As to Suffering (2)

2. A second reason, why we must answer the question of Mr. Van Putten with an unqualified affirmative, meaning that all our suffering and sorrow, and not only that which, is directly caused by persecution for Christ's sake, lend to our salvation, is that all things come unto us, not by chance, but by the hand of our heavenly Father, This means: a. That the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from before the foundation of the world, so planned all things, that they concentrate around Christ and...