A96109:364
The saints delight. To which is annexed a treatise of meditation
The saints delight. To which is annexed a treatise of meditation. / By Thomas Watson, minister of Stephens Walbrook in the city of London. Imprimatur, Edm. Calamy.
London: printed by T.R. & E.M. for Ralph Smith, 1657
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7. In case of prayer and no speedy return. Psalm. 69.3. I am weary of my crying, my eyes fail while I wait for my God. But in the same Psalm he draws the breast of comfort, vers. 33. the Lord heareth the poor and despiseth not his prisoners. Would we have fruit before it is ripe? When the mercy is ripe, we shall have it; and besides, there is nothing lost by waiting; we send out the golden fleet of prayer to heaven, the longer this fleet stays out, the greater return it will bring with it. David found it so; therefore he pulls off his sackcloth, and puts on the garments of praise, Laudabo in Cantico, I will praise the name of God with a Song, vers. 30.
7. In case of prayer and no speedy return. Psalm. 69.3. I am weary of my crying, my eyes fail while I wait for my God. But in the same Psalm he draws the breast of comfort, vers. 33. the Lord heareth the poor and depiseth not his prisoners. Would we have fruit before it is ripe? When the mercy is ripe, we shall have it; and besides, there is nothing lost by waiting; we send out the golden fleet of prayer to heaven, the longer this fleet staies out, the greater return it will bring with it. David found it so; therefore he pulls off his sackcloth, and puts on the garments of praise, Laudabo in Cantico, I will praise the name of God with a Song, vers. 30.
8. In case of desertion. This is the poisoned arrow that wounds to the heart, but still there is a Psalm to turn to. The Lord will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance, Psalm. 94.14. This is like a star in a dark night, or like the plank and broken pieces of the ship on which Paul and the rest came safe to shore, Act. 27.44. God may conceal his love from his children, not take it away