Essex Remembrancer Psalm 131:2-3 Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child.… I. WHAT IS IMPLIED IN THIS REPRESENTATION OF SUBMISSION TO GOD. 1. That we labour to be satisfied with what God appoints. 2. That we can do without what God does not appoint. 3. That we have higher comforts than those which God sees fit to deny. II. THE CONSIDERATIONS WHICH ARE ADAPTED TO CHERISH SUCH A SUBMISSION. 1. All the events of Providence are a discipline for promoting the welfare of good men. 2. Jesus Christ submitted to the will of God. 3. The demand of submission in its present form is only temporary. Submission is the character and blessedness of heaven; but there are no evils to be submitted to there. III. THE ADVANTAGES WHICH RESULT FROM THIS SUBMISSION. 1. It creates a just and a religious independence of men. 2. The submission which has been represented inspires with hope in God. 3. This submission quickens our desires for heaven. (Essex Remembrancer.) Parallel Verses KJV: Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child. |
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