Lastly, Those who want and seek for mercy from1 the Lord in the use of the means which he hath appointed, they are to be exhorted from the former truth, to arm themselves with patience to stay Gods time, and to […] his pleasure, if it seem good to his Majesty to with-hold this Favour, or delay the work of his Grace: Beggars must not be choosers, we must not be Carvers of Gods kindness, its a Free Gift, and therefore as he may give what he will, so he may give it when it seems most fit to himself. Just cause we have to wait, no reason at all to murmur against him: Hast thou then endeavoured after this work of Grace, and canst not attain it? Endeavour still. Hast thou begged it, and yet findest not thy desires answered? Crave still with perseverance: Its good to hope, and to wait also for the Salvation of the Lord, Lam. 3. 26. both must go together, to wait without hope is uncomfortable, and to hope ⟨p. 240⟩without patience is unprofitable. We know […] what time God will take, it is our duty and will be our wisdom, and comfort, to attend upon him at all […]: Say not then out of the shortness of thy spirit, I have come often, begged much, and […] long at the gate of grace, I find not the work yet done, my heart not yet throughly humbled for my […], […] refreshed with the assurance of Gods Favour: Shall I wait any longer? Oh fearful Pride! Is it come to this? If you be in such haste, you may go to Hell time enough: What not wait? See who will have the worst of it. God can better keep his Compassions, than thou canst want them: And as its fit he should, so its certain he will make thee to know, thou must wait; nay, bless his Name that you may wait for his mercy: The […] of all men that […] breathed have done it: So David, Mine eyes fail with looking for thy Salvation, saying, O when wilt thou comfort […]? Psal. 119. 82. 123 Its enough we may beg the Grace of God as a […] not command it as a Debt: Labour we then to […], and […] those proud and impatient distemper whereby we repine and quarrel at the […] on of Gods dealings with us, if he answers […] Expectation to the full: Others seek, and the […] hath bestowed, and they, have received a great […] sure of Grace, with little labour, and in a short […] When we have laboured long, and […] […] and yet the Lord answers not our […], nor […] us that Spiritual Good we need:
Lastly, Those who want and seek for mercy from1 the Lord in the use of the means which he hath appointed, they are to be exhorted from the former truth, to arm themselves with patience to stay Gods time, and to 〈…〉 his pleasure, if it seem good to his Majesty to with-hold this Favour, or delay the work of his Grace: Beggars must not be chusers, we must not be Carvers of Gods kindness, its a Free Gift, and therefore as he may give what he will, so he may give it when it seems most fit to himself. Just cause we have to wait, no reason at all to murmure against him: Hast thou then endeavored after this work of Grace, and canst not attain it? Endeavor still. Hast thou begged it, and yet findest not thy desires answered? Crave still with perseverance: Its good to hope, and to wait also for the Salvation of the Lord, Lam. 3. 26. both must go together, to wait without hope is uncomfortable, and to hope ⟨p. 240⟩without patience is unprofitable. We know 〈…〉 what time God will take, it is our duty and will be our wisdom, and comfort, to attend upon him at all 〈…〉: Say not then out of the shortness of thy spirit, I have come often, begged much, and 〈…〉 long at the gate of grace, I find not the work yet done, my heart not yet throughly humbled for my 〈…〉, 〈…〉 refreshed with the assurance of Gods Favor: Shall I wait any longer? Oh fearful Pride! Is it come to this? If you be in such haste, you may go to Hell time enough: What not wait? See who will have the worst of it. God can better keep his Compassions, than thou canst want them: And as its fit he should, so its certain he will make thee to know, thou must wait; nay, bless his Name that you may wait for his mercy: The 〈…〉 of all men that 〈…〉 breathed have done it: So David, Min eyes fail with looking for thy Salvation, saying, O when wilt thou comfort 〈…〉? Psal. 119. 82. 123 Its enough we may beg the Grace of God as a 〈…〉 not command it as a Debt: Labor we then to 〈…〉, and 〈…〉 those proud and impatient distemper whereby we repine and quarrel at the on of Gods dealings with us, if he answers Expectation to the full: Others seek, and the hath bestowed, and they, have received a great sure of Grace, with little labor, and in a short When we have labored long, and and yet the Lord answers not our , nor us that Spiritual Good we need:
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