Madam--All dutiful obedience in the Lord remembered. I have heard of your Ladyship's infirmity and sickness with grief; yet I trust ye have learned to say, "It is the Lord, let Him do whatsoever seemeth good in His eyes." It is now many years since the apostate angels made a question, whether their will or the will of their Creator should be done; and since that time, froward mankind hath always in that same suit of law compared to plead with them against God, in daily repining against His Will. But the Lord being both party and judge, hath obtained a decreet, and saith, "My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure (Isa xlvi 10). It is then best for us, in the obedience of faith, and in an holy submission, to give that to God which the law of His almighty and just will have of us. Therefore Madam, your Lord willeth you, in all states of life, to say, "Thy will be done in earth, as it is in Heaven;" and herein shall ye have comfort, that He, who seeth perfectly through all your evils, and knoweth the frame and constitution of your nature, and what is most healthful for your soul, holdeth every cup of affliction to your head, with His own gracious hand. Never believe that your tender-hearted Saviour, who knoweth the strength of your stomache, will mix that cup with one drachm weight of poison. Drink then, with the patience of the Saint's, and the God of patience, bless your physic. [From the Letters of Samuel Rutherford]
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