A65313:71
Seven sermons on several select subjects preached
Seven sermons on several select subjects preached by Mr. Tho. Watson ...
London : s.n., 1689
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Secondly, Be patient till this change come.
First, Live in hope till this change come. This word in the Text, I will wait, in the Hebrew it is, I will hope till my change come. The Husbandman having sowed his seed, he hopes for a crop: Having sowed the seed of true Repentance, now hope for a full crop of glory at death.
Secondly and lastly, Be patient till this change come; I will wait, saith Job; in the Greek it is, I will be patient till my change come.
Secondly and lastly, Be patient till this change come; I will wait, saith Iob; in the Greek it is, I will be patient till my change come.
Indeed, the troubles that the Righteous suffer here, and that great preferment they shall have in Heaven, may be ready to cause impatience to stay here any longer; but take heed of this; we must not be our own Carvers: God knows the best season when he will send for his Children ⟨p. 21⟩home; therefore we must wait but a while, then we shall enjoy our wish, and that is, to have Christs sweet Embraces, and to lie in the Bosom of Divine Love.