{"id":6765,"date":"2021-06-21T04:54:39","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T04:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/?p=6765"},"modified":"2023-05-17T07:13:03","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T07:13:03","slug":"isaac-watts-1674-1748","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/2021\/06\/isaac-watts-1674-1748\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep Silence All Created Things"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Some of the points covered in this sermon:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Highlighting the subject and theme of the hymn\u2014God providentially governs all things and events, according to His decree from eternity<br \/>\n\u2022 Examining the decree of God as it aligns with the framework of sovereign grace<br \/>\n\u2022 Exploring the four stanzas of the hymn, showing how each stanza calls attention to a particular aspect of God\u2019s decree and the believer\u2019s response to it<br \/>\n\u2022 Stanza 1: God\u2019s decree is majestic\u2014we sing to the Lord, rather than fuss against Him<br \/>\n\u2022 Stanza 2: God\u2019s decree is comprehensive\u2014we trust in the Lord, rather than despair in our distresses<br \/>\n\u2022 Stanza 3: God\u2019s decree is mysterious\u2014we resign ourselves to the Lord, rather than contend against Him<br \/>\n\u2022 Stanza 4: God\u2019s decree is personal\u2014we draw near to the Lord, rather than distancing ourselves from Him<\/p>\n<div class=\"simplefavorite-button\" data-postid=\"6765\" data-siteid=\"1\" data-groupid=\"1\" data-favoritecount=\"0\" style=\"box-shadow:none;-webkit-box-shadow:none;-moz-box-shadow:none;\"><div class=\"bookmark-off\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of the points covered in this sermon: \u2022 Highlighting the subject and theme of the hymn\u2014God providentially governs all things and events, according to His decree from eternity \u2022 Examining the decree of God as it aligns with the framework of sovereign grace \u2022 Exploring the four stanzas of the hymn, showing how each stanza calls attention to a particular aspect of God\u2019s decree and the believer\u2019s response to it \u2022 Stanza 1: God\u2019s decree is majestic\u2014we sing to the Lord, rather than fuss against Him \u2022 Stanza 2: God\u2019s decree is comprehensive\u2014we trust in the Lord, rather than despair in our distresses \u2022 Stanza 3: God\u2019s decree is mysterious\u2014we resign ourselves to the Lord, rather than contend against Him \u2022 Stanza 4: God\u2019s decree is personal\u2014we draw near to the Lord, rather than distancing ourselves from Him<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1037,1014],"tags":[1218,1234,1220,1246],"class_list":["post-6765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","hentry","category-isaac-watts-hymn-studies","category-jared-smiths-hymn-studies","tag-divine-sovereignty","tag-gospel-framework","tag-spiritual-comfort","tag-spiritual-submission","post_format-post-format-video"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6765"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15711,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6765\/revisions\/15711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}