A discourse concerning meekness and quietness of spirit to which is added, A sermon…

(2.) When the methods of Providence are dark and intricate, and we are quite at a loss what God is about to do with us, his way is in the Sea and his Path in the great Waters, and his footsteps are not known, clouds and darkness are round about ⟨p. 13⟩him, a meek and quite Spirit acquiesceth in an assurance that all things shall work together for good to us, if we love God, though we cannot apprehend how or which way. It teacheth us to follow God with an implicit Faith, as Abraham did when he went out not knowing whither he went, but knowing very well whom he followed, Heb. 11. 8. and quieteth us with this, that tho' what he doth, we know not n•w, yet we shall know hereafter, John 13. 7. When poor Job was brought to that dismal plunge that he could no way trace the footsteps of the Divine Providence; but was almost lost in that Labyrinth, Job. 23 8, 9. how quietly doth he sit down, v. 10. with this thought, But he knows the way that I take, when he hath tried me I shall come forth as Gold.

(2.) When the methods of Providence are dark and intricate, and we are quite at a loss what God is about to do with us, his way is in the Sea and his Path in the great Waters, and his footsteeps are not known, clouds and darkness are round about ⟨p. 13⟩him, a meek and quite Spirit aquiesceth in an assurance that all things shall work together for good to us, if we love God, though we cannot apprehend how or which way. It teacheth us to follow God with an implicit Faith, as Abraham did when he went out not knowing whither he went, but knowing very well whom he followed, Heb. 11. 8. and quieteth us with this, that tho' what he doth, we know not n•w, yet we shall know hereafter, Iohn 13. 7. When poor Iob was brought to that dismal plunge that he could no way trace the footsteps of the Divine Providence; but was almost lost in that Labyrinth,