1. Preceptive; to be done by us.
2. Providential; to be done upon us. [The Minister carried the words in the last sense, the will of God be done upon us:] Hence 'twas observed, Gods children must not only do, but submit to their Heavenly Father's ⟨image 170⟩providential will: They must not only do his will, the will of his precepts, but they must submit to his will, the will of his providence. Let God do what he will, they must lay down their head upon the block, and with patience and resignation, say, Thy will be done. There are but two grand instances, wherein Saints ought to show this submission.
First, When God deprives them of spiritual privileges and enjoyments, they must submit now, they must not murmur then, and that upon these considerations.
1. Suppose a deprivation of public Ordinances, yet the holy Scriptures are left.
2. The holy Spirit too, that shall bring home the Scriptures to the Conscience.
3. There are old experiences of former love to live upon.
4. Yet none can detain or debar us from making secret addresses unto God.
5. 'Tis a most noble thing, it becomes a Christian exceedingly, to live upon pulse, yet thrive.
6. By the want of such public Ordinances, God thinks fit to convince his people of their folly, in sinning away the Gospel.
Secondly, When the Lord makes a breach upon our temporal comforts and estates, now for submission, and that upon these accounts.
1. Come what will come, yet no strange thing doth, or can happen to us; no temptation but what is common to man.
2. With what comely submission have those old Believers behaved themselves to the will of God, Elijah, Job, Samuel, Daniel, and the Captain of our Salvation, our blessed Saviour, Not my will, but thy will be done.
3. There's a glorious day coming, when God will un-riddle all his dark providences, and show you, that there is love in the bowels of them.
4. God hath made a breach upon some of thy comforts, how many Comforts hath he yet left thee?
5. Thou art now deprived of thy comfort; thou hast enjoyed it twenty years, thou hast reason to be thankful it was continued so long, and not to murmur that it is taken away now.
6. Thou hast some goods, the best of goods; there's no plundering a man of his grace, no putting him out of Gods favour.
7. God doth thee a kindness in this; were it good for thee, it should be continued to thee:
1. Preceptive; to be done by us.
2. Providential; to be done upon us. [The Minister carried the words in the last sense, the will of God be done upon us:] Hence 'twas observed, Gods children must not onely do, but submit to their Heavenly Father's ⟨image 170⟩providential will: They must not onely do his will, the will of his precepts, but they must submit to his will, the will of his providence. Let God do what he will, they must lay down their head upon the block, and with patience and resignation, say, Thy will be done. There are but two grand instances, wherein Saints ought to shew this submission.
First, When God deprives them of spiritual priviledges and enjoyments, they must submit now, they must not murmur then, and that upon these considerations.
1. Suppose a deprivation of publick Ordinances, yet the holy Scriptures are left.
2. The holy Spirit too, that shall bring home the Scriptures to the Conscience.
3. There are old experiences of former love to live upon.
4. Yet none can detain or debar us from making secret addresses unto God.
5. 'Tis a most noble thing, it becomes a Christian exceedingly, to live upon pulse, yet thrive.
6. By the want of such publick Ordinances, God thinks fit to convince his people of their folly, in sinning away the Gospel.
Secondly, When the Lord makes a breach upon our temporal comforts and estates, now for submission, and that upon these accounts.
1. Come what will come, yet no strange thing doth, or can happen to us; no temptation but what is common to man.
2. With what comely submission have those old Believers behaved themselves to the will of God, Elijah, Job, Samuel, Daniel, and the Captain of our Salvation, our blessed Savior, Not my will, but thy will be done.
3. There's a glorious day coming, when God will un-riddle all his dark providences, and shew you, that there is love in the bowels of them.
4. God hath made a breach upon some of thy comforts, how many Comforts hath he yet left thee?
5. Thou art now deprived of thy comfort; thou hast enjoyed it twenty years, thou hast reason to be thankful it was continued so long, and not to murmur that it is taken away now.
6. Thou hast some goods, the best of goods; there's no plundering a man of his grace, no putting him out of Gods favor.
7. God doth thee a kindness in this; were it good for thee, it should be continued to thee:
