• VERS.6. An Exp.ofit:im, l»ith Notes can: 2 ](ing. 7· 2. If the Lord jbould open the windows. of He~~Jven, how C.Jn thu be? $o theVirgin Mary, Lu~ lo 34· How can the(e things be? and fo in many other infiances: Men deceive themfelves,when tney think they doubt, becaafe they know not the .. Non poj]'e Will of q"'d, their main hrefitancy is at his power; Look*' as, in pr.eter:ditur n!Jn thecafe ~fconver(ion, we pretend a cannot, when indeed wewill ~~ae ~~ cauflt not ; fo; oppofitely, in the cafe orFaith, we pretend we know not eJ·· enec. Gods will, when we indeeddoubtpfhis can: Therefore the main work of your faith is, to.give him the glory of his power, leaving *. Loco fupra his will to himfelf: * Chrifi pu~tet~ yoti, as he did the blinde men, citato, to the-quefrion, Am !_able ? Your Souls mufi anfwer, Yea, Lord: And in prayer youmufi come as the Leper, M.,mh. 8. z, Lord, if thou ·wilt, thou canft m.1.k.§ me clean : Whether he grant you, or - not, beleeve; that is, (ly in your thoughts, Lord, thou clllnft. ' 3· In thefecafes, his Power i1 not onely to be gtorified,but al(ohu Love. But you will fay,.in an uncertain cafe, How muD: we glorifie his Love? I anfwer, Two ways: Faith hath adouble work; L To compofe the Soul to a fubmiffion toGods pleafure, He is fo good, that you may refer your felf to his goodnefs: whether he grant or not, he is a wife God, and a loving Father, andwill do what is befi: So that you fee, in no caf~ we muft difrjute, but refer our {elves toG-9d, as the Leper was not tro1:1blect aoout C.od'J· will, but faid, Lord, thou canfl ; Caft your felves uponhuwill, but conjure him by his pow'"r : This is the true and genuine working of Faith ; When you dare leave your cafe with Gods love, let him do what feemeth good in his eyes, good he will do; as in Scripture, the children of God, in all temporal matters, clo refign themfelves to his difpofal, fqr they know his heart is fuN·oflo?Je, and that is befl: which their heavenly Father thinkethbefl:, and this taketh off the difquiet and perplexity of the fpirit; P/al~ 16. 3· Commit thy workf ·unto the Lord, and thy thoughts jbalt be eftablijhed : They \ U1 ait with ferenity, when they have committed their works to GodJ Vvill withfubmiffion. 1. To incline and rai(e the Soul into fome hope of the mercy prayed for: Hope is the fountain of ende– v ors, and we £hoold neither pray por wait uponGod, were it not that we may look_up to him, bocauje there iJ> hope , ,Lament. 3. 29. it NI~ :.x . 1 >. 'The* Hypocrites prejudice ~as, 'Tis in vain to{eek,. God: There Malac. 3· If are fome p11rticular promifes, youkcow, concerning ptefervation in times of peftilenog, opprejfion,fllmine, (j.-o. which though they · · - - - are
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