The sound believer, or, A treatise of evangelical conversion discovering the work of Christs…The sound beleever, or, A treatise of evangelicall conversion discovering the work of Christs…

1. Suppose thou art not only miserable, but sinful, and the Lord (thou sayest) takes it not away, yet remember that to quarrel with God for withdrawing his hand, is a sin also, Lam. 3.39. and wilt thou add sin to sin?

1. Suppose thou art not onely miserable, but sinfull, and the Lord (thou sayst) takes it not away, yet remember that to quarrell with God for withdrawing his hand, is a sin also, Lam. 3.39. and wilt thou adde sinne to sinne?

2. Why art thou quiet and still when the Lord denies thee any common mercy? Is it not because the Lord will have it so? Now look as we say of him that hates sin as sin, that he hates all sin; so he that is meekened with Gods good pleasure in any one thing, because of his good pleasure in it, upon the same ground will at least desire to stoop in every thing. Suppose therefore it be the Lords good pleasure to deny thee mercy, ⟨p. 148⟩I grant you must pray for it, yet with submission to the good will of the Lord, saying, The Lords will is good, but mine is evil; otherwise, thou hast no meekness in any thing, that art not meekly subject to his will in every thing.

2. Why art thou quiet and still when the Lord denyes thee any common mercy? Is it not because the Lord will have it so? Now look as we say of him that hates sin as sin, that he hates all sinne; so he that is meekned with Gods good pleasure in any one thing, because of his good pleasure in it, upon the same ground will at least desire to stoop in every thing. Suppose therefore it be the Lords good pleasure to deny thee mercy, ⟨p. 148⟩I grant you must pray for it, yet with submission to the good will of the Lord, saying, The Lords will is good, but mine is evill; otherwise, thou hast no meeknesse in any thing, that art not meekly subject to his will in every thing.