________ _. ____________________ ~~~~--~--------~ upon the Epifl/eof JAM 1 s. Y.Eil ·s:t~. - taimy of humane life. ~. Th~ childrei.') ofGod uf<i: them fr~(\uencJy; 1 Cor. 4· 19· ]jut !Will (Pmt unto JPU fhorrl], if the Lord Will: So I Cor. I6. 1· I mtJjl t11rry 11 while -withyot~, iftht Lord permit: So IJ.gm. I. 1o. .M.~~.kJ.ng :roqueft, if b) ~ny means I might ht~ve 11 prrlfperoru jq.urrt.oy .to come u,eo you: So Phi/. 2. l?. I truft ;, the Lord 'JefHJ to fend Timothy to you fhortly. Th~ chil– dren of God know th~t all their goings are ordered by the Lord, ther«fore rhey ()ft@Q . ufe thefe refcrntions of his Will and Powe:r. See alfoGen. 28. 20. and Heb. 6. 3· 3· The very Heathens by rh<! Hght of Nature were wont to ufe th~:fe forms with fome Rd.igion, and would feldom fpeak of any purpofe of theirs without tbrs hcly x "AMd. 'Tf'~~ P.i.remhefis. x Plato bringeth in A/cihi~Jdes asking Socr4tes ·how X~') 1..~y~v ; he fll<i)Uld fp.eak , h~ anfwereth, before every work.. tho~ mY-/1 cui refjo~t{4), if qorJ•wil/ : the Gre~ksYq-~ .s-~~ .by the leave or blejfing det Socrates, ofGod, was commonly ufed it:J the beginning of every undertaku;g. ht £d" .s-~~ ~ What was the praClice of the Oriental Nations, with the fiory in £9~"-~· Plato Benjir.l, you ma.y fee inGregories Obfervations on fome plffJgfs in Tim£o, of Scripture, C11p. 2®. And for the frory of the great T urk_s mur· Y See Brij[o11~ thering one of his Bafc/s for memioning aconfident purpofe wirh. 7-b de fo.,;utu, out any refervation of Gods plea(ure, you may fee it in Lori'i1HJ 1 ·'· P· 8 ) 6 9 ,and Stelmeron on this place. 4· When we ufe thefe forms, the heart muO: go along with the tongue: common fpeeches, where_in Gods z DifGite ha~ Name is ufecl, if the heart be not rever~nd, are butprofanations. here in cordt, .. fis.,. Auffins counfel, Do you lulrrJ to ht~~v~ in your he.i·rts wh{lt quod llab~t O';J– every_ rme h4th in hid tongue : the JPeeches are common, but the nu 4 h9 qmn dzn lm1- ;c · · .r..+.. • 1 11" • f:l! , uo vu t jigm'J.cat,o.n u u;eful. 5· ·r1s_not a ways nece:nary to e;xprefs Deus hoc 11 .. thefe forms: though there mufl: be always either .implicitely or ex- ~?;at : ip{a lir.– prellya fubmiffion to theWill ofGod, yet we cannot make it a fin gua popularis to omit fuch phrafes. The holy men of God -have often ('Urpofcd t~d l:;'lf"que, ~hings t~ come? and yet not formally expreffed fuch conditions ; as ~Jtar~. "~£;: m the chard Eptfile of 'lohn, verf.IO. Wherefore when I come, I will in Pfal. 3 z.. · remember hu deeds: and Rom. I 5• 24. Whenfoever I ta/ze m7 Cone, 1. jounzey to Sp4itJ, 1will come ttJ pu,&c. and in other places. --- All our undert~~tkj.ngs muft be referred to the Will of God; not 0/Jfervat. onelyfocred, but civil aClions : Our journeys mull: not be undertaken without asking his leave; as Jacob, Gen. 28. 20. & 24. IJ. 0 Lord Gudof Abraham thy ferv4nt, fend. megood fPced thu day : No wond~r, if this be negled:ed, that you meet with fo many crofs accidents; they do not come from your hard luck.., but your proTee 2 jane
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