o Jcr. 4 14 . , An.Expo(itior~, withNDtN .cannot put away,and are not patient,butJlupidand carelefs: There • are other remedies in Chrifiianiry, ,then querx:hing our forrowsln . the wine qf pleafures. _Ag~in; it ~iffere.t-h from mor;al patieJJce, which is nothing but an yteldjng to necefficy~ and is rifnaHy accom– panied with 0 vain th~ughts, and~arnal workings offpirit: When God layech qn CrQff~s, me:n pleafe.themfelves with fup}i'dt'itions of · worldly profit, and how their prefent Cotldition mayconduce to fe– , cul~r advancement; . as ·when God taketh· away wifeor children, ~nen do not t_hink of fubmiffion to th.e hand of God, but the capa– city of augmenting their worldly efiate,&c. In lhort, Cht:ifiian pa– tience fuppofeth a fenfe of evil, and then in the formality of it, •cis ttfubmUJion of the 'Whole Soul to theWi!l .of God: \'Vherein ob– Juve, l. The N~ture, •tis ~{ub!fJiffion oftheWhole Soul. The judg– mm~ fub[(:r;ibeth, Good is the .Word of theJ~ord, &c, Ijai. 39·9· Though ·it wereJ:0 him a. terrible Word, y.et the 'fubrniffion of a fancrif1 ::d judgment can call it good. Then the Will acccpteth,Lev• • 2-{j. 4r. If they foal/ ~ccept the punifbment; that is, take it kindly from God .that •cis no worfe. Then the ajfe[}jom are rdl:rained, , and q_nger ~nd farrow brought under the Commands ;of,rhe Word. Thc.n the tongue js_b~idled,!efl: difcontent plalh,over; Aar:on h-eld liis pe~tce, Lc v.Ic•3· z. Confiderche Grounds and properConfidera– tions upon which all thi~ is'carried on;ufually there·is fuchaprogrefs -.as this in the fpiritual difcourfe. .1. The Soul feeth God in it, Pfo. 39·9· I \v.u du,mb, ~nd op,~nf.d 11r1t my mquth, bec;atife_t,hau didft it-. 2. It .f~eth Oo:d . ~cting . with SoV.eraignty;;Jab9. I z. None canfaJ unto him, what,dpftJho,u ?..And elCew~here.,1 f!egiveth no account of his m.m ers. 3. Lefl: this lhould make the heau fl:orm,. it feeth S~werq.fgnty modif:ied and !J)itigated in the. difp·enfation of it wi~h teveral AttribUtes. With {uftice, ~eut~27.26. when ev~ry corfe W.?S pr~moun~ed, _they ~~re. ~o, fay Amin'tha:t.if it.comUbtpafs; A– mrn ·s b~~ tl ;.rig.b.K<i!IJS ,clifpenfiniono :· witiJ Me:rpj{ 1Efra_ ~· 1•3· Thou haJ1 ptjnifhd·f# lefs thet! _'We deforved:. -::Tbey WtlreM)Jtiffd, .they mrght hav~ been defl-roy_.ed; tney were in Bttb!Jlon, tliey might . )1ave bl~n in Hell.. With Faithfu!nefs; they.lo_ok _upon afflrftio~s .as federal _dif;p~nfaciQns, .a-s :;tpp~ndag<ls.af rhe;Cqv.eriane ofGr:r~ej; ,P/af! ~ i.§).:J h ' it is ·good for: pu that I havJ 1/ee.n (fffiitlc-rJ:,' that V might k.;ep thy Statutes: When Ehay,are;thrtihed,Htis ~~ut tb·1~fe .htir ih)k aqq husk; Gods .Faithfulnefs w0uld ::.not fuffat t:herN to ·wanr fuch a:{weet help. With Wi[dbt», Ifiti.3o:n8: 'Gqd is aGod - ' 0~ ; •; tJ ) I, 'J
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