The saints daily exercise A treatise concerning the whole duty of prayer. Delivered in…The saints daily exercise A treatise concerning the whole dutie of prayer. Delivered in…

Last of all, consider this, when thou seekest to ¹the Lord, to have any thing done, it is possible, that it may cross some other passage of his providence; and in this case thou shouldest be content to be denied.

Last of all, consider this, when thou seekest to ¹the Lord, to haue any thing done, it is possible, that it may crosse some other passage of his providence; and in this case thou shouldest be content to bee denied.

1. 13. Ans.

But, you will say, why may not both be accommodated?¹

But, you will say, why may not both bee accommodated?¹

1. 1Object.Obiect.

I answer, so they shall, though thou se• not ¹how; it is not with God, as it is with man: if a man do a good turn to one, if two become petitioners, he must needs do an ill turn to another, but God composeth all for the best. As for example, David desired much to build a Temple, the Lord had another end, he had resolved in his providence, to make Solomon the builder of it; indeed this was much better for David: for what more had David gotten, if he had done it? the Lord gave him as full a reward, as if he had done it: for he tells him, that for that purpose of building him a house, he would build him a house: so David hath his end, to the full, though Solomon built the Temple. So for Israel, the Lord kept the Canaanites among them, but it was for their profit: there are some passages of Gods providence, that if we knew, we would yield to this, that it were better, that it should be so, then otherwise,