tl $áó tíE WORLD tO'COM£: faithfulness to his Son to whom he has given them The head iÀ raised to the mansions of glory, and the members must not for ever lie in dust. Reflection. Then let all the saints of God wait with patience for the appointed time when he will call them down to death, and let them lie down in their secret beds of repose, and in a waiting frame commit their dust to his care till the resurrection. All the days of my appointed time, says Job, I will wait till my change come. The word appointed time is supposed to signify " war- fare" in the Hebrew : As a centinel, when he is fixed to his post by his general, he waits there till he has orders for a release. And this clause of the verse may refer either to dying or rising again, for either of them is a very great and important change, passing upon human nature, whether from life to death, or from death to life. It is said by the prophet Isaiah, chapter xxviii. 16. He that believeth shall not make haste, that is, he that trust- ed] in the wisdom and the promised mercy of God will not be too urgent or importunate in any of his desires : It is for want of faith that nature sometimes is in too much haste to die, as Job in some of his expressions appears to have been, or as Elijah perhaps discovered himself when he was wandering in the wil- derness disconsolate and almost despairing; or as the prophet Jeremiah sufficiently manifested, when lie cursed the day of his birth ; or as Jonah was, that peevish prophet, when he was angry with God for not taking away his life ; but the ground of it was, lie was vexed because God did not destroy Nineveh, according to his prophecy: These are certain blemishes of the children of God left upon record in his word, to give us warn- ing of our danger of impatience, and to guard us against their sins and follies. And since we know that God has appointed the seasons of our entrance into death, and into the state of the resurrection, we should humbly commit the disposal of ourselves to the band of our God, who will bestow upon us the most need- ful blessings in the most proper season. Do not the spirits of the just made perfect wait in patience for the great and blessed rising-day which God has appointed, and for the illustrious change of their bodies from corruption and darkness to light, and life, and glory ? God has promised it, and that suffices, and supports their waiting spirits, though they know not the hour. The Father keeps that in his own hand ; Acts i. 7. And perhaps reveals it to none but his Son Jesus, who is exalted to be the governor and judge of the world. There are millions of souls waiting in that separate state for the accom- plishment of these last and best promises, ready to shout and re- joice when they shall see and feel that bright morning dawning upon them. Wait therefore, 0 my soul, as becomes a child of God in
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