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Quest. V. When perhaps Unaccountable Trials do overtake us, do we cheerfully ⟨p. 51⟩submit unto the Will of the Sovereign God appearing in the Tryals• Our Gods will have his own Sovereignty stooped unto: when we are in Afflictions, 'tis that we may own that Sovereignty. When Affliction lays us in the Dust, then do we lay our selves there, and say, We are as Dust, as Clay before the Potter? That God who may do what he will with his own? One said, I was dumb, I opened not my mouth, because thou didst it. Is this enough to stop our mouths in every affliction, It' is the doing of God, that God who does all things well, though we don't know what He does, nor why He does it? Our Lord used that Prayer, Not my will, but thy will be done! A Pattern for us. And He taught that Prayer; Let thy Will be done in Earth, as it is in Heaven. Do we say Amen unto it! Whenever any Affliction presses hard upon us, do we say with our selves, This is the will of God that it should be so; and that will is infinitely wise, and just, & good, and uncontrollable, and there's infinite reasons that I should never contradict that withal! Well, what think we? do we thinks our vile will should give Law to the […] Will of God, that Will tha• is it self th•• ⟨p. 52⟩Supreme Law of all, the only measure of Right and Wrong. They said, Act. 21. 14. The will of the Lord be done! He says I Sam 3 19. It is the Lord, let him do what seemeth him good So, whatever comes on us, do we think thus with our selves; It is the Lord that will have it so, all is well that He will? If it be thus, now I know that thou fearest God.

Quest. V. When perhaps Unaccountable Tryals do overtake us, do we cheerfully ⟨p. 51⟩submit unto the Will of the Soveraign God appearing in the Tryals• Our Gods will have his own Soveraignty stooped unto: when we are in Afflictions, 'tis that we may own that Soveraignty. When Affliction layes us in the Dust, then do we lay our selves there, and say, We are as Dust, as Clay before the Potter? That God who may do what he will with his own? One said, I was dumb, I opened not my mouth, because thou didst it. Is this enough to stop our mouths in every affliction, It' is the doing of God, that God who does all things well, though we don't know what He does, nor why He does it? Our Lord used that Prayer, Not my will, but thy will be done! A Pattern for us. And He taught that Prayer; Let thy Will be done in Earth, as it is in Heaven. Do we say Amen unto it! Whenever any Affliction presses hard upon us, do we say with our selves, This is the will of God that it should be so; and that will is infinitely wise, and just, & good, and uncontroulable, and there's infinite reasons that I should never contradict that withal! Well, what think we? do we thinks our vile will should give Law to the Will of God, that Will tha is it self th