SUPPORT FROM FORGIVENESS. 117 effects of it before mentioned, will produce a resolution of waiting on God for peace and consolation, in his own time and way : " He that believeth shall not make haste," Isaiah, 28 : 16, not make haste, to what 1 not even to the vivid enjoyment of the thing believed. Haste argues precipitation and impatience; this the soul that has this discovery is freed from. God, speaking of his accomplishment of his promises, says, "1 the Lord will hasten it," but he will do it " in its time." All oppositions and impediments considered, it shall be hastened, but in its time, its due time, its appointed time. And this the soul is to wait for; and so it will. As when Jacob had seen the beauty of Rachel, and loved her, he was contented to wait seven years for the enjoyment of her to be his wife, and thought no time long, no toil too hard, that he might obtain her; so the soul having discovered the beauty and excellency of forgiveness, as it is with God, as it is in his gracious heart, in his eternal purpose, in the blood of Christ, in the promise of the Gospel, is resolved to wait quietly and patiently for the time wherein God will clear up to it, its own personal interest therein. Even one experi- mental embrace of it, though at the hour of death, well deserves the waiting and obedience of the whole course of a man's life. And this the Psalmist manifests to have been the ef- fect produced in his heart and spirit ; for, upon this discovery of forgiveness in God, he resolves both to wait upon Him himself, and encourages others so to do. 3. This prepares the soul for receiving consolation and deliverance out of its pressures, by an evidence of a special interest in forgiveness. It makes men watch for this manifestation; it makes the soul like the merchant who bath great riches, all his wealth in a far country, which he wishes to bring home. If they come, he is well provided for; if they miscarry,
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