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Be it that thy desire is to be delivered from such or such an affliction; consider this: Is it ⟨p. 204⟩meet Gods will should yield to thine, or thine to his? Then bring thy heart down, and be content that it should be so.

Be it that thy desire is to be delivered from such or such an affliction; consider this: Is it ⟨p. 204⟩meete Gods will should yeeld to thine, or thine to his? Then bring thy heart downe, and be content that it should be so.

Object. But you will say; it is hard to do this, to be willing to undergo such an affliction.

Object. But you will say; it is hard to doe this, to be willing to undergoe such an affliction.

Answ. Consider it is Gods will; and therefore if it were not best for thee, yet thou shouldest honour him so far, as to prefer his will before thine own: but it being his will, thou shalt be assured if thou art one that belongs to him, that it shall be best for thee. Christ was no loser when he yielded to his Fathers will, for God heard him in what he prayed for: as it is Heb. 5. though the Lords will passed on him, and he drank of the cup. So thou must yield to his will whatsoever it is, be content with what is done, and believe that thou shalt be no loser by it in the end, but thou shalt have what thou desirest, though not in that manner that thou wouldest have it to be done.