Of acknowledging God in all our Ways. 3 2 S ,Chriflian make light of this, for there is a SERM. great and important reality in it ; our Saviour XIL has afl'uwed is that hi$ Father will give vw the Holy Spirit ,to them that ajk h_im ; and it is the office of the Spirit to lead the difciplcs of Chrifl: in the way of truth and holinefs. I will add but this one obiervàtion, that the divine diredion of our paths is to be under- flood in a way fuitable to our Rate, which has thefe two chara lers, it is moral and it is im- perfect. The Almighty Maker exerts his in- fluence on our nature and its operative pow- ers agreeably to its confl:itution, and fo as not to impair but preferve its voluntary agency. Ilis guidance therefore doth not interfere with our choice, but over-rules it ; prefeiits occafions of acing, and engages our attention to them in a way which we are not, nor can be, fenfible of; and when we make wrong choices, which God, feeing them permit , providence turns the event to good by me- thods which furpafs our comprehenfion.,, Our condition in this world mutt continue, I may fay is appointed to be, imperfet both with refped to virtue and happine.s ; and therefore we are not to expect such a divine conduct towards us as (hall preferve our paths alto., gether free either from blame or pain. Yet Y3 is
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