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glory_n do_v not_o only_o desire_v to_o suffer_v but_o desire_v it_o earnest_o and_o passionate_o luke_n 12.50_o i_o have_v a_o baptism_n to_o be_v baptise_a with_o and_o how_o be_o i_o straighten_a till_o it_o be_v accomplish_v his_o heart_n be_v bend_v bend_v to_o glorify_v his_o father_n he_o be_v therefore_o angry_a with_o peter_n for_o diswade_v matt._n 16.22_o 23._o he_o spak_v with_o a_o holy_a passionateness_n and_o indignation_n jo._n 18.11_o the_o cup_n that_o my_o father_n put_v into_o my_o hand_n shall_v i_o not_o drink_v it_o and_o this_o be_v record_v for_o our_o imitation_n act_v 21.13_o what_o mean_v you_o to_o weep_v and_o break_v my_o heart_n i_o be_o ready_a etc._n etc._n be_v paul_n spirit_n the_o name_n and_o glory_n of_o the_o lord_n jesus_n be_v concern_v in_o my_o suffering_n and_o i_o will_v suffer_v his_o will._n we_o shall_v endeavour_v not_o only_o to_o be_v content_a but_o desirous_a of_o suffer_v when_o it_o be_v for_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n 6._o last_o this_o be_v christ_n last_n and_o final_a resolve_v he_o be_v at_o first_o reluctant_fw-la but_o now_o he_o fix_v and_o change_v not_o till_o death_n ah_o many_o of_o we_o may_v say_v now_o and_o then_o father_n glorify_v thy_o name_n but_o our_o spirit_n alter_v our_o goodness_n be_v as_o a_o morning_n cloud_n early_a dew_n that_o soon_o vanish_v hos_fw-la 13.3_o o_o but_o a_o resign_v soul_n make_v it_o his_o abide_n resolve_v 3._o the_o next_o general_n be_v to_o allege_v some_o ground_n on_o which_o this_o resignation_n be_v build_v and_o reason_n for_o it_o 1._o we_o can_v prescribe_v how_o god_n shall_v be_v glorify_v therefore_o it_o be_v fit_a we_o be_v resign_v how_o have_v man_n befool_v themselves_o and_o dishonour_v god_n in_o the_o case_n of_o worship_n they_o will_v invent_v and_o prescribe_v form_n and_o mode_n when_o they_o have_v no_o ground_n to_o believe_v he_o will_v accept_v they_o nothing_o please_v god_n but_o his_o own_o will._n even_o in_o the_o case_n in_o hand_n we_o must_v not_o dispose_v of_o ourselves_o and_o suffer_v how_o and_o when_o and_o where_o and_o by_o who_o we_o please_v for_o this_o will_v rather_o dishonour_v than_o credit_v the_o cause_n of_o god_n because_o it_o whole_o depend_v upon_o his_o pleasure_n he_o have_v lay_v the_o whole_a platform_n and_o contrivance_n thereof_o in_o his_o own_o counsel_n and_o purpose_n and_o therein_o all_o the_o several_a spirit_n of_o the_o mystery_n answer_n and_o add_v beauty_n to_o each_o other_o now_o any_o thing_n of_o our_o will_n will_v deform_v the_o rest_n and_o take_v off_o from_o that_o divine_a symmatry_n and_o concord_n which_o render_v all_o become_v the_o wisdom_n holiness_n power_n and_o sovereign_a grace_n of_o god_n and_o why_o do_v we_o not_o as_o well_o teach_v he_o how_o he_o shall_v govern_v the_o world_n as_o how_o he_o shall_v dispose_v of_o we_o will_v it_o be_v for_o god_n honour_n if_o we_o shall_v direct_v when_o it_o shall_v rain_v and_o when_o shine_v when_o 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it_o continue_v and_o if_o it_o be_v dissolve_v that_o will_v be_v the_o design_n see_v how_o magnificent_o the_o prophet_n speak_v of_o god_n isa_n 40.15_o 16_o 17._o and_o shall_v nothing_o shall_v we_o stand_v between_o he_o and_o his_o glory_n methinks_v we_o shall_v tremble_v at_o our_o unwillingness_n to_o suffer_v according_a to_o his_o will_n consider_v how_o it_o eclipse_n his_o glory_n joshua_n be_v more_o solicitous_a for_o god_n name_n than_o his_o own_o life_n or_o all_o the_o camp_n of_o israel_n jos_n 7.9_o 3._o because_o christ_n have_v show_v we_o the_o way_n in_o this_o most_o difficult_a case_n learn_v of_o i_o say_v he_o for_o i_o be_o meek_a and_o lowly_a matt._n 11.29_o wherein_o do_v he_o express_v his_o meekness_n see_v isa_n 5.3_o 7._o he_o neither_o refuse_v nor_o murmur_v complain_v nor_o resist_v he_o behave_v himself_o most_o submisly_a and_o obedient_o now_o learn_v of_o he_o lay_v down_o passion_n and_o tumult_n in_o a_o suffer_a day_n and_o lie_v at_o the_o foot_n of_o your_o father_n what_o do_v the_o lord_n submit_v and_o may_v the_o servant_n rebel_n nay_o the_o disciple_n be_v not_o above_o his_o master_n nor_o the_o servant_n as_o his_o lord_n etc._n etc._n matt._n 10.24_o it_o be_v enough_o to_o be_v like_o he_o eliah_n be_v content_a to_o die_v if_o god_n please_v why_o i_o be_o not_o better_o than_o my_o father_n 1_o king_n 19.4_o do_v the_o example_n of_o the_o patriarck_n move_v he_o behold_v a_o great_a than_o the_o patriarch_n be_v here_o 4._o because_o god_n have_v have_v his_o will_n and_o glorify_v his_o name_n hitherto_o so_o he_o say_v immediate_o after_o our_o text._n and_o must_v providence_n be_v put_v out_o of_o its_o course_n for_o we_o do_v not_o god_n glorify_v himself_o upon_o and_o by_o all_o our_o predecessor_n
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from_o two_o mountain_n of_o brass_n denote_v the_o irreversible_a counsel_n of_o god_n go_v to_o then_o vain_a man_n if_o thou_o will_v not_o bear_v war_n or_o famine_n etc._n etc._n stop_v the_o chariot_n stay_v their_o career_n if_o thou_o can_v or_o lead_v they_o out_o of_o their_o way_n but_o know_v thou_o must_v first_o remove_v the_o mountain_n of_o brass_n and_o change_v god_n eternal_a unalterable_a counsel_n pray_v be_v it_o not_o better_a to_o submit_v willing_o then_o struggle_v in_o vain_a take_v heed_n lest_o the_o more_o thou_o strive_v thou_o be_v the_o more_o entangle_v isa_n 51.20_o never_o be_v any_o thing_n get_v by_o resistance_n of_o the_o will_n of_o god_n save_v blow_n 2._o to_o ourselves_o and_o this_o be_v as_o absurd_a as_o the_o other_o be_v vain_a and_o atheistical_a have_v we_o pray_v all_o our_o day_n that_o the_o will_n of_o god_n be_v do_v if_o we_o have_v not_o we_o be_v stranger_n to_o prayer_n matt._n 6.10_o if_o we_o have_v then_o by_o refuse_v to_o submit_v to_o the_o will_n of_o god_n in_o suffer_v time_n we_o contradict_v ourselves_o now_o what_o a_o absurdity_n be_v it_o to_o desire_n god_n to_o do_v his_o will_n and_o refuse_v to_o submit_v when_o he_o bring_v his_o good_a pleasure_n upon_o we_o be_v this_o fair_a deal_n do_v it_o become_v reasonable_a creature_n or_o christian_n may_v we_o say_v and_o unsay_v desire_v and_o deny_v the_o same_o thing_n obj._n but_o we_o do_v not_o think_v of_o suffer_v when_o we_o put_v up_o that_o petition_n ans_fw-fr and_o do_v we_o pray_v we_o know_v not_o or_o regard_v not_o what_o be_v this_o to_o pray_v in_o faith_n be_v it_o a_o affront_n to_o god_n to_o vent_v a_o prayer_n to_o he_o without_o consider_v the_o sense_n or_o meaning_n of_o it_o obj._n we_o be_v of_o that_o mind_n then_o but_o fear_v of_o suffer_v have_v alter_v our_o judgement_n ans_fw-fr and_o must_v god_n change_v his_o will_n as_o oft_o as_o we_o vary_v we_o this_o be_v to_o make_v he_o more_o changeable_a than_o ourselves_o for_o whereas_o we_o only_o alter_v our_o mind_n as_o we_o think_v fit_a we_o will_v have_v god_n change_v as_o we_o please_v and_o so_o make_v our_o will_n the_o rule_n of_o his._n beside_o what_o we_o pray_v diliberate_o we_o ought_v to_o resolve_v for_o ever_o or_o else_o our_o pray_v be_v lightness_n to_o which_o let_v i_o add_v that_o when_o christ_n give_v that_o directory_n of_o prayer_n he_o leave_v it_o as_o a_o stand_a rule_n never_o to_o be_v vary_a 6._o because_o god_n be_v our_o father_n therefore_o we_o must_v acquiess_v in_o his_o pleasure_n this_o be_v our_o lord_n argument_n couch_v in_o the_o text._n father_n glorify_v thy_o name_n q._n d._n i_o submit_v to_o my_o father_n will_n job_n 17.11_o the_o cup_n that_o my_o father_n give_v i_o shall_v i_o not_o drink_v it_o be_v it_o become_v our_o relation_n to_o withstand_v our_o father_n will_n and_o glory_n will_v you_o take_v iâ—_n well_o if_o your_o child_n shall_v rebel_v and_o refuse_v your_o correction_n and_o how_o do_v you_o think_v your_o heavenly_a father_n will_v take_v your_o resistance_n against_o he_o poor_a worm_n that_o we_o be_v there_o be_v no_o proportion_n between_o their_o disobedience_n to_o we_o and_o we_o to_o god_n when_o saul_n though_o a_o king_n rebel_v against_o the_o command_n of_o god_n it_o be_v compare_v to_o the_o sin_n of_o witchcraft_n 1_o sam._n â—5_n 23_o see_v how_o strict_a the_o law_n be_v in_o this_o case_n upon_o rebellious_a child_n deut._n 21.18_o 19_o 20_o 21._o what_o then_o shall_v our_o father_n do_v to_o we_o when_o we_o refuse_v his_o correction_n to_o enforce_v this_o argument_n consider_v we_o must_v submit_v to_o our_o father_n will._n for_o 1._o he_o give_v we_o our_o be_v life_n and_o all_o we_o have_v and_o shall_v he_o not_o dispose_v they_o may_v he_o not_o do_v what_o he_o will_v with_o his_o own_o matt._n 20_o 15._o can_v we_o or_o any_o thing_n we_o enjoy_v be_v better_o improve_v then_o for_o our_o father_n glory_n of_o he_o and_o from_o he_o and_o to_o he_o be_v all_o thing_n to_o he_o be_v glory_n etc._n etc._n rom._n 11.36_o 2._o our_o father_n be_v our_o superior_a it_o be_v fit_a therefore_o we_o be_v resign_v to_o his_o will_n exod._n 20_o 12._o honour_n thy_o father_n and_o thy_o mother_n how_o much_o more_o our_o heavenly_a father_n heb._n 12_o 9_o see_v david_n spirit_n in_o the_o case_n psal_n 131.12_o q._n d._n i_o will_v keep_v within_o my_o own_o sphere_n i_o will_v not_o stretch_v beyond_o my_o line_n in_o prescribe_v to_o god_n but_o submit_v to_o his_o will_n as_o a_o wean_a child_n take_v from_o its_o dear_a breast_n intimate_v he_o will_v weaâ—_n himself_o from_o what_o ever_o god_n dispose_v from_o he_o how_o patient_o do_v isaac_n permit_v himself_o to_o be_v bind_v and_o sacrifice_v by_o abraham_n gen._n 22.9_o and_o yet_o he_o be_v of_o age_n and_o strength_n sufficient_a to_o have_v struggle_v for_o his_o life_n be_v twenty_o five_o year_n old_a but_o that_o holy_a young_a man_n 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as_o if_o no_o bushel_n be_v a_o bushel_n but_o 〈◊〉_d standard_n so_o to_o fall_v down_o at_o this_o and_o stand_v up_o against_o all_o other_o whereas_o it_o be_v 〈◊〉_d diffuse_v in_o sense_n and_o so_o contract_v in_o word_n that_o the_o text_n may_v very_o well_o admiâ—_n comment_n in_o conformity_n to_o its_o sense_n and_o we_o need_v a_o more_o comprehensive_a mind_n then_o the_o vulgar_a have_v to_o fill_v those_o word_n with_o 4._o when_o all_o be_v do_v there_o be_v nothing_o do_v but_o all_o to_o do_v till_o we_o implore_v the_o good_a spirit_n of_o god_n which_o he_o give_v the_o jew_n here_o nehem._n 9.20_o and_o he_o bid_v they_o work_v for_o his_o spirit_n be_v with_o they_o hag._n 2.4_o and_o shall_v remain_v among_o they_o when_o they_o build_v the_o temple_n luke_n 24.49_o christ_n bad_a his_o disciple_n tarry_v at_o jerusalem_n till_o they_o be_v endue_v with_o power_n from_o on_o high_a there_o be_v no_o preach_v or_o pray_v without_o this_o spirit_n of_o grace_n and_o supplication_n zech._n 12.10_o it_o be_v impossible_a the_o organ_n of_o our_o body_n or_o faculty_n of_o our_o soul_n shall_v praise_n god_n aright_o unless_o this_o spirit_n of_o god_n fill_v they_o and_o blow_v they_o up_o he_o must_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d philip._n 1.19_o tune_v the_o praise_n and_o form_v the_o prayer_n in_o we_o he_o must_v 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d james_n 5.16_o inlay_v it_o and_o work_v it_o both_o in_o and_o out_o and_o he_o be_v the_o master_n of_o the_o choice_n to_o hold_v and_o keep_v we_o in_o frame_n as_o well_o as_o set_v we_o in_o and_o enable_v we_o to_o drive_v all_o our_o petition_n home_n and_o through_o to_o a_o fervent_a amen_o deus_fw-la solus_fw-la docere_fw-la potest_fw-la ut_fw-la velis_fw-la se_fw-la orari_fw-la as_o tertul._n say_v none_o but_o god_n can_v teach_v we_o how_o to_o pray_v tâ—_n god_n that_o spirit_n of_o adoption_n that_o enable_v we_o to_o say_v abba_n father_n can_v only_o teaâ—â—_n we_o how_o to_o pronounce_v amen_o amen_n finis_fw-la