The Soul's Conflict with Itself

3. The way patiently to suffer Gods will, is to inure our selves first to do it. ¹Passive obedience springs from active. He that endures any thing, will endure it quietly, when he knows it is the will of God, and considers that what ever befalls him, comes from his good pleasure. Those that have not inured themselves to the yoke of obedience, will never endure the yoke of suffering, they fume and rage as a wild Bull in a net, as the Prophet speaks. It is worth the considering, to see two men of equal ⟨p. 283⟩parts under the same cross, how quietly and calmly the one that establish eth his soul on Christ, will bear his afflictions, whereas the other rageth as a fool, and is more beaten.

3. The way patiently to suffer Gods will, is to inure our selves first to doe it. ¹Passive obedience springs from active. He that endures any thing, will endure it quietly, when hee knowes it is the will of God, and considers that what ever befalls him, comes from his good pleasure. Those that have not inured themselves to the yoke of obedience, will never endure the yoke of suffering, they fume and rage as a wilde Bull in a net, as the Prophet speakes. It is worth the confidering, to see two men of equall ⟨p. 283⟩parts under the same crosse, how quietly and calmely the one that establish eth his soule on Christ, will beare his afflictions, wheréas the other rageth as a foole, and is more beaten.

1. 13.

Nothing should displease us, that pleaseth God; neither should any thing be pleasing to us, that displeaseth him. This conformity is the ground of come fort. Our own will takes away God,