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And mark, Even this that was threatened to Ely, it was threatened for his sin, and yet he falls down and submits, and saith, It is the Lord, let Him do what seemeth Him good. Yea, and we find the Servants of God, when they apprehended God appearing against their sin, that Consideration did quiet them so much the more: In ⟨p. 89⟩Mich. 7. 9. I will bear the Indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against Him: (Because.) And that fore-named place concerning David, 2 Sam. 15. 26. where you have such a Wonderful Gracious and Humble Submission unto the Dispose of God; where he saith, If He hath no pleasure in me, let Him do what seemeth Him good. Why David was under almost as sore an Affliction as a man could be under, and it was for his sin too: Yea, it was for a great sin, it was for his sin of Uncleanness, and his sin of Murder, that he was fain to fly for his Life, even before his own Son. It was as sore and hard an Affliction, and there was as much of the sting of the guilt of sin in it, as any Affliction of any of the People of God, that ever we read of: And yet how humbly he submits, If he saith I have no delight in him, behold, here I am, let him do what seemeth him good.

And mark, Even this that was threatned to Ely, it was threatned for his sin, and yet he falls down and submits, and saith, It is the Lord, let Him do what seemeth Him good. Yea, and we find the Servants of God, when they apprehended God appearing against their sin, that Consideration did quiet them so much the more: In ⟨p. 89⟩Mich. 7. 9. I will bear the Indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against Him: (Because.) And that fore-named place concerning David, 2 Sam. 15. 26. where you have such a Wonderful Gracious and Humble Submission unto the Dispose of God; where he saith, If He hath no pleasure in me, let Him do what seemeth Him good. Why David was under almost as sore an Affliction as a man could be under, and it was for his sin too: Yea, it was for a great sin, it was for his sin of Uncleanness, and his sin of Murder, that he was sain to flie for his Life, even before his own Son. It was as sore and hard an Affliction, and there was as much of the sting of the guilt of sin in it, as any Affliction of any of the People of God, that ever we read of: And yet how humbly he submits, If he saith I have no delight in him, behold, here I am, let him do what seemeth him good.