I. Scripture-light the most sure light ... delivered in three sermons on 2 Pet.…

Answ. I Answer: That to Hope in God, is to expect Help from God: To Trust in God, is to rely, or rest upon God for Help: And to wait on him, is to continue, and abide in this Expectation, or Reliance. Properly, according to Scripture Phrase, Trusting in God, is the Recumbency, or the Reliance of the soul upon God in Christ for some good thing that lies out of sight. I say first, it is the Recumbency, or Reliance of the soul upon God, the staying of the soul upon God; so you read in Isa. 26.3. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee, because he trusteth in thee. So the Spouse in the Canticles, is found leaning ⟨p. 329⟩upon her Beloved, and so we are commanded to trust; not [Greek or Hebrew] only; but [Greek or Hebrew], on him that raiseth Christ from the dead, which notes a fiducial repose:¹ so that Trusting in God, is to stay upon him. And then I say, it is the Reliance, or the stayance of the soul upon God in Christ; and so I take it to be meant here: for the word here translated [God] Hope, or Trust [in God] is in the plural number, Elohim; and so when the Prophet in Isa. 26. doth exhort unto Trusting in the Lord; he gives this reason, at verse 4. For in the Lord Jehovah, is everlasting strength; so you read it: but according to the Hebrew, thus; Trust in the Lord for ever, for in Jehovah jah is everlasting strength. For in Jehovah jah: Jah, is an abridgement, or an abbreviation of Jehovah, noting the Son of God; and so when Jesus Christ comes in the latter end of the world, to sit upon his glorious Throne, the converting Jew shall praise him under that name, singing (as you read in Revel. 19.) Hallelujah; praise the Jah: which if you compare with Psalm, 68. you shall find, is to be understood of Christ, at verse 4. Sing unto God, sing praises to his Name; extol him that rides upon the Heavens, by his Name Jah; rejoice before him, extol him that rideth upon the Heavens, by his Name Jah; and they shall sing Hallelujah. Now if you look into the 18. verse of that Psalm, you shall find the reason why this Jah, is to be praised: for saith the Psalm, Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led Captivity captive, thou hast received Gifts for men: Which words,