeted, and those that follow Him. Yet a little while and the wicked shall not be. "We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed" (2 Cor. iv, 8,9). If you can possess your soul in patience, their day is coming. Worthy and dear sister, know to carry yourself in trouble; and when you are hated and reproached, the Lord shows it to you-"All this is come upon us, yet have we not forgotten Thee, neither have we dealt falsely in Thy Covenant" (Ps. xliv 17). "Unless Thy law had been my delight, I had perished in mine affliction" (Ps cxix. 92). Keep God's covenant in your trials. Hold you by His blessed Word, and sin not. Flee, anger, wrath, grudging, envying, fretting. Forgive an hundred pence to your fellow-servant, because your Lord hath forgiven you ten thousand talents. For I assure you by the Lord, your adversaries shall get no advantage against you, except you sin and offend your Lord in your sufferings. But the way to overcome is by patience, forgiving and praying for your enemies, in doing whereof you heap coals upon their heads, and the Lord shall open a door to you in your troubles. Wait upon Him as the night watch waiteth on the morning. He will not tarry. Go up to your watch tower and come not down; but by prayer and faith and hope and wait on. When the sea is full it will ebb again; and so soon as the wicked are come to the top of their pride and are waxed high and mighty, then is their change approaching. They that believe make not haste. Remember Zion, forget her not, for her enemies are many; for the nations are gathered together against her. "But they know not the thoughts of the Lord, neither understand they, His Counsel: for He shall gather them as sheaves into the floor. Arise and thresh O daughter of Zion" (Michah iv. 12. 13) Behold, God hath gathered His enemies together, as sheaves to the threshing. Let us stay and rest upon these promises." [Samuel Rutherford]
On Duty
Though you cannot perform duty without infirmity, yet you do perform duty without known hypocrisy. Though you offend in the manner of performance, yet you would not be false in the end principle of doing. The sincerity of your heart herein maybe your comfort, and from such, though the spirit may withdraw for a while yet it will not be long before He returns again. To humble you, He may for awhile withdraw in anger, yet He will return again. 'In a little moment have I hid my face and forsaken thee, but I will gather thee with everlasting mercy.' [Christopher Love from Sermon 6 on the Flesh and the Spirit.]
Come Enter The Bond
He will punish them that with so much solemnity recieved that popish prince among us, who is declared an avowed enemy to the Protestant interest. That has done much to put the copestone on our disgrace. Would England have thought that Scotland would have done it? In England not only the prelatic party but also indifferent formalists wonder at it, and the episcopal folk in England may think themselves much better Protestants than the Presbyterians in Scotland. He will punish them that recieved favours from the king and rulers when their hands were reeking hot with the blood of the saints at Bothwell; and gentlemen gave in money to take in bonds for them. Oh, let not this be told in Gath! I would not be in the lives of these professing gentlemen that have recieved favours, or connived at them, be they who they will, for all abroad Scotland. Are there any that are groaning under the burden of sin, sighing and mourning for the abominations of the land? Come and enter the bond of the everlasting covenant; we know no better shelter…as you have have recieved Christ, so walk in him, have your eyes towards him; he will have a remnant, and they will be a people of one language; they will be a piece of cleanly leaven, that leaveneth the whole lump… when he begins to set all things in order in his house, he will make his remnant to shine. Quit not your prayers; quit not secret prayer, enter into your chamber and shut the door; if you quit your duty ere he come, you will think shame to make him welcome. Quit not your confidence, for he will come suddenly to his temple, and do great things. Flee unto him, for there is no shelter, but under his shadow.[Richard Cameron]
Wait in Patience
I have been thinking since my departure from you, of the pride and malice of your adversaries; and ye may not (since ye have had the Book of Psalms so often) take hardly with this; for David’s enemies snuffed at him, and through the pride of their heart said, “The Lord will not require it” (Ps x 13). I beseech you therefore, in the bowels of Jesus, set before your eyes the patience of your forerunner Jesus, who when He was reviled, reviled not again; when He suffered, He threatened not, but comitted Himself to Him who judgeth righteously (! Pet. ii 23). And since your Lord and Redeemer with patience received many a black stroke on His glorious back, and many a buffet of the unbelieving world, and says of Himself, “I g ave My back to the smiters, and My cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; I hid not my face from shame and spitting.” (Isa iv 6); follow Him, and think it not hard that you receive a blow with your Lord. Take part with Jesus of His sufferings, and glory in the marks of Christ. If this storm were over, you must prepare yourself for a new wound; for five thousand years ago, our Lord proclaimed deadly war betwixt the Seed of the Woman the seed of the Serpent. And marvel not that one town cannot keep the children of God and the children of the devil, for one belly could not keep Jacob and Esau (Gen xxv. 22); one house could not keep peacably together Isaac, the son of the promise, and Ishmael, the son of the handmaid (Gen. xxi. 10). Be you upon Christ’s side of it, and care not what flesh can do. Hold yourself fast by your Saviour, howbeit you be buffeted, and those that follow Him. Yet a little while and the wicked shall not be. “We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed” (2 Cor. iv, 8,9). If you can possess your soul in patience, their day is coming. Worthy and dear sister, know to carry yourself in trouble; and when you are hated and reproached, the Lord shows it to you-”All this is come upon us, yet have we not forgotten Thee, neither have we dealt falsely in Thy Covenant” (Ps. xliv 17). “Unless Thy law had been my delight, I had perished in mine affliction” (Ps cxix. 92). Keep God’s covenant in your trials. Hold you by His blessed Word, and sin not. Flee, anger, wrath, grudging, envying, fretting. Forgive an hundred pence to your fellow-servant, because your Lord hath forgiven you ten thousand talents. For I assure you by the Lord, your adversaries shall get no advantage against you, except you sin and offend your Lord in your sufferings. But the way to overcome is by patience, forgiving and praying for your enemies, in doing whereof you heap coals upon their heads, and the Lord shall open a door to you in your troubles. Wait upon Him as the night watch waiteth on the morning. He will not tarry. Go up to your watch tower and come not down; but by prayer and faith and hope and wait on. When the sea is full it will ebb again; and so soon as the wicked are come to the top of their pride and are waxed high and mighty, then is their change approaching. They that believe make not haste.
Remember Zion, forget her not, for her enemies are many; for the nations are gathered together against her. “But they know not the thoughts of the Lord, neither understand they, His Counsel: for He shall gather them as sheaves into the floor. Arise and thresh O daughter of Zion” (Michah iv. 12. 13) Behold, God hath gathered His enemies together, as sheaves to the threshing. Let us stay and rest upon these promises.” [Samuel Rutherford]
On Duty
Though you cannot perform duty without infirmity, yet you do perform duty without known hypocrisy. Though you offend in the manner of performance, yet you would not be false in the end principle of doing. The sincerity of your heart herein maybe your comfort, and from such, though the spirit may withdraw for a while yet it will not be long before He returns again. To humble you, He may for awhile withdraw in anger, yet He will return again. ‘In a little moment have I hid my face and forsaken thee, but I will gather thee with everlasting mercy.’ [Christopher Love from Sermon 6 on the Flesh and the Spirit.]
Come Enter the Bond
He will punish them that with so much solemnity recieved that popish prince among us, who is declared an avowed enemy to the Protestant interest. That has done much to put the copestone on our disgrace. Would England have thought that Scotland would have done it? In England not only the prelatic party but also indifferent formalists wonder at it, and the episcopal folk in England may think themselves much better Protestants than the Presbyterians in Scotland.
He will punish them that recieved favours from the king and rulers when their hands were reeking hot with the blood of the saints at Bothwell; and gentlemen gave in money to take in bonds for them. Oh, let not this be told in Gath! I would not be in the lives of these professing gentlemen that have recieved favours, or connived at them, be they who they will, for all abroad Scotland.
Are there any that are groaning under the burden of sin, sighing and mourning for the abominations of the land? Come and enter the bond of the everlasting covenant; we know no better shelter…as you have have recieved Christ, so walk in him, have your eyes towards him; he will have a remnant, and they will be a people of one language; they will be a piece of cleanly leaven, that leaveneth the whole lump… when he begins to set all things in order in his house, he will make his remnant to shine. Quit not your prayers; quit not secret prayer, enter into your chamber and shut the door; if you quit your duty ere he come, you will think shame to make him welcome. Quit not your confidence, for he will come suddenly to his temple, and do great things. Flee unto him, for there is no shelter, but under his shadow.[Richard Cameron]
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Nothing much to tell. I’m walking a single solitary pilgrims walk, in England, that is not an easy one. I am a Calvinistic Covenanter Christian, My Autonomic Nervous system is failing slowly, which has led to severe disability, with an ultra rare disease than medics don’t even understand, often misdiagnose.and will no doubt kill me at some point. But, I trust the Lord to get me where I’m going. All glory to HIM.
The symptomology listed on the link, most porphyrics will only have most of those symptoms if in an acute attack. A few of us, with the ongoing, smouldering symptoms, that never go away, have most if not all of the symptom list, even when not in an acute attack, and are persistent and constant. Anyone who has ever been in the psychiactric system, diagnosed as this or that, even if physically well, should consider this illness could be responsible. King George III, the most famous porphyric, his sole symptom was “insanity.” Its so rare in part, because it’s massively under-diagnosed. But in making this illness known, when it struck me physically a few years ago, God vindicated me from every mis-diagnoses and bersmirchment upon me medically that has ever been made, and has made them all null and void.
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