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A sermon concerning obedience & resignation to the will of God in every thing.…
A sermon concerning obedience & resignation to the will of God in every thing. Occasioned by the death of that pious gentlewoman, Mrs. Mariah Mather, late consort of Increase Mather, D.D. Who entered into her everlasting rest, on the Lords Day, April.4. 1714. : [Seven lines of Scripture texts]A sermon concerning obedience & resignation to the will of God in every thing. Occasion'd by the death of that pious gentlewoman, Mrs. Mariah Mather, late consort of Increase Mather, D.D. Who entered into her everlasting rest, on the Lords Day, April.4. 1714. : [Seven lines of Scripture texts]
Boston: printed by T. Green, 1714
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How often did the Children of Israel Murmur in the Wilderness, expressing great Dissatisfaction with the Providential Will of God? Sinful Creatures are not ⟨p. 34⟩quiet under the Will of God, but struggle against it; and thereby bring themselves into greater Perplexities: Isa. 51.20. As a wild Bull in a Net, they are full of the fury of the Lord, the rebuke of God. The Bull in the Net, by struggling does but entangle himself the more. And so it is with men which strive against the Will & Providence of God. And if Persons who pretend to be the Children of God, shall thus Rebel against him, they sometimes Provoke him to leave a signal Mark of his Displeasure on them. I could tell you of a Person of Quality, a Lady who made a Profession of Religion: She had a Son who was her Idol; whom she Doted on. The Lovely Youth fell Dangerously Sick with the Small Pox. The Mother desired some Godly Ministers to spend some time in Prayer for the Child's Life; which they did. One of the Ministers in Prayer, saying, If it is the Wilt of God to take the Child from her, may she humbly Submit thereunto. Her unruly Passion was such, as that she ⟨p. 35⟩interrupted him in his Prayer, and said, If He will Take him away; Nay, He shall then Tear him away whether I will or no. What was the Event? The Child Died: Some time after, the Mother being with Child, the time for her Delivery came, but Delivered she could not be: The Child was Violently Torn from her; so she Died. This was the fruit of Rebellion against the Will and Providence of God.
How often did the Children of Israel Murmur in the Wilderness, expressing great Dissatisfaction with the Providential Will of God? Sinful Creatures are not ⟨p. 34⟩quiet under the Will of God, but struggle against it; and thereby bring themselves into greater Perplexities: Isa. 51.20. As a wild Bull in a Net, they are full of the fury of the Lord, the rebuke of God. The Bull in the Net, by strugling does but entangle himself the more. And so it is with men which strive against the Will & Providence of God. And if Persons who pretend to be the Children of God, shall thus Rebel against him, they sometimes Provoke him to leave a signal Mark of his Displeasure on them. I could tell you of a Person of Quality, a Lady who made a Profession of Religion: She had a Son who was her Idol; whom she Doted on. The Lovely Youth fell Dangerously Sick with the Small Pox. The Mother desired some Godly Ministers to spend some time in Prayer for the Child's Life; which they did. One of the Ministers in Prayer, saying, If it is the Wilt of God to take the Child from her, may she humbly Submit thereunto. Her unruly Passion was such, as that she