Vfe. V.s&.s.z. An tEKp-o/itioH, with Notes own punilhmenr,.efpeciaUy when they meet withdifappointment : • .Amnon ar1d Ahab were both ftck"' the one with luR,the other with 'C{)veroufnefs. · r. Learn then, that when the heart is too mach fee uponany tbing;cis the·ready way co .mi(s it: Rachels defires of children made ber the more barren ; The Fool talkedof bigger Barns, and that nig11t·his Soul was taken away. When youforget to fubjeCl: your defires to Gods Will, yoo tball underfiand the fDveraigmy of it -: When the heart is firoogly fet upon a tniMg, there is no refervation of God6 good pleafure. 'We fay, I ~1ill; and God faith, 1 \till nof': We will ha.v.e fmch a thing, IU1 ill g11 after my Lovers, as if we were pettygods; God will have his Will againfi your wills, I 'M'ilifence thy Way with thorns: there is an implidce and interpre– tative Contdl betweem ns andGod. Again,When defires mif!.tk:! in thtir objefi, theymifl (Jf their ena: Godcannot endure that the: fame affeCtion lhould be laviChed on outward things, which is onJy proper ro himfelfand his grace; Violence would become the K i14g– dom, .Mat. 1 I. u. When Amnon is as jickJor TaMar, as the Spoufe is for Chri!l:, ir begetteth a jealoufie; Affedions lhorild rife according to the worth of t:he objeCl : La/Jour notforth~ meat that perifoeth, bHt the me11.t Which mdur~thfor ev-er, ftJh.6. Your indu!l:rious de-fires would become a better objeCt; your firength lhould belayed out for everlafiingbread ; that's a labour without fin, and without dif11ppoincment. 2. Be not alw«ys troubled whenyou cannot have your will; you have cau{e to blefs God : ·ris amercy when carnal eldires are difappointed; fay as Dnvid, I S11m.15·1z.'Blef{edbe the LordGod of Ijra el,that fent th£-t to meet me thu da1· Your hearts havebeen fee on great efrate-s, and you thooght with the Fool in the Gofpel ofenlargingyour Barns,and exalting your nefi, and ofa fudden God came in and blafied all thefe carnal projects : Blefs God for fuch Providences; how fecure, or fenfual, or carnal wouldyour fpirit bave been elfe? ~rwas a mecrcy that the World wa~ c-t"ucified to P11ul, as well as 'Paul crucified tfJ'the U 1 or!d, qal.6.14. So when youbave been cmll~d in the purfuit of fome lufl: or unc1eannefs, you may afterward kneel down, and adore the wifdom and feafon– abl~nefs of fuch Providences. Po jfidoniu.r in the life of Aufline bathamemorable Hifl:ory ; he being to vifit aplac-e, with hisguide millook the way, ftll ~moa bypath, and fo efcaped the hands of fome
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