An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…

Secondly, Put all together, Thou sayest, thou shalt not see him, (thou art doubtful whether ever things will mend,) yet Judgement is before him, therefore trust.

Hence Note; When things are not clear to us, when we have no light about what God is doing, or what he will do, yet it is our duty to trust and wait upon God.

We must wait upon God, and trust in him, though we do not see him, yea, though we cannot see him, for Judgement is before him. That of the Prophet (Isa. 50.10.) is a clear proof of this duty, (and some expound this Scripture specially respecting outward dark providences, as others of inward darkness, or darkness of spirit) Who is among you that feareth the Lord, and obeyeth the voice of his servants, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light (as Job saith here, I shall not see him) What shall a poor benighted soul do in that case? The answer or advice followeth) Let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God. How dark soever our condition is, yet it is our duty to trust upon God; and if once we are enabled to give God the glory due to his name, in confessing, that Judgement is before him, we shall readily trust upon him, to order all things for us, though all things seem out of order, even to amazement though we see heaven and earth, as it were, confounded, yet we shall readily trust upon him, because we believe, that even then Judgement is before him. How soon can he turn our darkness into light, who in the first Creation, when all lay together in a confused heap, and darkness over all, b•ought forth light and set all in order? The Lord can command light out of darkness, good out of evil, order out of confusion, and he can do all this easily, and at an instant; therefore whatever the appearances of things are, let not us judge according to appearance, but hope