Sacra privata : the private meditations, devotions, and prayers of the Right Rev T Wilson ... . O- O Ots- MONDAY MEDITATIONS. RESIGNATION. -o. Nevertheless, not My will, but Thine bedone.—Luke xxii. 42. 0 God, who takest delight in helping the afflicted,help a soul too often distressed with an inward rebel-lion against Thy just appointments. Who am I, that I should make exceptions againstthe will of God, infinitely great, and wise, and good? 1 know not the things that are for my own most earnest desires, if granted, may prove my ruin. The things I complain of, and fear, may be theeffec
Sacra privata : the private meditations, devotions, and prayers of the Right Rev T Wilson ... . O- O Ots- MONDAY MEDITATIONS. RESIGNATION. -o. Nevertheless, not My will, but Thine bedone.—Luke xxii. 42. 0 God, who takest delight in helping the afflicted,help a soul too often distressed with an inward rebel-lion against Thy just appointments. Who am I, that I should make exceptions againstthe will of God, infinitely great, and wise, and good? 1 know not the things that are for my own most earnest desires, if granted, may prove my ruin. The things I complain of, and fear, may be theeffects of the greatest mercy. The disappointments I meet with may be abso-lutely necessary for my eternal welfare. I do therefore protest against the sin and mad-ness of desiring to have my will done, and not thewill of God. * Written while the author was prisoner in Castle-Ryshen, August5, 1722. O O- 228 SACRA PRIVATA. Grant, gracious Father, that I may never disputethe reasonableness of Thy will, but ever close vi^ithit, as the best that can happen. Prepare me alvi^ays for what Thy providence shallbrincr forth. Let me never murmur, be d
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