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2. If you ask those things of God, which though they are not sinful in their own nature; yet if thy asking of these lawful things be to an unlawful end, God will deny these in mercy; and when he gives them it is in wrath. As if thou desirest temporal mercies to abuse them to drunkenness, or to live in any other sin and wickedness; if God give thee those mercies, tis as a testimony of his wrath to thee. So it was in the 78. Psalm v. 18. They tempted God in their hearts, ¹and asked meat for their lust. There was the end of their desires. They desired a lawful thing for unlawful ends; But what followed? The wrath of God: For while the meat was in their mouths, the wrath of God came upon them, vers. 30, 31.²

2. If you ask those things of God, which though they are not sinful in their own nature; yet if thy asking of these lawful things be to an unlawful end, God will deny these in mercy; and when he gives them it is in wrath. As if thou desirest temporal mercies to abuse them to drunkenesse, or to live in any other sin and wickednesse; if God give thee those mercies, tis as a testimony of his wrath to thee. So it was in the 78. Psalm v. 18. They tempted God in their hearts, ¹and asked meat for their lust. There was the end of their desires. They desired a lawful thing for unlawful ends; But what followed? The wrath of God: For while the meat was in their mouthes, the wrath of God came upon them, vers. 30, 31.²

1. 1Psal. 78. 18.
2. 2V. 30, 31. 3.