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

Ye have waited on others, and do still wait on others; who is there in all the World that you deal with, but you do wait upon? Will ye instance in great men? must you not wait long to speak with them? yea, though it be for their own good? It's recorded of Henry the Emperor of Germany, That when he came to speak with the Pope, the Pope made him, and his Wife, and eldest Son, stand waiting three days in the cold Winter season, at his Palace Gates, before he would speak with the Emperor. Will ye instance in your Inferiors, and such as are beneath you? must you not wait even for them that do wait on you? your Servants, if you bid them do a thing, you must wait till it be done; and if you bid them come, you must wait till they come. Or will ye instance in other Creatures? Do you not wait on the Sun for Light? on the Water for Coolness? on the Fire for heat? Now if we wait on the Creatures, all the Creatures, is it not reasonable that we wait on the Creator? Yet further, Do ye not sometimes wait on the Lusts of men? yea, ye have sometimes waited on your own Lusts, The Adulterer waiteth for the twi-light, saith Job. ⟨p. 348⟩And h•w often have you waited for an opportunity of sinning? Now will ye wait on Men, your Inferiors, other Creatures, yea, on the Wills and Lusts of Men? and will you not wait on the Grace of God?

Ye have waited on others, and do stil wait on others; who is there in al the World that you deal with, but you do wait upon? Will ye instance in great men? must you not wait long to speak with them? yea, though it be for their own good? It's recorded of Henry the Emperor of Germany, That when he came to speak with the Pope, the Pope made him, and his Wife, and eldest Son, stand waiting three daies in the cold Winter season, at his Pallace Gates, before he would speak with the Emperor. Wil ye instance in your Inferiors, and such as are beneath you? must you not wait even for them that do wait on you? your Servants, if you bid them do a thing, you must wait til it be done; and if you bid them come, you must wait til they come. Or wil ye instance in other Creatures? Do you not wait on the Sun for Light? on the Water for Coolness? on the Fire for heat? Now if we wait on the Creatures, al the Creatures, is it not reasonable that we wait on the Creator? Yet further, Do ye not somtimes wait on the Lusts of men? yea, ye have somtimes waited on your own Lusts, The Adulterer waiteth for the twy-light, saith Job.