And let them offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, and tell of his deeds in songs of joy!
Human affairs are not ruled by blind fortune but by God's judgments in all the changes and chances of this world. Adversity, shipwreck, famine, disease, war, marks His displeasure summoning us to account for our sins; prosperity flows from His grace so He may receive the praise due a merciful Father and impartial Judge.
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Commenting on Psalm 107:1-43
And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving. In such a case let there be gifts and oblations as well as words. Let the good Physician have his fee of gratitude. Let life become a sacrifice to him who has prolonged it, let the deed of self denying gratitude be repeated again and again: there must be many cheerful sacrifices to celebrate the marvellous boon.
Sin is the root of sickness: fools bring affliction upon themselves through transgression and folly. Those who doted most on perishable meat, when sickness comes, nauseate it; what they took too much of they can take nothing of. The appetite gone, life itself hangs by a thread at death's gate.
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Commenting on Psalm 107:17-22