19. Many are the afflictions of the righteous. Thus are they made like Jesus their covenant head. Scripture does not
flatter us like the story books with the idea that goodness will secure us from
trouble; on the contrary, we are again and again warned to expect tribulation
while we are in this body. But—blessed “but,” how it takes the sting out of the previous sentence!—But the Lord delivereth him out of them all.
Through troops of ills Jehovah will lead his redeemed scatheless and
triumphant. There is an end to the believer’s affliction, and a joyful end too.
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