When outward mercies befall us, the next thoughts we are apt to have is to project ease by our wealth, “Thou hast much goods laid up for many years” (Luk 12:19), etc. When judgments come, we are apt to be filled with thoughts of complaint, of fear, of care about how we may wind ourselves out of it, etc. What then were Job’s first thoughts when he heard news of the loss of all he owned?—“The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord…In all this did not Job sin” (Job 1:21; 2:10). A good heart apprehends such thoughts as these (whenever opportunities come). But if
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We are to take our thoughts captive (in all situations), and then give them to the Lord
