An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eleventh, twelfth, & thirteenth chapters of…

Oh my Brethren, we have as much encouragement here in this Land to wait upon God as ever any people had; we would fain have had the Wars ended, and we ¹began to murmur and repine because it was not done, Oh! but we will not wait, therefore we will not turn; and those that turn to God least, will wait least upon him; and those that turn to God most, will wait most upon him; Do not you see that God hath wrought abundance of good for us by deferring what we would ²have? had we had no opposition at the beginning of the Parliament, and suppose the King and Parliament had agreed, and said, You shall have your desires, What would we have desired, we would have desired some few things, as taking away Ship-money, Tonnage, and Poundage, Monopolies, &c. and to have a Triennial Parliament, and the like. Now what abundance hath God wrought by deferring what we would have had? Oh it is good for people to wait upon God, Oh let us look back to our murmurings and repinings all this while. It's true, we have suffered something, yea, but hath not God wrought good out of our sufferings? and suppose there should be fears of new storms arising. Oh let us not say we will wait no longer; Oh I take heed of foolish resolutions ⟨p. 307⟩of your own: God is wisest, leave God to do his own work, keep the way of God and go on in your duty, and then let God work his own ends, either by War, or Peace, any way as he pleases, wait upon God; and mark, Wait upon God Continually.

Oh my Brethren, we have as much encouragement here in this Land to wait upon God as ever any people had; we would fain have had the Wars ended, and we ¹began to murmur and repine because it was not done, Oh! but we will not wait, therefore we will not turn; and those that turn to God least, will wait least upon him; and those that turn to God most, will wait most upon him; Do not you see that God hath wrought abundance of good for us by deferring what we would ²have? had we had no opposition at the beginning of the Parliament, and suppose the King and Parliament had agreed, and said, You shall have your desires, What would we have desir'd, we would have desir'd some few things, as taking away Ship-mony, Tonnage, and Poundage, Monopolies, &c. and to have a Triennial Parliament, and the like. Now what abundance hath God wrought by deferring what we would have had? Oh it is good for people to wait upon God, Oh let us look back to our murmurings and repinings all this while. It's true, we have suffered something, yea, but hath not God wrought good out of our sufferings? and suppose there should be fears of new storms arising. Oh let us not say we will wait no longer; Oh I take heed of foolish resolutions