Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

under his displeasure

English answer:

when we suffer manifestations of His displeasure, anger or hostility

Added to glossary by Charles Davis
Sep 20, 2012 10:37
11 yrs ago
English term

under his displeasure

English Art/Literary Religion
Learn quietly to submit to divine providence. Do not murmur at things that are ordered by divine wisdom. We may no more find fault with the works of providence than we may with the works of creation. It is a sin as much to quarrel with God’s providence as to deny his providence. If men do not act as we would have them, they shall act as God would have them. His providence is his master-wheel that turns these lesser wheels, and God will bring his glory out of all at last. ‘I was dumb and opened not my mouth, because thou didst it.’ Psa 39:9. It may be, we think sometimes we could order things better if we had the government of the world in our hands; but alas! should we be left to our own choice we should choose those things that are hurtful for us. David earnestly desired the life of his child, which was the fruit of his sin, but had the child lived it would have been a perpetual monument of his shame. Let us be content that God should rule the world; learn to acquiesce in his will, and submit to his providence. Does any affliction befall you? Remember God sees it is that which is fit for you, or it would not come. Your clothes cannot be so fit for you as your crosses. God’s providence may sometimes be secret, but it is always wise; ***and though we may not be silent under God’s dishonour, yet we should learn to be silent under his displeasure***.

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Sep 25, 2012 07:42: Charles Davis Created KOG entry

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when we suffer manifestations of His displeasure, anger or hostility

That is, God's displeasure with us as manifested in unpleasant things that he makes happen to us. The connection with the rest of the text is the idea of accepting divine providence with patience, uncomplainingly. When God makes bad things happen to us and we don't understand why, we must remember that He has His reasons and we must accept them. The paradigm of this concept is Job. God imposes afflictions on us because it is right and fit: it is for our own good.
Peer comment(s):

agree Colin Rowe : Succinctly comprehensive as always.
3 mins
Thank you, Colin!
agree Alexander C. Thomson : Definitely this (Puritan-tradition) meaning — _signs of_ God’s displeasure in our lives.
1 hr
That's right. Many thanks, Alexander!
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