Blessings obtained
And it is a means not only of turning away the wrath of God but also of obtaining whatever blessings we stand in need of. So when the other tribes were smitten before the Benjamites, all the children of Israel went up to the house of the Lord, and wept and fasted that day until evening, and then the Lord said: Go up again, for tomorrow I will deliver them into your hand (Judges 20:26-28). So Samuel gathered all Israel together when they were in bondage to the Philistines, and they fasted on that day before the Lord. And when the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel, the Lord thundered upon them with a great thunder and discomfited them, and they were smitten before Israel (1 Samuel 7:5-10). So Ezra: I proclaimed a fast at the river Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us and for our little ones, and he was entreated of us (Ezra 8:21-23). So Nehemiah: I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven and said: Prosper, I pray you, your servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. And God granted him mercy in the sight of the king (Nehemiah 1:4-11).
1771 text
9. And it is a means not only of turning away the wrath of God, but also of obtaining whatever blessings we stand in need of. So when the other tribes were smitten before the Benjamites, all the children of Israel went up unto the house of the Lord, and wept and fasted that day until even; and then the Lord said, Go up again; for to-morrow I will deliver them into thine hand. So Samuel gathered all Israel together, when they were in bondage to the Philistines, and they fasted on that day before the Lord: and when the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel, the Lord thundered upon them with a great thunder, and discomfited them, and they were smitten before Israel. So Ezra; I proclaimed a fast at the river Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones――and he was entreated of us. So Nehemiah; I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven, and said, Prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. And God granted him mercy in the sight of the king.
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Sermon 27 in the 1771 Works. Matthew 6:16-18.
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