Divine Conduct, or The Mystery of Providence

But now, all are tied up to the ordinary standing rule of the written Word, and must not expect any such extraordinary revelations from God. The way we now have to know the Will of God concerning us in difficult cases, is to search and study the Scriptures, and where we find no particular rule to guide us in this or that particular case, there we are to apply general rules, and govern our selves according to the Analogy and proportion they bear towards each other.

But now, all are tyed up to the ordinary standing rule of the written Word, and must not expect any such extraordinary revelations from God. The way we now have to know the Will of God concerning us in difficult cases, is to search and study the Scriptures, and where we find no particular rule to guide us in this or that particular case, there we are to apply general rules, and govern our selves according to the Analogy and proportion they bear towards each other.

But now it often falls out, that in such doubtful §2cases we are entangled in our own thoughts, and put to a loss what course to take. We pray with David. that God would make his way plain before us, Psal. 5. 8. Afraid we are of displeasing God, and yet doubtful we may do so; whether we resolve this way, or that. And this comes to pass not only through the difficulty of the case, but from our own ignorance and inadvertency; and very frequently from those Providences that lye before us, wherein God seems to hint his mind to us, this way or that, and whether we may safely guide our selves by those intimations of Providence, is doubtful to us.