An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…

Fourthly, If God be mighty in strength of wisdom, then, when we want wisdom, and know not what to do, or how to suffer, let us go to God; if we want wisdom to manage a prosperous estate, or to bear an afflicted estate, let us go to God. The Apostle gives this direction (James 1.5.) If any man lack wisdom, (he speaks of a man in a troublous condition, in a time of temptation) let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not. God hath wisdom enough for us, and can make us wise enough; apply to him, and you may be supplied for all occasions.

Fourthly, If God be mighty in strength of wisdome, then, when we want wisdome, and know not what to do, or how to suffer, let us go to God; if we want wisdome to mannage a prosperous estate, or to bear an afflicted estate, let us go to God. The Apostle gives this direction (James 1.5.) If any man lack wisdome, (he speaks of a man in a troublous condition, in a time of temptation) let him ask of God, who giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not. God hath wisdome enough for us, and can make us wise enough; apply to him, and you may be supplyed for all occasions.

Fifthly, If God be mighty in strength of wisdom, then confidently cast your care on him, put your all into his hand, (Psal. 37.5.) Commit thy way to the Lord, trust also in him, and he shall bring ⟨p. 181⟩it to pass. (Prov. 16.3.) Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established; that is, thy thoughts about thy works, and usually our thoughts are more unsettled than our works. When we have left a matter in the hand of a wise man, how confident are we, and how composed are our thoughts, as to the well-issuing of it! how much more may we be confident, and composed, when we have believingly left our matters in the hand of the only Wise God!