586 Chap. 29. An expofition upon the Rook of Jo B. Vert.za. tired with waiting. As fome are rath and hafty in giving counfel, fo othersare in as much haft to receive ir;if they may bedifpatcht prefenay or in a word or two, they will receive your Counfell ; but a long difcourfe, though no longer thenneeds, is troubíefome and tedious, they areweary and will not waite. As they who are weary ofdoing good, will not waite to doe more : fo they who areweary of hearing good,will not wait to hear more, though by neglecßing to hear ai), they loofe the fruit ofall that they have hcàrd. Yvi'dome kath hergates, and o ijdome loathher pofls,' and ' tuifd :nie faith ('Pro: 8. 34) Blefed is the man that keareth me, wat'Beingdaily at my gates, waiting at the polls ofmydoores. This wifdome is Chrift,revealing the myftery of his will in the Gofpel. Chrift pronounceth him bleffed that heareth him, yet not barely fo, but that waiteth at his gates to hear him. They that havea defire to hear, mutt have the patience towait, yea and towatch at the Gates ofwifdome. Ifcounfell come not prefently, we mutt Stay till itcomes, and 'tis worthwhile to fray till it cometh,thoug!i it be long incoming , nor is it enough for us to wait at wifdomes pófts for a day, we muft waite (as that text faith) dayly. He that thinks he bath heardor learned enough, bath as yet learned nothing howmuch foever he bath heard. We need dayly grace and dayly counfell as well as dayly bread ; and therefore we mutt dayly wait for both. As the habits ofGrace andknowledge muff beailed and exercifed continually : fo we muft ad and exercife our felves continually in all thole wayes,bywhich the habits of Grace and knowledgeare entreated. And they ( faith 70b) waitedandkeptfilence at my counfel. We may take this their filence two wayes: either, firft, they Jìluìt, tacxit, }xietuc, were all hufht and filent when I fpake ; or, fecondly, they were quiet and filent till I fpake. The word which we tranflate to keepe filence, is fometimes tranflated, as the former, to roaite. Thus'Da- vidprofeffeth the quietneffe ofhis heart either under the faddeft difpenfations of God, or amidlt the ftrongeft oppofitions ofhis enemies (Pfal. 62.1. ) Truly ttoyfoule waitetb upon God, from hire cometio myfalvation. As ifhehad Paid, Asmy afflu ion coma eth fromGod, fo alto dothmy falvation , or as my dangers are of men, fo my fafety is of God, and therefore let men doe what they tan, and let God doe what he, will, 1y featlewaitethupon god. We
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