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SECT. XVIII.
VPon this gracious compla∣cency will follow an abso∣lute self-resignation, or giving up our selves to the hands of that good God, whose we are, & who is ours; and an humble conten∣tednesse with his good pleasure in all things; looking upon God with the same face, whether he smile upon us in his favours, or chastise us with his loving corre∣ctions; If he speak good unto us; Behold the servant of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word; If evill, It is the Lord, let him doe whatsoever he will: Here is there∣fore a cheerfull acquiescence in God; and an hearty reliance, and casting our selves upon the mer∣cy of so bountifull a God; who having given us his Son, can in and with him deny us nothing.