Q_Muff we be content with etffliclions,permitted: n, &c 281 CHAT. L X I. Q. Muft we be content with affliaions,permittedfin,&c ? TF Self-denial require us to Content our fouls in the A Will of God, risen whether malt we be content with bis aillidions, or permifiion of fin or the ChurchesMiring: ; and . Howwill this fiandwitbour due fenfe of Gods difplealiere and ch4lifements. Z. And with our Praying aping them. 3. Andour safe of means for their removal ? Aufw. I. The will ofGod is one thing , and the Hurt which he willeth us is another,. and the Good Endfor which he willeth it, is a third. The afflicting Will of God is good, and muff be Loved as good : and the End andBenefit of Chaftifement is good and mull be loved : But the hurt as hurt mull not be Lo- ved. It is not Gods Will that we mull refill, or feek to change ; nor yet is it the End or Benefit of the chaftifement ; but only the hurt, whichour folly bath made a fuitable means. And we may not leek CO remove this hurt till the ofell be procured, or on terms that may confift with the End of it. And this is not againfl the Will of God, that when the good is attained, the Affiidionbe removed. 2. And you mull dillinguifh between his Pleated, and Di- fpleafedWill: his complacency. and acceptance, andhis Difpla- cencyand Rejecting Will. Every ad of Gods Will mull be approved and loved as Good in God ; but it is not every one that we may Reit and Rejoyce in as Good to us, and as our felicity. We mull be grieved for Gods Difpleafure, and yet Love even that holy will that is difpleafed with us ; and we ma be fenfible of gods judgements, and yet Love the Will that doth inflict them. But it is only the Love of God and Pleafare of his will to pm, that can bo the Befl and felicity of our fouls. 3. Some ads of Gods Will are about theMemo, and have a tendency to a further end ; and fome are about the End it felt: His Commanding Willwe mull Love dnd obey : hisfor&idding Will 0 9 muff
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