The Christian's charter showing the privileges of a believerThe Christian's charter shewing the priviledges of a believer

He whose heart hath been divinely touched with the love of God, his care is not so much for receiving the talents of gold, as for improving the talents of grace. Oh wait a while, learn of the Saints of old, they waited: if we cannot wait now, what would we have done in the times of the long-lived Patriarchs? look upon worldly men, they wait for preferment; shall they wait for earth, and cannot we wait for Heaven? If a man hath the reversion of a Lordship or Manor when such a Lease is out will he not wait for it? We have the reversion of Heaven when the lease of life is run out, and shall we not wait? Look upon wicked men, they wait for an opportunity to sin; ⟨p. 311⟩the adulterer waits for the twilight^*; sinners lye in wait for their own blood, Prov. 1.18. Shall men wait for their damnation and shall not we be content to wait for our salvation? Wait without murmuring, wait without fainting; the things we expect are infinitely more then we can hope for. And let me add one caution; wait on the Lord, and keep his ways, Psal. 37.34. while we are waiting, let us take heed of wavering. Go not a step out of Gods way, though a Lyon be in the way, avoid not duty to meet with safety: keep Gods highway, the good old way, Jer. 6.16. the way which is paved with holiness, Isa. 35.8. and an high-way shall be there, and it shall be called the way of holiness: avoid ^*crooked paths, take heed of turning to the left hand, lest you be set on the left hand. Sin doth cross our hopes, it barricadoes up our way; a man may as well expect to find ⟨p. 312⟩Heaven in hell, as in a sinful way

He whose heart hath been divinely touched with the love of God, his care is not so much for receiving the talents of gold, as for improving the talents of grace. Oh wait a while, learne of the Saints of old, they waited: if we cannot wait now, what would we have done in the times of the long-liv'd Patriarchs? look upon worldly men, they wait for preferment; shall they wait for earth, and cannot we wait for Heaven? If a man hath the reversion of a Lordship or Manor when such a Lease is out will he not wait for it? We have the reversion of Heaven when the lease of life is run out, and shall we not wait? Look upon wicked men, they wait for an opportunity to sin;