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When my mind runs goes to God as its refuge and Strong defence I think I can bear
any thing the loss of all, the loss of health of relations on whom I depend & whom
I love all that is dear to me without repining or murmuring. When I think
that God orders & disposes & manages all things according to the councel of his own Will
when I think of the extent of his Providence that it reaches to the minutest
things then tho' a useful friend or dear relative be snatched awau by death
I recall myslef & check my thoughts with these considerations. Is He not God
from everlasting and to everlasting? And has He not promised to be a
God to me? A God in all his Atributes a God in all his Persons a God in
all his Creatures & Providences? And shall I dare to say What shall I do?
Was not He the infinite cause of all I met with in the creatures? And
were not they the finite effects of his infinite love & kindness? I have daily
experienced that the instrument was & is what God makes it to be
And I know that this God hath the hearts of all men in his hand
and the Earth is the Lord's & the fulness thereof. If this Earth be good for
me I shall have it for my Father hath it all in possession. If
favor in the eyes of men be good for me, I shall have it for the
spring of every motion in the heart of man is in God's hand.
xxxxxx God is all-wise & every thing is done my Him for the best
xxxxxx When I consider the excellency of his glorious Atributes
I am satisfied with all his dealings.

We must not choose for ourselves and it is well we
must not for we wou'd often make a very bad choise And therefore
it is our wisdom as well as our duty to leave all with a gracious
God who hath promised that all things shall work together for good to
those that love Him and He is faithful that hath promised
who will infalliably perform it if our unbelief does not stand
in the way.