treatife o fC'onfaence. 1 1 17 vedofit : and thus doing thou i1talt find it to thy great com- fort at Taft Blefed are all they that wait for him ; that is, fai.30;18, when the Lord will be merciful'. He will do it with judge- ment ; he will do it when it may do thee the molt good, when it may bring him (elfmolt glorie : therefore it is fit thou fhouldfl wait for his time of comforting. Now bccaufc many do mii- conflure this waiting Gods leifure, (As for example, one is dead to all good duties, O, faith he, ,7 wait the Lords leifure till he quicken me : My heart is muchhardned, faith another ; but I wait the Lords leifure till he be pleated to foften it. Thus men are lazie in the mean while; and yet they think they wait the Lords leifure. O beloved, this is not the waiting the Lord meaneth ; this will not fray confeience ; confeience is guiltie forall this waiting) therefore J befeech you confider what waiting J mean. i . Wait upon the Lord, and keep his way; thou dolt not wait elre, unlef:fe thou keep praying, and ftriving, and meditating, and enquiring, and watching thine own heart left it fhould flip afide, 2. Thou mutt wait as a fervant waiteth upon his mailer : If his mailer calleth he cometh ; if he fendeth, he goeth ifhe beckeneth, he taketh notice : So thou muff wait. Ac fervantc wait upon their Pfalrz3 !wafters, fo our eyes wait upon the Lords tillhe have mercieupon 2' acs.. Be obedient in the mean time : go when he fendeth ; come when he calleth ; obferve when he beckeneth ; be diligent to be doing his pleafure. 3. Thou muff wait orrery upon God, not upon thy lufts too, and upon other things too ; but thou mull wait onely upon God : My foul, wait thou only upon Cod, faith David, Prat. 62. S. If thou wait uron any thing elfe, this is not to wait upon God. One waiteth a time tobe re- venged ; another waiteth a time to fatisfe this or that lull : this is not to wait upon God at all. q.. Take heed of healing thy feff, and comforting thy felt, or daubing up thy confeience thy felf : Ifthou doll fo, thoudoll not wait uponGod to do it : Ifthou doff it thy Pelf, and fnatchefl at comfort thy fell before he do give it, then thou doff not wait till he give it. Suppofe I a manbath done thee an iaj,ury ; the Lord he cvil1 rightthee if i
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