112 FORGIVENESS OF SIN. -lotion, I will not make haste, nor limit God; but I will lie at his feet until his own appointed time of mercy shall come. Expectation and quietness make up wait- ing. These the soul attains to, with this support ; it looks upwards, as a servant that looks to the hands of his master, still fixed on God, to see what he will do, to hear what he will speak concerning himi; missing no season, no opportunity, wherein any discovery of the will of God may be made to him. And this he does in quietness, without repining or murmuring, turning all his complaints against himself and his own vileness, that hash cut him short from a participation of the fulness of love and grace in God. That this ef- fect also attends this faith, will fully appear in the close of the psalm. 3. It supports our waiting in the use of all means for the attainment of a sense of forgiveness, and so bath its effects in the whole course ofour obedience : " There is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared." To fear the Lord is an expression comprehensive of his whole worship, and all our duty. To this I am en- couraged, saith the Psalmist, in my depths, because there is forgiveness with thee. I will abide in all du- ties, in all the ways of thy worship, wherein thou may- est be found. And however it be for a while, the latter end of that soul, who thus abideth with God, will be peace. Let us then, next, see by what MEANS the discovery of forgiveness yields this support. 1. It begets confidence in God; and consequently some love to him. The soul apprehends God as one infinitely to be desired, and delighted in. It cannot but consider him as good and gracious, however doubtful as to its own state. " God is good to Israel, to such as are of a clean heart ; as for me, my feet were almost
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