What could now sustain them but the Spirit of God and His grace? May not and ought not the children of these fathers rightly say: "Our fathers were Englishmen which came over this great ocean, and were ready to perish in this wilderness; but they cried unto the Lord, and He heard their voice and looked on their adversity," etc. "Let them therefore praise the Lord, because He is good: and His mercies endure forever." "Yea, let them which have been redeemed of the Lord, show how He hath delivered them from the hand of the oppressor. When they wandered in the desert wilderness out of the way, and found no city to dwell in, both hungry and thirsty, their soul was overwhelmed in them. Let them confess before the Lord His loving kindness and His wonderful works before the sons of men."
The first thing I noticed in this section is that right after giving complete credit to God, they say that their children will be proud to say that their fathers were englishmen who came over the great ocean. More appropriatly i would have expected a reference from the old testament exodus and elaboration on rejoicing or complaining through strife. They priase the Lord because He's good not becuse He duos things for them, that expresses a good level of revelation on their part. His mercies did extend to them unfairly though as he so graciously is. Praise God that if life were fair we'ed all be in Hell. I am impressed by this section seeing as it expresses good understanding for that period of time.
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Your reflection is good, the ideas are similar to mine, crediting their use and need of a god. But your are missing your essential question, and your Diary Entry.
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