In Isa. 40. ult. They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings as Eagles, they shall run, and not be weary, and they shall walk, and not faint. (The mercy is the waiting-mans, but the waiting-man must give God leave to time his mercy for him.) So in Isa. 30. 18. ⟨p. 117⟩And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you: And therefore will he be exalted, that he may have 1mercy upon you; for the Lord is a God of Judgement, blessed are all they that wait for him. So in Isa. 64. 4. For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, besides thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him. So in Isa. 49. 23. They shall not be ashamed that wait for me. Men are often 2ashamed, that wait upon the mountains and hills. Men high and great often frustrate the expectation of waiting souls, and then they blush, and are ashamed and confounded that they have waited, and been deceived; but they shall not be ashamed that wait for me, says God. I will not deceive their expectation, and after all their waiting turn them off, and say, I have no mercy for you. Now I say, where this waiting temper is, which is all that many a poor soul hath to show for everlasting happiness and blessedness, that soul shall never miscarry. That God that doth maintain and uphold the soul in this heavenly waiting frame, in the appointed season will speak life and love, mercy, and glory, to the waiting soul.
In Isa. 40. ult. They that waite upon the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings as Eagles, they shall run, and not be weary, and they shall walke, and not faint. (The mercy is the waiting-mans, but the waiting-man must give God leave to time his mercy for him.) So in Isa. 30. 18. ⟨p. 117⟩And therefore will the Lord waite, that he may be gracious unto you: And therefore will he be exalted, that he may have 1mercy upon you; for the Lord is a God of Judgement, blessed are all they that waite for him. So in Isa. 64. 4. For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the eare, neither hath the eye seene, O God, besides thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him. So in Isa. 49. 23. They shall not be ashamed that waite for me. Men are often 2ashamed, that waite upon the mountaines and hills. Men high and great often frustrate the expectation of waiting souls, and then they blush, and are ashamed and confounded that they have waited, and been deceived; but they shall not be ashamed that waite for me, sayes God. I will not deceive their expectation, and after all their waiting turne them off, and say, I have no mercy for you. Now I say, where this waiting temper is, which is all that many a poor soul hath to shew for everlasting happinesse and blessednesse, that soule shall never miscarry. That God that doth maintaine and uphold the soule in this heavenly waiting frame, in the appointed season will speak life and love, mercy, and glory, to the waiting soule.
- 1Vide Lyra, & Junius, on the words.
- 2That is, they shall be advanced by me to great hap pinesle, and glory, to great dignity, and felicity; for in the Hebrew Dialect, Adverbs of denying, signify the contrary to the import of that Verb whereunto they are joined. as might be showed by many Scriptures.That is, they shall be advanced by me to great hap pinesle, and glory, to great dignity, and •elicity; for in the Hebrew Dialect, Adverbs of denying, signifie the contrary to the import of that Verb whereunto they are joyned. as might be shewed by many Scriptures.
