Ver. 5, 6. Verfe s, and 6. Opened. 6 3 Obi. z. 7lefirJf proper fruit offaiths difcovery of forgivenef in God unto a fin diffreffed foul, it waiting in patience and Ex- fellation. Obf. z. 7heproperObjeF of a fin diffreffed fouls waiting and expelling, is Godbimfelf as reconciled inChriJf ; I have waited for Jehovah. Obf. 3. the Wordof promife is the fouls greatfupportment ut waiting for God; in thy Word do I hope. Obi: 4. Sin diffre[Jéd Souls wait for God with earneff inten- tion of mind, dilige :ce, and expeltation ; from the redoubling of the Expreffion. Obi s. Continuance in writing until! God appears to the foul, it necrffary and prevailing; NecciTary as that without which we cannot attain aflittance ;.and prevailing as that wherein we thall never fail. Obi.. 6. EJfablifhment in waiting where there is no prefent fenfe of forgivenef3, yet gives the foul much ferret Reff andCom- fort ; This Obfervation arifeth from the influence that thefe Verfes have unto thofe that follow. The Pfalmilf having at- tained thus far, can now look about him, and begin to deal with others, and exhort them to an Expeaation of Grace and mercy. And thus though the foul be not abfolutely in the haven of Confolation where it would be, yet it hath call out an Anchor that gives it Efablifhment, andSecurity. Though it be yet lofted, yet it is fecured from Shipwrack, and is rather tick than in danger : A waiting Condition is a conditionof Safety. Hence it is that he now turns himfelf to others and upon the Experience of the difcovery that he had made of forgive- nefs in God, and the Ettablithment and confolation he found in waiting on him, he calls upon, andincourageth others to the fame duty, v. 7, 8. The Propofitions laid down, I (hall briefly pals through ; trill with refped unto the State and Conditionof the Soul, re- prefented in the Pfalm. Many things that might jutlly be in- fitted on in the improvement of thefe Truths, have been anti- cipated in our former General Rules. To themwe mutt there- fore fometimes have recourfe; becaufe they mutt not be aga4n A a a repeated
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