584 Chap. a} An gxpofition upcn the Book o oftheir impatience.and'loathnes to wait for God, when they hear that The busbane precious fruit of theearth, and loath long parie ceave the early and the latter rain (Jam, $, themmuch more out of all their impatienc things fromGod, when they hear that the the whorifhwoman, and bath long patier longing. Thirdly , Waiteing implyeth the Adu refolvedneffe to finne,bis eye waiteth; he, glance ofhis eye,or upon a vehement gu an unthought of hurryof wanton paffio' ly, and ( as it were ) in coole blood.He his feafon, he is ferious and ftudious abc Hence note. Awicked an fins with refalution. He that waiteth todoe any thing, I - )iution to doe it A Godly man fins, but he doth not waite to fin; or ifat any time he do fo, he at that time a&s the wicked mans part in the godly mans ftate, and fo upon a ftrong temptationGodly men have done. But ufuallyhe is a wicked man (as to his fiate) that unites for temptation. Afflictions waite every where for a godlyman (asPaul fpake ofhimfelfe,Act, 20.23.)and fo aJfo doe Temp, Cations. But the ungodly are every where waiting for tern ppt:ati- ons. They are not furprifed, or takenunawares, by a fin,but thoy are refolved to take their firft opportunity of finning. What a godly man faith( when he is in a right frame ) in reference to the wayes of holineffe (P jal. r o8. a.) OGod my heart isprepared or fixed ; Agodly mandoth not good upona fudden, or by chance ( as we fay ) but he lets himelfe to it, his heart is fixed or pre pared, and his face is fet heaven-ward, or for heavenly duties. So Daniel fpakeof himfelfe ( Dan. 9. 3. ) Iles myface unto the LordGod toPeek byprayer andfupplications, and as a godly man is in thewages of God, fo the wayes ofGod are in him. Thus `Davie! defcribes him (Pfal. 84. 5.) Blejj[ed is the man whole ffirengtb is in thee, inwhofe heart are the wait: of then, that is, the wayes which Godlymen walke in, and they are the wayes of God. Now as this is the true Bate ofgodiineffe when the heart is in Vert t 5.. of prayer rob for the saxtill he re- may fhame ,g for góod waiteth for receive his edneffe in and inby a fuddeñ ration,orupon fins deliberate- .r and watcheth kedneffe.
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