Jeremiah 24

REFLECTIONS UPON CHAP. XXIV.—Greatly mysterious are the ways of God’s providence. The most afflictive are often the most useful. The same dispensation is to some a blessing, and to others a ruinous plague. And all ought to be taken as out of God’s own hand. Exact is his knowledge of, and care for, his people in the worst of times. It is he who, by his almighty grace, must renew our heart, and draw us to himself, as well as receive us with open arms to his favour, and to the enjoyment of all the privileges of his people. But, alas, what vengeance, in time and eternity, must await impenitent transgressors? And when some are signally punished, others should learn to avoid their wickedness