of Faith,. 217 God's People which yet did never come to pats, yea, and which themfelves did not be- lieve fhould abfolutely come topats,- and have yet laid that Account with them, and refol- ved on their Duty, in cafe fuck a Thing fhould be ; as if the Mountains were call in the mid/l of the Sea. Pfal. xlvi. 1. yob`. xiii. i 5. rho' the Lordfhouldkill me, .I will trufl in hint : Tho' j ten thoufand fhould encampagain ,ii me, 'yet would I not fear. P ál. iii. Whether yob did well to.entertain f _ch Thoughts or nor, I Mall not difpute ; but I any .fur` yob did weil to tefolve on truRing it God on Inch a' Suppolition much lefs can I ":)ta,mÑ the Rcfointion founded' oròfuch a St ppoiition. I think.. `fab iikcwife fhould have done well, if he had laid,. rho the Lord fhouldkillre', yen ?La/ ¡hearelyfubmit to the Will of Go : As David f ; id. 'I'- the Lord bring me back, well it 'is; but cif hé fay, he hat-h no Pleafur e in me, let him do as feemeth him good. z Sam. xv. z5, 26. I think neither David's Suppoíition, nor his Refiiutio 7 founded there- on, can be blamed; and this Conrentednefs, with the Will of God, may eafìly be conceiv-, ed to confiff with God's Call and Offer in the Gofpcl : For. the Lord, in the Offer of the Gofpel, doth not exprefs that it is his Pur- pofe to .give me Chrifl, or to fave me Iti which Cafe, the entertaining the Thoughts çf God's Purpofe of .damning me, .would be pppó xte to, and clafh with it; Rut the Lord, r volun- .
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