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Then fourthly, That this is a very Commendable §IVand Acceptable work, upon the first Manifestation of any Displeasure of God, presently to yield and submit without any more ado: Not after a great deal of riggling and stir, then to yield; but to yield presently▪ upon the first Manifestation against his Family, he presently falls down, and saith, It is the Lord, let Him do what seemeth Him good. These are the four Conclusions in the Text, and I shall desire to go through them all, and speak to mine own Heart and yours in them: It is the Second that is the chief and main, there we shall pitch most.

Then fourthly, That this is a very Commendable §IVand Acceptable work, upon the first Manifestation of any Displeasure of God, presently to yield and submit without any more adoe: Not after a great deal of riggling and stir, then to yield; but to yield presently▪ upon the first Manifestation against his Family, he presently falls down, and saith, It is the Lord, let Him do what seemeth Him good. These are the four Conclusions in the Text, and I shall desire to go through them all, and speak to mine own Heart and yours in them: It is the Second that is the chief and main, there we shall pitch most.

But briefly of the First:

That a gracious Heart in all Afflictions, looks up §Ito God: It is the Lord. Not this Cause, and the other Cause, or this Accident, or the other thing, that takes up his Thoughts so much, but God in it. The truth is, a Heart that is truly Gracious, loves to Converse with God in every thing. If it be a Mercy, presently the Heart gets through the Creatures, by which God bestows a Mercy, and looks up to the God of that Mercy: And so if it be Afflictions, the Heart that is Gracious, having