Jeremiah 24:10

REFLECTIONS

I BEG the Reader to make due reflections on the contents of this short but most interesting Chapter, and he will find cause in making application of what is here said, in reference to the times of the Church then in being, to see how much the people of God are concerned at all times to consider the same doctrine. Both upon a civil, and upon a religious account; times of national distress, are times of great concern. If the good figs as well as the bad figs were to be carried away, we learn from it, that in outward things there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked. Like passengers in a vessel, if the ship founders, all on board partake of the same. And though God's people are preserved from eternal shipwreck by grace; yet in temporal concerns, the Lord saith, I will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked. Reader! let us pray for grace, to take part in all the national afflictions of our land, and to sympathize with all the sorrows of the people. But while we do this, let us look up and bless that gracious God, who hath placed our spiritual concerns out of the reach of danger. Precious Jesus, in thy hands, all the concerns of thy people, both their persons and their interests are eternally secure. Blessed, forever blessed be God for Jesus Christ.