The Scriptures- Defense for the Righteous
Some parts of Scripture are clear and easy, some are obscure and very knotty; some parts of Scripture show what God made us, others, how sin spoiled us; A third, how Christ restored us. Some parts of Scripture shew forth acts of mercy to keep us from sinking; others record acts of judgement to keep us from presuming. And because the way to heaven is not strewed with roses, but like the crown of Christ here upon earth, set with thorns; because not smiles and loving embracements from the world, but wounds, and strokes, and temptations, do await all those tht have recieved the Spirit, and are enrolled for Christian warfare; because every true Israelite must expect thta which Jacob upon his death-bed spake of Joseph, thta the Archers will shoot at him, hate him and grieve him. In a word, because many are the troubles of the righteous; therefor the Scripture doth present us with sundry platforms of the righteous conflicting with many troubles.[Joseph Caryl]
The cloud of God
“When I look to God’s throne, I see much, yea, inaccessible majesty in it”. and this he expresses in God’s covering of it, and spreading a cloud over it. He will not let his glory out and [appear] on the creatures, for a blink of it would consume and eat them up. Therefore as Moses put a veil on his face when he spoke with the children of Israel, so he puts these heaavens between his glory and us, which is called the spreading of a cloud between him and us, that we in the state of mortality may have a being before him for a time. For if the firmament were away, his glory would consume God’s creatures. [James Durham]
Living By Faith
There are many promises made of this benefit. Now it is faith that recieves the promises: "I will forgive their iniquities and remember their sins no more", (Jer 31:34). Now, wherever there is a promise, there must be faith; for as the law with all its threatenings to the fallen creature is the strength of sin (1 Cor 15:56), ‘The strength of sin is the law’), so, the gospel, with its promises, is the strength of faith; and therefore our comfort thence ariseth, If we would live and act comfortably on the promises, we must live by faith. [Thomas Manton]
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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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