43© Chap. 23. An Expofttion upon the Boo- &o, {J O h. Vert. 13. and faithfuleieffe toward his peculiar people. As the mind of God revealed in his word, fhouid be the ruleofeur atlions, fo the mind ofGod revealed by his workes, thould be the reft or cafe ofal1 our gaffonr. ThemindeofGod is thatby which we are to guide our felves in all wedoe, and to that we mutt yeeld inall we fuffer. Whilewe fee fome forely difcompofed in theirlpirits,yea vextbe- yond all reafon at the difpenfations ofGod, have we not reafon to believe, that they have never heard, or at leafs not well learnt and digefted this great truth, That gcd ïs inone mind. When the minde @f God-is done, l.:imfelfe is pleated, and fhould not what- foever pleafeth God, pleafe us alto, yea though it be in it toile, bitter and unpleafant to us? A gracious heart rafts fwee'tneffe in Gall and Wormewood, confidered under this notion, as it is thewill and minde ofGod he fhoulddrinke it, er feede upon ir. It was a ftrange power that David had over the peopleof /frail, or it thews that they had a very strong opinion ofhis 'uftice and integrity, when it is Paid ( z Jam. 3. 36 ) Whatfoever eke King eüd, pleafea ',/! the people. What was laid ofhim, wefhou'd fay in the higheft fence of God, whatfoeve, he doth fhould be pleafing to all his l cople. It was once the layingofa Court flatterer ; Placet mibi That xwbici' pleateth the King, pleafeth me. We cannot flatter quoit regi pia- God in laying to. it is but our duty to fay fo; we tin if we fay cet d:xtr nor, and fay not with our hearts, Wbatfoever pleafeth God, plea- Harputas, feth ru. He altsbelow both the dory a .d priviledge of a min, spud Herod: lb. a. who refotves_him.celfe into the will ofany man. how higgh focver, or though he be King- High, and he as above both the Rate and proportion of a man (though much below t' e duty of a Chrilian) Oho doth nor refolve himfelf into thewill of the swift high God, who is higher then the higheft of the Koig-. of the earth. He vainely fuppof th him/elf god-High, nh-, îubenits not to the will of the molt HighGod. Whatfoever Goddoth or will have done, man {hook{ fay, Even fo be it, at Godwill have it. But Come may fay, ifit be fo, then it Teems we may not endea- vour toextricate our felves from, or to get a removal/ of any of thole evills, troubles, or afflictions,which at any time preffe and grieve us. For anfwer to this temple, I fay. Firft, It is ourduty in every troublethat God,lay'ethuponus, to feede untoGod, and toufe all goodmanes for the takingof it offfrom us. But Secondly,
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