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council_n as_o they_o illustrate_v his_o glory_n as_o they_o promote_v our_o good_a etc._n etc._n they_o may_v be_v say_v to_o please_v he_o now_o that_o which_o please_v god_n shall_v not_o displease_v we_o it_o be_v say_v of_o david_n who_o be_v a_o wise_a and_o a_o gracious_a prince_n whatsoever_o the_o king_n do_v please_v all_o the_o people_n 2_o sam._n 3.36_o the_o lord_n our_o god_n infinite_o transcend_v david_n in_o wisdom_n and_o goodness_n and_o therefore_o whatsoever_o the_o lord_n do_v shall_v please_v all_o his_o people_n 7._o it_o be_v god_n that_o make_v you_o who_o have_v take_v away_o your_o estate_n from_o you_o and_o it_o be_v not_o meet_v that_o the_o creature_n shall_v quarrel_v murmur_n at_o or_o find_v fault_n with_o any_o thing_n that_o his_o maker_n do_v isa_n 45.9_o wo_n unto_o he_o that_o strive_v with_o his_o maker_n let_v the_o potsherd_v strive_v with_o the_o potsherd_n of_o the_o earth_n shall_v the_o clay_n say_v to_o he_o that_o fashion_v it_o what_o 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be_v a_o great_a man_n the_o angel_n that_o wrestle_v with_o he_o say_v of_o he_o as_o a_o prince_n have_v thou_o power_n with_o god_n and_o man_n and_o have_v prevail_v gen._n 32.28_o yet_o he_o look_v upon_o himself_o as_o unworthy_a of_o the_o least_o of_o all_o the_o mercy_n that_o ever_o god_n bestow_v upon_o he_o gen._n 32.10_o i_o be_o not_o worthy_a of_o the_o least_o of_o all_o the_o mercy_n and_o of_o all_o the_o truth_n which_o thou_o have_v show_v unto_o thy_o servant_n as_o the_o woman_n of_o samaria_n say_v to_o christ_n john_n 4.12_o be_v thou_o great_a than_o our_o father_n jacob_n so_o may_v i_o say_v unto_o you_o be_v you_o great_a and_o better_a than_o jacob_n if_o not_o than_o you_o must_v confess_v yourselves_o unworthy_a of_o the_o least_o of_o all_o god_n mercy_n as_o he_o do_v and_o if_o you_o be_v unworthy_a of_o the_o least_o of_o all_o god_n mercy_n than_o you_o have_v no_o cause_n to_o repine_v at_o your_o loss_n see_v god_n have_v take_v nothing_o from_o 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god_n and_o no_o where_o else_o 〈◊〉_d in_o god_n it_o be_v impossible_a that_o any_o man_n shall_v have_v â—…nd_a last_a contentment_n that_o do_v not_o take_v up_o his_o 〈◊〉_d in_o god_n and_o therefore_o whosoever_o will_v learn_v to_o be_v content_a in_o all_o estate_n must_v learn_v how_o to_o satisfy_v himself_o in_o and_o with_o the_o lord_n and_o that_o be_v the_o next_o thing_n i_o be_o to_o inquire_v into_o namely_o how_o we_o may_v come_v to_o take_v up_o our_o rest_n and_o satisfaction_n in_o god_n in_o all_o estate_n and_o condition_n 1._o we_o must_v get_v acquaintance_n with_o god_n we_o must_v acquaint_v ourselves_o with_o his_o greatness_n his_o transcendent_a goodness_n his_o infinite_a mercy_n and_o love_a kindness_n and_o the_o rest_n of_o his_o glorious_a attribute_n raise_v and_o right_a apprehension_n of_o god_n lay_v a_o good_a foundation_n for_o our_o take_n up_o our_o rest_n in_o god_n job_n 22.21_o acquaint_v thyself_o with_o he_o and_o be_v at_o peace_n and_o 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without_o reflect_v upon_o christ_n for_o he_o be_v in_o himself_o a_o consume_a fire_n but_o when_o we_o look_v upon_o god_n in_o and_o through_o jesus_n christ_n than_o we_o may_v see_v he_o to_o be_v a_o reconcile_a father_n 2_o cor._n 5.19_o and_o to_o be_v the_o father_n of_o mercy_n and_o the_o god_n of_o all_o comfort_n 2_o cor._n 1.3_o 3._o if_o we_o will_v take_v up_o our_o rest_n in_o god_n we_o must_v labour_v to_o get_v and_o to_o keep_v god_n presence_n with_o our_o soul_n when_o we_o enjoy_v god_n gracious_a and_o bless_a presence_n we_o find_v that_o in_o god_n that_o give_v we_o rest_n and_o satisfaction_n under_o our_o great_a trouble_n exod._n 33.14_o my_o presence_n shall_v go_v with_o thou_o and_o i_o will_v give_v thou_o rest_n moses_n have_v be_v bring_v up_o by_o the_o space_n of_o forty_o year_n in_o pharaoh_n court_n where_o he_o have_v fare_v delicious_o every_o day_n and_o he_o be_v now_o in_o a_o dry_a barren_a solitary_a wilderness_n which_o afford_v nothing_o that_o be_v good_a but_o be_v attend_v with_o many_o evil_n as_o serpent_n and_o scorpion_n etc._n etc._n what_o manner_n of_o place_n this_o wilderness_n be_v we_o may_v see_v jer._n 2.6_o deut._n 8.15_o here_o he_o be_v to_o continue_v and_o wander_v up_o and_o down_o by_o the_o space_n of_o forty_o year_n and_o that_o in_o the_o midst_n of_o a_o perverse_a and_o froward_a people_n that_o in_o all_o their_o strait_n do_v murmur_v against_o he_o for_o bring_v of_o they_o out_o of_o the_o land_n of_o egypt_n his_o trouble_n sometime_o be_v so_o great_a that_o we_o find_v he_o pray_v to_o god_n to_o kill_v he_o out_o of_o hand_n and_o to_o make_v a_o sudden_a dispatch_n of_o he_o that_o he_o may_v not_o see_v his_o wretchedness_n numb_a 11.15_o yet_o though_o the_o trouble_n he_o meet_v with_o in_o the_o wilderness_n be_v exceed_o great_a and_o many_o and_o of_o long_a continuance_n viz._n forty_o year_n his_o soul_n have_v rest_n in_o god_n by_o virtue_n of_o the_o divine_a 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