• . __ !!_at knocketh. \ 151 I · his goodneffe i~to our h~arts, ?S ~breafhhat de- S 8 ll.. V. J .fires to empty 1~ felfe when lt IS full. So this •fountaine baththe fulneffe of a-fountaine,which {l:rives to empty his goodneffe into our foules; he comes out of love tous. Let thefe confidera– tions melt our hearts for our cnkindneffe,thar we · fuffer him to ll:and fo long at the doore knocking,as it is faid se re. . Ifwefindnot.our fuits anfwered fo foon as we would,Remember we have made him alfo wait for us, perhaps to humble us, and after that t-o encourage us, hewill make us·wait,for we have made him wait.Let us not give over,for certain– ly he that deit~es us to open, that he may powre out his graces upon us,he will not reject: us when i \vecometohim:lfhean.fwerSUSnotatfirft,yet Mat.77• · 1 he will at lall. Let us goe on'and wait, feeing Habak.:r..3. there is no one duty preffed more in Scripture ehen this. Andwe fee it is equity,Hewaitsfor eu, rca. 3o.t8. it is good reafon we fhould wait for him, if we have not comfort prefently when we .defire ir; let us aeten~t\lRP~ Chrift, as he bath attended Ifa.fo.16. upon us, for wheri}:tecomes, he comes with ad– vantage; fothat when we wait, we lofe nothing ICa. 6 4·J· thereby, but are gainersby it, 'increafing our·paIam.•·-t· tie~ce. The longer we wait, hec~meswith the mdre abundant Grace and comfort in the end, Ifa.4~J. and fuewes himfelfe richandbountifull to them that wait upon aim. THE
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