God glorified in his works of providence and grace : a remarkable instance of it, in the various and signal deliverances, that evidently appear to be wrought for Mrs. Mercy Wheeler, of Plainfield ; who was restored from extreme impotence, and long confinement ; published at the desire of many / by Benjamin Lord, A.M.

  • Lord, Benjamin, 1694-1784.
Date:
1798
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Credit: God glorified in his works of providence and grace : a remarkable instance of it, in the various and signal deliverances, that evidently appear to be wrought for Mrs. Mercy Wheeler, of Plainfield ; who was restored from extreme impotence, and long confinement ; published at the desire of many / by Benjamin Lord, A.M. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    priimg deliverance. A gracious providence (it feems) had for years together before this, been doing enough, in a more gradual to fix her, and others attention to God's fig- nal care of her, and to keep up a fecret hope of fome greater deliverances itill; but now, when the kt time was come, to favour her with liberty, and to make the divine power and praife the more illuftrious ; behold, her reftoration, mufl take an unumal fiiretch, as if the Lord had not forgotten that preroga- tive character of his—The Lord loofeth the pri~ Joncrs—the Lord raifcth them that are bowed doivn. And as if he would yet be known in that his incomparable character, Who is like unto thee, 0 Lord, glorious in holi??efs, fearful in praifes, doing^ wonders. Verily, he hath re- membred her, in her low eftate, for, his mer- cy endureth forever. And this (as, I might obferve) has been the iflue of much prayer for her, as well as in confequence of great faith, which has appeared to be wrought in her, and exercifed by her. But, God chuf- eth whom he will to be the fubje&s of his mercy, he hath mercy on whom he will have mercy. And fo he fits, whom he will, in and by them, to make his power and grace known, and to glorify himfelf before the world. The defign of publifhing this account, is not to extol the fubject of this deliverance, : ie divine author of it. And not to fpeak