Chap. zo. An Expof:tion upon the Book of Jo B. Veri. it. 58$ three ; youmay read, patience, obfervance, expedation, written uponevery member ofhim. He that waiteth, mutt have patience to flay the time and leyfure, yea perhaps thepleafure ofothers ; and he that.doth fo, gives them much refpe& and obfervance, and'tis rare that any doe fo but upon Come hope or expeelation of advantage to themfelves. Nowife man will waite for nothing, nor will he wait about trifles ; what we waite for we account to be ofworth,at leaff it is fo in their account that waite for it. When 76b faith, To me mengave ear, andwaited, It fhould feeme all men deemed his anfwers and r efolves as Oracles, or that they reforted to him as to an Oracle. They waited at my ccesnfell. They did not thinke it long nor Joffe oftime, though I tarried focnewhat long, before I gave them my counfell; if they had it not at the firíl call or hour, they would flay my leyfure. The Pfalmifl defcribes the Ifraelitesv,ry forward, even upon the fpurt to give God glory for the mercy they had received in their delive. raneeat the Red Sea (Pfal. 106.1z. ) Then beleeved they his word,, theyfang his Araife : yet it followes immediately ( v.t 3. ) They f oneforgate his works, they waited not for his counfell. Which negleet oftheirs may be urnderflood two wayes. Firfl, that they waited not for hisopen ordeclared counfell, to dire& themwhat to doe, but without asking his advife would needs venture and run on upon their own heads, to doe what feemed good in their own eyes. Secondly, that they waited not for the accomplifh- ment ofhis hidden and fecret counfell concerning them ; they would not tarry Gods time for thebringing forthand bringing about his counfels. Not to waite upon God either way is very finfäll. Not to waite for his counfell to diret`i us what to doe, and not towaite for his doing or fulfilling ofhis own counfel. argues at once a proud and an impatient fpirit ; in the one men do even flight the wifdome ofGod, and in the other vainely prefume and attempt to preventhis providence. And therefore ?ob notes this bothas anhonour to himfelfe, andas a duty in them that he had to doewith, they fiaid, they waitedat my counfel. Againe, When he faith, they waited, lob feemes to imply, that althoughhe waslong in giving them counfel, yet he wasnot tedi- ous to them : though he fpake, much, they waited, and were not Ffff tired
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