(2.) A Submission for the Way; that we may submit to those unpleasing Means, and Circumstances of his Providence, that God will take up, and make use of, for the glorifying of his holy Name. Many times we must be content, not only to be active Instruments, but passive Objects of God's Glory: And therefore i• God will glorify himself by our Poverty, or our Disgrace, our Pain and Sickness, we must be content. Therefore we need to deal with God seriously about this Matter, that we may submit to the Lord's Will, as Jesus Christ did, John 12. 27, 28. Save me from this Hour; but for this cause came I unto this Hour: Father, glorify thy Name. And there was a Voice from Heaven, that said, I have glorified it, and will glorify it again. Put me to Shame, Suffering, to endure the Cross, the Curse, so thou mayest be glorified. This was the humble Submission of Christ Jesus, and such a Submission should be in us. The Martyrs were ••ntented to b• bound to the Stake, if that way God will use them to his glory. Phil. 1. 20. saith Paul, So Christ shall be magnified in my Body, whether it be by Life, or by Death: If my Body be taken to Heaven in glory, or whether it be exercised or worn out with Ministerial Labour. We need to deal with God, that we may have the End, and leave the Means to his own choosing; that God may be glorified in our Condition, whatever it be. If he will have us rich and full, that he might be glorified in our Bounty; if he will have us poor and low, that he may be glorified in our Patience; if •e will have us healthy, that he may be glorified ⟨p. 153⟩in our Labour; if he will have us sick, that he may be glorified in our Pain; if he will have us live, that he may be glorified in our Lives; if he will have us die, that he may be glorified in our Deaths: And therefore, Whether we live or die, we are the Lord's. Rom. 14. 9. A Christian is to be like a Dye in the hand of Providence, content whether he be cast high or low; and not to grudge at it, whether he will continue us longer, or take us out of the World. As a Servant employed beyond the Seas, if his Master will have him tarry, there he tarries; if he would have him come home, home he comes. So that we had need to deal seriously with God about this submissive Spirit.
(2.) A Submission for the Way; that we may submit to those unpleasing Means, and Circumstances of his Providence, that God will take up, and make use of, for the glorifying of his holy Name. Many times we must be content, not only to be active Instruments, but passive Objects of God's Glory: And therefore i• God will glorify himself by our Poverty, or our Disgrace, our Pain and Sickness, we must be content. Therefore we need to deal with God seriously about this Matter, that we may submit to the Lord's Will, as Jesus Christ did, Iohn 12. 27, 28. Save me from this Hour; but for this cause came I unto this Hour: Father, glorify thy Name. And there was a Voice from Heaven, that said, I have glorified it, and will glorify it again. Put me to Shame, Suffering, to endure the Cross, the Curse, so thou mayest be glori•ied. This was the humble Submission of Christ Jesus, and such a Submission should be in us. The Martyrs were ••ntented to b• bound to the Stake, if that way God will use them to his glory. Phil. 1. 20. saith Paul, So Christ shall be magnified in my Body, whether it be by Life, or by Death: If my Body be taken to Heaven in glory, or whether it be exercised or worn out with Ministerial Labour. We need to deal with God, that we may have the End, and leave the Means to his own chusing; that God may be glorified in our Condition, whatever it be. If he will have us rich and full, that he might be glorified in our Bounty; if he will have us poor and low, that he may be glorified in our Patience; if •e will have us healthy, that he may be glorified ⟨p. 153⟩in our Labour; if he will have us sick, that he may be glorified in our Pain; if he will have us live, that he may be glorified in our Lives; if he will have us die, that he may be glorified in our Deaths: And therefore, Whether we live or die, we are the Lord's. Rom. 14. 9. A Christian is to be like a Dye in the hand of Providence, content whether he be cast high or low; and not to grudg at it, whether he will continue us longer, or take us out of the World. As a Servant employed beyond the Seas, if his Master will have him tarry, there he tarries; if he would have him come home, home he comes. So that we had need to deal seriously with God about this submissive Spirit.
