22. Confession of faults is always proper; and when we reflect upon the
goodness of God, we ought to be reminded of our own errors and offenses. ForI said in my haste. We generally speak amiss when we are in a hurry. Hasty
words are but for a moment on the tongue, but they often lie for years on the
conscience. I am cut off from before thine eyes. This was an unworthy
speech; but unbelief will have a corner in the heart of the firmest believer,
and out of that corner it will vent many spiteful things against the Lord if
the course of providence be not quite so smooth as nature might desire. No
saint ever was, or ever could be, cut off from before the eyes of God, and yet
no doubt many have thought so, and more than one have said so. Forever be such
dark suspicions banished from our minds. Nevertheless thou heardest thevoice of my supplications when I cried unto thee. What a mercy that if we
believe not, yet God abideth faithful, hearing prayer even when we are laboring
under doubts which dishonor his name.
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