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dispose_n your_o person_n condition_n relation_n all_o your_o concern_v refer_v they_o to_o god_n this_o be_v both_o the_o christian_n duty_n and_o privilege_n he_o need_v not_o trouble_v himself_o with_o anxious_a thought_n about_o what_o be_v future_a but_o he_o may_v leave_v all_o with_o god_n and_o cast_v all_o his_o care_n upon_o god_n 5.7_o 1_o pet._n 5.7_o and_o rest_v there_o we_o must_v neither_o prescribe_v to_o god_n that_o be_v pride_n nor_o distrust_n god_n that_o be_v unbelief_n it_o be_v the_o former_a that_o i_o drive_v at_o o_o christian_n do_v not_o prescribe_v to_o god_n or_o impose_v upon_o god_n as_o to_o future_a mercy_n or_o your_o future_a condition_n but_o put_v yourselves_o into_o his_o hand_n and_o lie_v at_o his_o foot_n and_o let_v he_o do_v what_o he_o see_v best_o thus_o the_o child_n carry_v it_o to_o his_o father_n and_o we_o have_v a_o better_a father_n in_o heaven_n to_o leave_v our_o self_n and_o our_o all_o with_o we_o love_v to_o be_v direct_v providence_n as_o joseph_n will_v tell_v his_o father_n what_o he_o have_v to_o do_v gen._n 48.17_o 18._o or_o impose_v upon_o providence_n such_o and_o such_o thing_n we_o foresee_v or_o have_v they_o in_o our_o thought_n and_o then_o we_o be_v selfish_a and_o hasty_a and_o must_v order_v god_n both_o as_o to_o thing_n and_o time_n be_v it_o not_o much_o better_a to_o refer_v all_o to_o god_n he_o be_v a_o god_n of_o wisdom_n and_o a_o god_n of_o mercy_n and_o therefore_o we_o have_v the_o great_a engagement_n and_o encouragement_n too_o that_o be_v imaginable_a to_o sit_v still_o and_o to_o let_v god_n alone_o god_n know_v what_o be_v best_a such_o be_v his_o wisdom_n he_o will_v do_v nothing_o but_o what_o be_v for_o the_o best_a such_o be_v his_o mercy_n have_v we_o a_o friend_n upon_o earth_n of_o who_o we_o can_v have_v this_o assurance_n we_o shall_v refer_v all_o to_o he_o god_n be_v willing_a to_o take_v our_o affair_n into_o his_o 31.15_o his_o psal_n 31.15_o hand_n to_o engage_v all_o his_o wisdom_n and_o goodness_n in_o order_v of_o they_o for_o the_o best_a and_o yet_o we_o will_v not_o resign_v up_o ourselves_o to_o he_o it_o be_v a_o great_a speech_n of_o plato_n 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d god_n act_v in_o all_o thing_n like_o a_o geometrician_n he_o do_v all_o thing_n by_o measure_n exact_o he_o order_v all_o his_o providence_n concern_v every_o particular_a person_n in_o the_o world_n 55._o providentia_fw-la ita_fw-la curate_n omne_fw-la ut_fw-la unum_fw-la aliquid_fw-la ita_fw-la singula_fw-la ut_fw-la si_fw-la illud_fw-la curaret_fw-la unicum_fw-la aug._n adjice_fw-la ad_fw-la utilissimam_fw-la dulcissimae_fw-la providentiae_fw-la praesumptionem_fw-la de_fw-la singulis_fw-la sic_fw-la curare_fw-la deum_fw-la quasi_fw-la singuli_fw-la soli_fw-la essemus_fw-la in_o mundo_fw-la quemadmodum_fw-la adam_n in_o paradiso_n non_fw-la distrabitur_fw-la non_fw-la confunditur_fw-la multitudine_fw-la divina_fw-la procuratio_fw-la nieremb_v theopolitic_a 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etc._n 79._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d vid._n senec._n de_fw-fr tranq_fw-fr animi_fw-la stoic_n go_v in_o this_o to_o their_o suppose_a deity_n without_o the_o light_n of_o the_o gospel_n mere_o upon_o the_o improvement_n of_o rational_a principle_n and_o how_o short_a do_v we_o come_v in_o our_o act_n towards_o the_o true_a god_n under_o those_o high_a advantage_n that_o we_o enjoy_v and_o those_o high_a principle_n that_o we_o pretend_v to_o but_o let_v this_o suffice_v for_o the_o second_o branch_n 3._o in_o the_o three_o place_n self-dedication_n consist_v in_o the_o firmness_n and_o fixedness_n of_o resolution_n for_o god_n and_o his_o way_n this_o be_v next_o to_o be_v speak_v to_o the_o nature_n of_o it_o have_v be_v open_v already_o i_o be_o only_o now_o to_o stir_v you_o up_o to_o the_o practice_n of_o it_o if_o you_o will_v dedicate_v yourselves_o to_o god_n you_o must_v do_v these_o two_o thing_n you_o must_v resolve_v for_o he_o and_o you_o must_v be_v resolute_a for_o 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he_o begin_v it_o thus_o verse_n 1_o i_o will_v extol_v thou_o o_o lord_n etc._n etc._n and_o he_o will_v thus_o extol_v god_n not_o only_o by_o praise_n but_o in_o the_o course_n of_o his_o life_n this_o shall_v be_v his_o great_a design_n and_o business_n to_o be_v set_v for_o the_o glorify_v of_o god_n this_o be_v a_o great_a thing_n in_o our_o dedication_n he_o that_o true_o dedicate_v himself_o to_o god_n devote_v himself_o to_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n i_o can_v deny_v but_o that_o this_o be_v include_v in_o what_o have_v go_v before_o yet_o because_o it_o be_v not_o so_o plain_a and_o express_v there_o as_o i_o will_v have_v it_o it_o be_v a_o point_n of_o so_o great_a consequence_n and_o so_o inseparable_a from_o personal_a dedication_n therefore_o i_o will_v speak_v to_o it_o here_o distinct_o and_o by_o itself_o and_o i_o conceive_v there_o be_v not_o such_o a_o coincidence_n and_o coalition_n betwixt_o this_o and_o the_o forego_n head_n but_o that_o there_o be_v some_o 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