A supplement to The Morning-exercise at Cripple-Gate, or, Several more cases of conscience practically…

10. A waiting frame of spirit in prayer. I waited patiently for the Lord, he inclined to me and heard my cry, ¹[Greek or Hebrew]. I expected with expectation, he walked up and down in the gallery of prayer. This is set forth by hope till God hear, In thee O Lord do I hope, thou wilt hear O Lord my God, our eyes must wait upon the Lord our God, till he have mercy upon us, more than those which watch for the morning, and persist praying: cause us to hear thy loving kindness in the morning, for in thee do we trust, and say with Micah, I will look unto the Lord, I will wait for the God of my salvation, my God will hear me. Hoping, expecting, trusting, living upon the promise, and looking for an answer of peace, as he said of prayer [sagitta movetur post quietem sagittantis, & navis quiescentibus nautis. ²] When an archer shoots an arrow, he looks after it with his glass, to see how it hits the mark. So says the soul, I'll attend and watch how my prayer flies towards the bosom of God, and what messages return from heaven. As the seaman when he has set sail, goes to the helm and the compass, and sits still and observes the Sun, or the pole-stars, and how the ship works, and how the land-marks form themselves aright according to his chart. So do you, when you have been at prayer: mark your ship how it makes the port, and what rich goods are laden back again from heaven. Most men lose their prayers in the mists and fogs of non-observation, and thus we arrive at the second question.

10. A waiting frame of spirit in prayer. I waited patiently for the Lord, he inclined to me and heard my cry, ¹〈non-Latin alphabet〉. I expected with expectation, he walkt up and down in the gallery of prayer. This is set forth by hope till God hear, In thee O Lord do I hope, thou wilt hear O Lord my God, our eyes must wait upon the Lord our God, till he have mercy upon us, more than those which watch for the morning, and persist praying: cause us to hear thy loving kindness in the morning, for in thee do we trust, and say with Micah, I will look unto the Lord, I will wait for the God of my salvation, my God will hear me. Hoping, expecting, trusting, living upon the promise, and looking for an answer of peace, as he said of prayer [sagitta movetur post quietem sagittantis, & navis quiescentibus nautis.