Ver.5, 6. Waiting on God wherein it cones, 367 to their outward concerns. And although theyhave a due re- fpee$ unto the blef ling ofGod, yet they expe6t not to be rich without indultry in their waies. It is fo alto in thirgs jj5iritual. God bath appointed one thing to be the means of obtaining another ; in the ufe of them doth he Wets us, and from the ufe of them doth his Glory arife, becaufe they arc his own ap- pointments. And this diligence wholly refpeûeth pratrice, or the regular ufeof means. Aman is Paid to bediligent in byjnefi, to have a diligent band ; though it be an Affc6tion of the mind , yet it Limply refpe6ts Prat`Iice and Operation. This diligence in his waiting David expre(feth, Pfal. 40. i. 'n't 7117. We render it, I have waited patiently, that is,waiting I have waited, that is diligently, carnally in theufeof means. So he defcribes this duty by an elegant fimilitude, Pfal. z z3.2. Behold, as the eyes offervants look,unto the band of their Mailers; and as the eyes ofa Maiden to the band of her Miffrefs ; f i our eyes wait upon the Lord our God, nntil he have mercy on us. Servants that wait on their Mailers, and look,to their hands, it is toexp:.l an inti- mation of their minds, as to what they would have them do, that they may addrefs themfelves unto it. So, faith he, do we wait for mercy ; not in a flotbfull neglea of duties, but in a con- fiant readinefs to obi-aye the Will of God in all his commands. An intlance hereofwe have in theSpoufe, when the was in the condition here delcribed, Cant. 3, z, 2. She wanted the pre- fence of her Beloved, which amounts to the fame (fate which we have under confederation. For where the pretence ofChritt is not, there can be no fenfe offorgivenefs. At fir(t the leeks him uponher bed; by night upon my bed, 1 foulbt him whommy foul loveth, Ifought him, but Ifound him not. She Teems herein to have gone no further than delires ; for the was in her bed, where the could do no more ; and the itfue is, Ps found him not ; but doth the fo fatisfìe her fell, and lye (fill, waiting until he fhould come there unto her ? no, the Cayes, the will rife ncry and go about the City, in the )(fleets, and in the broad waies, I wiE fee_bim whom my foul loveth. She refolves to put her fell into the ufe ofall means, whereby one may be fought that is wanting. In the City, Streets, and Fields, the would enquire after him, And thebleffed fuccefs the had herein is reported, Aaa 3 raj. 4,
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