The works of Ephesus explained in a sermon before the honourable House of Commons…The workes of Ephesus explained in a sermon before the honovrable House of Commons…

Thirdly, judgement is here taken for wisdom, as Judgement is opposed to folly and weakness of understanding. It is a great burden to wait upon a fool; but we can easily stay for the resolutions of the wise: who we are sure, have the compass of a business in their heads, and are skilled in timing and ordering every circumstance. How blessed then are they, who while they work for, can wait upon this God of judgement: whose moderation, and justice, and wisdom are such, as will not suffer him either to do any thing before the set, the fit time come, nor to stay the doing of it one minute after. Hence the Church is brought in admiring God, and rejoicing that she had waited on him. None ever repented of this patience. Lo ¹this is our God, we have waited for him, and he will save us. This is the Lord, we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation. The words have a sound of victory and triumph in them. It should seem the enemies had mocked them (as they did David) with their God; Where is now your God? They had (it is ²like) blasphemously scorned them, concerning the true God (as Elijah did Baals Priests justly, concerning that I doll, when it delayed to help them) either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure ³he sleepeth, and must be awaked. At the noise of this ⟨p. 30⟩blasphemy, the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like ⁴a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine, and he smote his enemies in their hinder parts (they fled) he put them to perpetual shame. Then his people with an Ecce of admiration cry him up, Lo, this is our God, we have waited for him. They who but a season wait for God, shall have matter of glorying in him for ever.

Thirdly, judgement is here taken for wisedome, as Iudgement is opposed to folly and weaknesse of understanding. It is a great burthen to wait upon a foole; but we can easily stay for the resolutions of the wise: who we are sure, have the compasse of a businesse in their heads, and are skilled in timing and ordering every circumstance. How blessed then are they, who while they worke for, can wait upon this God of judgement: whose moderation, and justice, and wisedome are such, as will not suffer him either to doe any thing before the set, the fit time come, nor to stay the doing of it one minute after. Hence the Church is brought in admiring God, and rejoycing that shee had waited on him. None ever repented of this patience. Loe