The Mother may hide her self for a time from the child: But when the child cries, she can stay no longer. God hath more Bowels to his People, then a Mother to the Child. Can a Mother forget her child,—Though she should, yet I will not forget thee. Indeed he sometimes appears long to them in trouble. — How ⟨p. 292⟩long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever! How long wilt thou hide thy face from me! saith David, so the souls under the Altar, How long Lord, holy, and true? But yet though it seem long to us, it is not long. It is called but a day of trouble, an hour of Temptation, nay a moment, yea and a small moment, *dFor a small moment have I forsaken thee. It seems long, because we are in trouble; Sad hours are long hours, or it seems long to us, because we mistake the day, God hath promised, but we Antedate the Promises, as we post-date duties. We do as the man in the Gospel, when the promise is to be performed a 100 days hence, we take our pen & write down fifty, this Spirit it seems Israel had, they thought God deferred, when he did not defer; it was they which did hasten. And therefore saith Habakkuk, Though it tarry, wait for it; that is, though it tarry to us; for it follows, in respect of the certainty of Gods decree, it shall come, and not tarry. Hab. 2.3.
The Mother may hide her self for a time from the child: But when the child cries, she can stay no longer. God hath more Bowells to his People, then a Mother to the Childe. Can a Mother forget her child,—Though shee should, yet I will not forget thee. Indeed he sometimes appears long to them in trouble. — How ⟨p. 292⟩long wilt thou forget me, O Lord? for ever! How long wilt thou hide thy face from mee! saith David, so the souls under the Altar, How long Lord, holy, and true? But yet though it seeme long to us, it is not long. It is called but a day of trouble, an hour of Temptation, nay a moment, yea and a small moment, *dFor a small moment have I forfaken thee. It seems long, because we are in trouble; Sad houres are long houres, or it seems long to us, because we mistake the day, God hath promised, but we Antedate the Promises, as we post-date duties. We do as the man in the Gospel, whē the promise is to be performed a 100 daies hence, we take our pen & write downe fifty, this Spirit it seems Israel had, they thought God deferred, when he did not deferr; it was they which did hasten. And therefore saith Habakuck, Though it tarry, wait for it; that is, though it tarry to us; for it followes, in respect of the certainty of Gods decree, it shall come, and not tarry. Hab. 2.3.
- *Nubeculae cito transiturae.
- dNubeculae cito transiturae.
