Al 376 rORGIVENESS OF SIN. 3. There is expectation in true waiting on God, which is in direct opposition to all the actings of unbelief, and is the very life and soul of the duty under consideration. So the Psalmist declares, "My soul, wait thou only up- on.God ; for my expectation is from him." Psalm 62 : 5. The soul will not, cannot in a due manner wait on God, unless it has expeetation from him ; unless, as James speaks, he looks to receive some good from him. chap. : 7. The soul in this condition regards forgiveness not only as by itself desired, but principally as it is by God promised. This is expressed in the fourth proposi- tion before laid down, namely, That sin-distressed souls wait for God with earnestness, intentness of mind and expectation. As this appears from the redoubling of the Psalmist's expression, "I wait ; my sou] doth wait ;" it also does principally from the nature of the compariL son that he makes of himself with them that watch for the morning. Those that watch for the morning not only desire it and prepare for it, but they expect it, and know assuredly that it will come. Though darkness may, for a time, be troublesome, and continue longer than they would desire, yet they know that the morn- ing has its appointed time of return, beyond which it will not tarry ; therefore they look out for its ap- pearance.. Sait is with the soul. "In the morning," says David, " will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up." Psalm 5 : 3. The Psalmist seems here to declare the general frame of his spirit in walking with God. " I will," saith he, "order all things towards God," so as that I may wait upon him in the ways of his appoint.; ment, "and will look up." The last expression seems
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