The works of George Swinnock, M.A

5. Patience; He that believeth his bonds are good, that his estate is in safe hands, and that his forbearance doth abundantly increase it, will wait quietly for the day of payment; He that believeth, maketh not haste. None quarrel or fret but from want of faith: Run with patience the race set before you; Looking at Jesus. If the Christian be weak, faith will give him the staff of the Word to lean on; if he be weary, faith will show him his journeys end. Lo yonder is heaven, saith faith, hold out a little longer, your work is almost done. As the Eagle by stretching her self towards the Sun, through its heat hath her old feathers fallen off, new ones growing in their places, and her strength renewed; so the Christian ⟨p. 727⟩cleaving to Jesus Christ, the Sun of righteousness, by faith, reneweth his strength as the Eagle, runneth and is not weary, walketh and is not faint; Its reported of the Chrystal, that there is a virtue in it to quicken all other precious stones; when it toucheth them, it puts a lustre and brightness on them; Its true of faith, it hath a virtue in it to enliven and quicken all other graces. These stars have the greatest influence, when in conjunction with this Sun.

5. Patience; He that beleiveth his bonds are good, that his estate is in safe hands, and that his forbearance doth abundantly encrease it, will wait quietly for the day of payment; He that beleiveth, maketh not haste. None quarrel or fret but from want of faith: Run with patience the race set before you; Looking at Iesus. If the Christian be weak, faith will give him the staff of the Word to lean on; if he be weary, faith will shew him his journeys end. Lo yonder is heaven, saith faith, hold out a little longer, your work is almost done. As the Eagle by stretching her self towards the Sun, through its heat hath her old feathers fallen off, new ones growing in their places, and her strength renewed; so the Christian ⟨p. 727⟩cleaving to Jesus Christ, the Sun of righteousness, by faith, reneweth his strength as the Eagle, runneth and is not weary, walketh and is not faint; Its reported of the Chrystal, that there is a vertue in it to quicken all other precious stones; when it toucheth them, it puts a lustre and brightness on them; Its true of faith, it hath a vertue in it to enliven and quicken all other graces. These stars have the greatest influence, when in conjunction with this Sun.