I i'l't~n:op~n. not hp,~;,,. f'I<TI,a•fom~ wouldh.auc: i:. ~1§j-'tfiX';,I, n:, \ Chap.6. the Epi~le to the qalatians. 399 (fan:leth knocktog to belet in, ApocJ. J. zo. A fandtoone butweerunnefor helpe,eitherto nay hcecalleth vnto vs flaodtng without,O. the wttch of Endor, as Saul dtd, z. Samuel l P~" ~nto m~ r»J[iffer;mJ /or1~, "'! dou~,mJ vn~~~ :8. or tothewizzardofPethor, as Balaclzd!d, (il-d.for"'l bMJ iJf sffofdew,a•dmJ lock.<~ wuh Numb.n. orto the forcerer and figure-fltn· thedrgppuof the 11ight, Canr, 5,z.Wot:vntotbee geeof Ba6el, as N e611chadne<:.~erd1d, Ezcch. I Jemfa/em,'."#zlt thtm ne11~r be made c/ea»e! when .z t . .z I, or if aU thefc faile,(as commonly they / »iffi:one< bd lere,IJ.•7· More particularly, doe) we either breakc outJotoopcn blafphe- \ Gods waiting and expcchn(J tsfctdowncm my,astheKmgof .lfrae/dtd,z.Ktng.6.JJ. I Scripture by fundry deorees. Fir(!, he waiBeho!deth:u•>hcommeth of the Lord, [bou/4 1 tcthallthed4J /ong,ECayG5,t. l hauej/r.tched attrnd onthe Lord•"J longer? or in the depth oNt mJ hand allthe d4J long, to adifohedient and of difconteot,wee play thedefperateparr of gain[aJingpeople, Seco\ldly, forty dayes toge· Ra"'"· &lay VIolenthands vpon out felues, ther, Tot fortieti•J"• andNmiuiejhaUhudez.Mocchab.14.41. _ jlro,ed, Ionas 3.4. Third1y,a0theJ'arelong, Thcth11d thmg to beeconudcred, 11 the a• thehusbandman doth ; lloof,Jd forgrapes, cond11ion required on ourparr, that we may and [oe,ildegr.pes, Efay5·4· Fourthly, he B reapein duetirne;fetdcwnein thefe.words, expeCie>h our amendment, m••J7'""'roge- .lf we faint not. The words in the originall are thc-r, Luke 13. 7• Beh.,!de, rhe{e thru ) t4ru thus:wee01allrcapeindue timenot fainting: haru I cor»~And (ouuht fiuit onrhir figge tree, which maybe {and are of "ll fame) taken in a andfindr mne, Fiftly, the Lord fuffcced the doublelenfe: eithcra..promi(e ' "rasaconmanners ofrheIfraelius rortieyearesin the ditior~. As A promjfe,thus,lfwe be not wearic wtldernes. Pfal.95. 10, Act,IJ. t8. Sixtly, of welldoina, wee flt~ll rcape in due feafon the long fufferance ofGod (as Peter faith) 1. without all fainring and wcarinetfc, either ro EpiCl.J.zo.Jdid patiently expeCI theconuerthe body,or minde,tbar is,we fl1all reape with lionoftheol~ewotld, all the while the Arke all ioy andcomfort,aslt is Pfai.126-5,6,Th'J was inpreparing for the fpaceof 1%0. Jl4res, thAt {oweinUAres,fut!Ire~peinioy:and ;he]thar Seuemhly>he expected the Canaamtes,and went wuping ilnd carried prrciom fcede. foaU Amoritcs, for the fpace of foure hundred cameAgainewirhio;,Andbrlngt.heirfot'a!leswuh yearn, yea he futfer~d all Gentiles to wander them...., As acondition,that ifwcconrinueconmtheit ownc waics,and in the vanity oftheir (!ant in well doing to the ende withcur fainmindc almo(!for three thou(;md Jeam togtting,wc'fltallreape in the time that God harh ther, Aft; 14 16, Now if God befo patient appointed' and in thisfcnfeitisto beerakcn inexpetting our amendment from day to C in this text 1 towitconditienaiiJ,asitiswel tranday,fromyearetoyeare; wcoughttobe pa· flatcd,Ifwef•int ••t. tient in expeCiing the accomplifhmen~ of VVeatc further to confidertharrhereis hispromifesdayaftcrday, and yearc attcr adouble fainting, one ofthe body, another yeare,as wee arecommaunded, Habbac.•. J· of the minde. The bodily fainting which TlJoHgh theviftontarrie,JtlwAitforir,f~rir follN. commeth by labour and toyling, asnot here (rm !J C01,,and [baNnot fi•J' and thvugh it be meant, fecing it doth nothing impeach the long before1vcre~peanyfruttofourlaboutS, goodnelfeofthe worke,(itisan argument rayct let vs with patience expeCI it, fot in due ther of thefoundnesand fincerity thereof:) feafcm we fl1all reape,if wee faint not• .For, if 'butthe fpirituall fainting is that which isto God wait vpon vs,not for his ownegood,but be feored,becaufe it maketb our labour all in for ours; whata fltamc is it, thatwee will nor vaine.And this fpirituallfainting is two-told: waite vpon him, in tarryinghis goodleilure, the firfi is, the flaking&remitting fomewbat for ourownc good ?The dumbe and fcnflcs ofour courfe,and this bath, and doth befall creatures may fct vs to fchoolc in this point : D the SaintsofGod,as we may lee in thcexam· for they expeCI with" ferur•t defire.to bedeliplc·of the Church of Ephefus, which left hl'r tterrd from thebondAge•fcorrupuon;nto theglo. firjllou•,Apoc.>.4.Yeaall theSaints ofGod """t.beriJ ofthe (••n<~ of God.Rom.8.19,zo. haue theirturbid•interRaUa, troubled and dt· and as the word lignifieth,they expeCI with a (fcmperodfits/oJDctimein the full, fomrime Jongingdclire, euenwith thruffing forth their in the wane, fometime zealous andforward heads, as the poore ptifoncr that is condern· in the femice of God,fomctime againe,heaned doth, who eftfoones puttcth fonb his uyand backward,&c, headout of the window, inaconti.nuall ear· The (econdis fuch afainting and languincCl expcCiation of the graciou. patdon of lhing, thatwcclcancgiueouerourcour(c,of the Prince. It is our parts therefore to IVaite whichPau/[peakcs,t.Cot.4.1<i,Therifore ..e as D•uid did, who Caith of himfelfe,Pfalme f•i•tnot, butthoHghourout,.Ardman p<rifb,Jet 69, ).!amweati~ofm] crJing, m1tjcs{Aile mt :.h.e.inwardman iJ rmew~d dtl;f]. And the au~ whilef/ 1w•ite[erm1God; For ifwe giue oucr thorto the Hebrewes,Wem•fl"nfiderCbrif/, our patient expe&ing,& faint in o.urmindes, whomd•red (ucfo fPeaking •gainJI of fnnm ,lefl fccking to anticipate this DVE T.l ME, W ( fooold~e"'•ried,••df•i•tinour(oulo,Heb. this period which God hath prefixed in his ·I>. 3.Andagaine,V.5.DefPifen•tthechaflening VIKhangeable wiii,_(!110re immutable then of the LD'd, neit}m·(aint whenrhouart rtbu~ed rheIawes of the Medcs andPafian•)~thouOf him, Thisfainting is m,eant ip rhis place. Ll VVncrea, .. PJ~i.U.~.Uii'Qf. ·oc,·u· men in huncJocii, &alii.
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