all unrtghteoufnefe and un &odline. I 47 If He will have him to be poore, in difgrace, or in a I SE RMJ I. lower place and condition,the wil fhould be fubject, .. for we muff remember God is the Creator, wee are Creatures and muff bee fubjeá to the Will of the Creator; but our Will wil not ftoop to God's Will: As Adam would bee in another condition than God bath placed him in ; fo wee exalt our felves above meafure, we are not content to be difpofed of; to be carried from condition to condition, to have our af_ faires ordered as Godpleafes, we will have plots and projeas of our owne, wee will fhape out our owne Condition, elfe we murmure and are difcontent,and that is the pride ofthe will. Thirdly, confider the Incon/lancie of the will, the 3. The incon vveaknefle of it in good things, and its peremptori_ ftancie of neffe in evill;in good things our refolutions are weak and inconftant,and as bubbles come tonothing ; but in evil things we are ftiffe and peremptory, and will doe what we lift. our tongues are our owne, wee will ale them, Who is Lord over us ? This is the nature of ncai° men, they fweareand breake the Sabbath, they doe it, and will doe it, though they fay it not in words, yet God lookes on ir,and fees it ;many purpofes they have,they will change their courfes ; but what come they to f It is but by accident, when the wind is in that corner,wnen the weather -cock Rands that way, fo that there is no conftancie in our wils. Againe,marke the Difobedience of our will,and that 4. The Difo is not a fn;al'l thing; that is the great and proper fault bedicnce of it of the tylitthit it is difobedient to God, that is,when Godeotimiands a thing, and fayes, this I will have done{ for the willto bç difobedient to 'negligent of
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