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VSE IV. Of Exhortation, To all in General. (7)

11. If you do not take pains for the Kingdom of Heaven now, there will be nothing to be done for your Souls after death: This is the only fit season for working, and if this season be lost, the Kingdom is forfeited; Eccles. 9.10. Whatever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might, for there is no work, nor device, nor wisdom in the grave whither thou goest. It was a Saying of Charles the Fifth, I have spent my Treasure, but that I may recover again, I have lost my Health, but that I may have again, but I have lost a great many brave Souldiers, but them I can never have again: So other Temporal things may be lost, and recovered again, but if the term of Life wherein you should work for Heaven be once lost, it is past all recovery, you can never have another season again for your Souls.

12. There is nothing else but this Kingdom of Heaven we can make sure of: We cannot make sure of Life. Quis scit an adjiciant hodiernae crastina Vitae tempora dii superi? Hor. When our Breath goes out we know not whether we shall draw it in again▪ how many are taken away suddenly? We cannot make Riches sure, it is uncertain whether we shall get them. The World is like a Lottery, every one is not sure to draw a Prize: Or if we get Riches we are not sure to keep them; Prov. 23 5. Riches make themselves wings and fly: Experience seals to the truth of this. Many who have had plentiful Estates, yet by Fire, or losses at Sea, they have been squeezed as spunges, and all their Estates exhausted; but if Men should keep their Estates a while, yet Death strips them of all. When Deaths gun goes off away flyes the Estate. 1 Tim. 6.7. It is certain we can carry nothing out of the World: So that there is no making sure any thing here below, but we may make sure of the Kingdom of Heaven; Prov. 11.18. To him that worketh righteousness is a sure reward. He who hath Grace is sure of Heaven, for he hath Heaven begun in him. A Believer hath an evidence

of Heaven; Heb. 11.1. Faith is the evidence of things not seen; he hath an earnest of Glory, 2 Cor. 1.22 Who hath also given us the earnest of his Spirit; an earnest is part of the whole summe; he hath a sure hope, Heb. 6.19. Which hope we have as an anchor; this anchor is cast upon Gods promise, Titus 1.2. In hope of eternal life, which God that cannot lye hath promised. So that here is great encouragement to take pains for Heaven, we may make sure of this Kingdom.

13. The Kingdom of Heaven cannot be obtained without labour. Non est ad astra mollis e terris vi[gap]. A boat may as well get to land without oars, as we to Heaven without labour. We cannot have the World without labour, and do we think to have Heaven? If a Man digs for Gravel, much more for Gold: Phil. 3.14. I press toward the mark. Heaven Gate is not like that [gap]on-gate, which opened to Peter of its own accord, Acts 12.10. Heaven is not like those ripe figs which fall into the mouth of the eater; Nahum 3.12. No, there must be taking pains. Two things are requisite for a Christian, a watchful eye and a working hand. We must as Hannibal, force a way to the Heavenly Kingdom through difficulties. We must win the garland of Glory by labour, before we wear it with triumph. God hath enacted this Law, That no man shall eat of the Tree of Paradise, but in the sweat of his browes; how then dare any censure Christian diligence; how dare they say, you take more pains for Heaven than needs: God saith [gap], strive as in an agony, fight the good sight of Faith; and these say, you are too strict: But who shall we believe, an holy God that bids us strive, or a prophane Atheist that saith we strive too much.

14. Much of our time being already mispent, we had need work the harder for the Kingdom of Heaven. He who hath lost his time at School, and often played truant, had need ply it the harder that he may gain a stock of Learning; he who hath slept and loytered in the beginning of his journey, had need ride the faster in the evening, least he fall short of the place he is travelling to. Some here present are in their Youth, others in the flower of their Age, others have gray hairs, the Almond tree blossoms, and perhaps they have been very regardless of their Souls or Heaven. Time spent unprofitably is not time lived, but time lost; if there be any such here who have misspent their golden hours, they have not only been sloathful but wastful Servants, how had you need now, redeem the time, and press forward with might and main to the Heavenly Kingdom; 1 Pet 4.3. The time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles. It may suffice us that we have lost so much time already, let us now work the harder: Such as have crept as Snails, had need now fly as Eagles to the Paradise of God; if in the former part of your Life you have been as Willows, barren in goodness, in the latter part be as an Orchard of Pomegranats, with pleasant fruits, Cant. 4.13. Recompence former remisness with future diligence.

15. How uncomely and sordid a sloathful temper of Soul is; Zeph. 1.12. I will punish the men who are settled on their lees; Hebr. Hakkophim, Coagulatos, curdled on their lees. Settling on the lees, is an emblem of a dull unactive Soul. The Snail by reason of its slow motion was reckoned among the unclean; Lev. 11.30. A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, Prov. 19.24. he is loath to pull it out, though it be to lay hold on a Crown: Non capit porta illa Caelestis torpore languidos, Brugens. The Devil himself cannot be charged with idleness, 1 Pet. 5.8. [gap], He walketh about. An idle Soul stands in the World for a cypher, and God writes down no cyphers in the Book of Life; Heaven is no hive for Drones; an idle person is fit for a temptation. When the Bird sits still upon the bough, then it is in danger of the gun; one sits still in sloath, then the Devil shoots him with a temptation; standing water putrifies. Heathens will rise up in Judgment against supine Christians. What pains did they take in the Olympick Games, they ran but for a Garland of Flowers, or Olive, [gap], saith Chrys[gap]stom, and do we sit still who run for a Kingdom? How can he expect a Reward that never works, or a Crown that never fights? Inertia animae somnus, sloath is the Souls sleep. Adam when he was asleep lost his Rib; and when a person is in the deep sleep of sloath, he loseth Salvation.

16. Holy activity and industry doth enoble a Christian: Labor splendore decoratur, Cicero. The more excellent any thing is, the more active. The Sun is a glorious Creature, it is ever in motion, going its circuit: Fire is the purest Element, and the most active, 'tis ever sparkling and flaming: The Angels are the most Noble Creatures, they are represented by the Cherubims with Wings displayed. The more active for Heaven the more illustrious, and the more do we resemble the Angels. The Phenix flyes with a Coronet on its head; the industrious Soul hath his Coronet, his labour is his ensign of honour.

17. It is Mercy that there is a possibility of Happiness, and that upon our pains taking we may have a Kingdom; by our Fall in Adam we forfeited Heaven; why might not God have dealt with us as with the lapsed Angels? they had no sooner sinned but were expell'd Heaven never to come thither more; we may say as the Apostle, Rom. 11.22. Behold the Goodness and severity of God. To the Apostate Angels behold the severity of God that he should throw them down to Hell for ever; to us behold the goodness of God, that he hath put us into a possibility of Mercy, and if we do but take pains, there is a Kingdom stands ready for us; how may this whet and sharpen our Industry, that we are in a Capacity of Salvation; and if we do but what we are able, we shall receive an eternal weight of Glory.

18. Our labour for the Kingdom of Heaven is minute and transient, it is not to last long; our labour expires with our life; 'tis but a while and we shall leave off working, for a little labour an eternal Rest: Who would think much to wade through a little water, that were sure to be crowned as soon as he came at shore. Christians let this encourage you, you have but a little more pains to take, a few Tears more shed, a few more Sabbaths kept, and behold an Eternal Recompence of Reward; what are a few Tears to a Crown? a few Minutes of time to an Eternity of Glory?

19. What striving is there for earthly Kingdoms which are corruptible, and subject to change: With what Vigour and Alacrity did Hannibal's Soldiers continue their March over the Alps and craggy Rocks; and Caesars Soldiers fight with Hunger and Cold. Men will break through Laws and Oaths, they will swim to the Crown in Blood; will they venture thus for earthly Promotions? and shall not we strive more for an Heavenly Kingdom? [gap], Chrysost. This is a Kingdom which cannot be shaken, Heb. 12.28. A Kingdom where there is unparallel'd Beauty, unstained Honour, unmixed joy; a Kingdom where there shall be nothing present, which we could wish were removed, nor nothing absent, which we could wish were enjoyed: Sure if there be any Spark of Grace or true Generosity in our Breasts, we will not suffer our selves to be out-striven by others, we will not let them take more pains for earthly Honours, then we do for that excellent Glory which will crown all our desires.

20. How much pains do some Men take to go to Hell, and shall not we take more pains to go to Heaven? Ier. 9.5. They weary themselves to commit Iniquity. Sinners hackny themselves out in the Devils Service: What Pains do some Men take to satisfy their unclean Lusts! they wast their Estates, wear the shameful marks of their sin about them; they will visit the Harlots house though it stands the next door to hell, Prov. 7.27. Her house is the way to Hell. What pains do others take in persecuting! Holiness is the white they shoot at: 'Tis said of Antiochus Epiphanes, he undertook more tedious Journies, and went upon greater hazards to vex and oppose the Iews, then any of his Predecessors had done in getting of Victories. The Devil blows the horn, and Men ride Pos[gap] to hell, as if they feared hell would be full ere they could get thither: When Satan had entred into Iudas, how active was Iudas! he goes to the High Priests, from them to the Band of Soldiers, and with them back again to the Garden, and never left till he had betrayed Christ: How industrious were the idolatrous Iews, so fiercely were they bent upon their sin, that they would sacrifice their Sons and Daughters to their Idol Gods, Ier. 32.35. Do Men take all this Pains for hell, and shall not we take pains for the Kingdom of Heaven? The wicked have nothing to encourage them in their Sins, they have all the threatenings of God as a flaming Sword against them. O let it never be said that the Devils Servants are more active then Christs, that they serve him better, who rewards them only with Fire and Brimstone, then we do God who rewards us with a Kingdom.

21. The labour we take for Heaven is a labour full of pleasure, Prov. 3.17. A Man sweats at his Recreation, tires himself with hunting, but there is a delight he takes in it which sweetens it: Rom. 7.22. I delight in the Law of God, in the inner Man, Gr. [gap], I take pleasure. Not only is the Kingdom of Heaven delightful, but the way thither: What delight hath a gracious Soul in Prayer, Isa. 56.7. I will make them joyful in my house of Prayer. While a Christian weeps there is joy drops with Tears; while he is musing on God he hath such illapses of the Spirit, and as it were such Transfigurations of Soul, that he thinks himself half in Heaven, Psal. 63.5, 6. My Soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, and my Mouth shall praise thee with joyful Lips, when I remember thee upon my Bed, &c. A Christians work for Heaven is like a Bridegrooms work on the Morning of the Marriage day, he puts on his Vesture and wedding Robes, in which he shall be married to his Bride; so in all the Duties of Religion we are putting on those wedding Robes, in which we shall be married to Christ in Glory: O what solace and inward Peace is there in close walking with God, Isa. 32.17. The Work of Righteousness shall be Peace. Serving of God is like gathering of Spices or

Flowers, wherein there is some labour, but the labour is recompenced with delight: Working for Heaven is like digging in a Gold Mine, the digging is labour, but getting the Gold is pleasure: O then let us bestir our selves for the Kingdom of Heaven; it is a labour full of Pleasure; a Christian would not part with his Joy for the most delicious Musick; he would not exchange his Anchor of Hope for a Crown of Gold: Well might David say in keeping thy Precepts there is great Reward, Psal. 19.11. not only after keeping thy Precepts, but in keeping them; a Christian hath both the Spring Flowers and the Crop; inward delight in serving God, there is the Spring Flowers; and the Kingdom of Glory at last, there is the full Crop.

22. How industrious have the Saints in former Ages been, they thought they could never do enough for Heaven; they could never serve God enough, love him enough, minus te amavi, Domine, Austin. Lord I have loved thee too little. What Pains did Saint Paul take for the Heavenly Kingdom, Phil. 3.13. Reaching forth unto those things which are before; [gap] the Greek Word to reach forth, signifies to stretch out the neck, a Metaphor from Racers who strain every Limb, and reach forward to lay hold on the Prize. Anna the Prophetess, Luke 2.37. departed not from the Temple, but served God with Fastings and Prayers night and day. Basil the Great by much labour and watching exhausted his bodily strength. Let Racks, Pullies, and all torments come upon me (said Ignatius) so I may win Christ. The Industry and Courage of former Saints who are now crowned with Glory should provoke our diligence, that so at last we may sit down with them in the Kingdom of Heaven.

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23. The more pains we take for Heaven, the more welcome will Death be to us: What is it makes Men so loath to dye? they are like a Tenant that will not out of the House, till the Sergeant pull him out; they love not to hear of Death; why so? because their Conscience accuseth them that they have taken little or no pains for Heaven; they have been sleeping when they should have been working; and now they are afraid least Death should carry them Prisoners to Hell: Whereas he who hath spent his time in serving of God, he can look Death in the Face with comfort, he was wholly taken up about Heaven, and now he shall be taken up to Heaven; he traded before in Heaven, and now he shall go to live there, Phil. 1.23. Cupio dissolvi, I desire to be dissolved, and be with Christ: Paul had wholly laid out himself for God, 1 Cor. 15.10. and now he knew there was a Crown laid up for him, and he longed to take Possession. Thus I have given you twenty three Perswasives or Arguments to exert and put forth your utmost diligence for the obtaining the Kingdom of Heaven; O that these Arguments were written in all your Hearts, as with the Point of a Diamond; and because delaies in these Cases are dangerous, let me desire you to set upon this Work for Heaven presently, Psal. 119.60. I made hast, and delayed not to keep thy Commandments. Many People are convinced of the necessity of looking after the Kingdom of Glory, but they say as those, Hagg. 1.2. The time is not yet come: They adjourn and put off, till their time is slip'd away, and so they lose the Kingdom of Heaven; beware of this fallacy; delay strengthens sin, hardens the heart, and gives the Devil fuller possession of a Man; 1 Sam. 21.8. The Kings business requires hast; so the business of Salvation requires hast; do not put off an hour longer; volat ambiguis mobilis alis hora; what assurance have you that you shall live another day? have you any lease of life granted? why then do you not presently arise out of the Bed of Sloath, and put forth all your strength and Spirits that you may be possessed of the Kingdom of Glory? should not things of the highest importance be done first? setling a Mans Estate, and clearing the Title to his Land, is not delayed, but done in the first place; what is there of such grand importance as this, the saving of your Souls, and the gaining of a Kingdom? therefore to day hear Gods Voice, now mind Eternity, now get your Title to Heaven cleared before the Decree of Death bring forth; what imprudence is it to lay the heaviest Load upon the weakest Horse? so to lay the heavy Load of Repentance on thy self when thou art infeebled by sickness, the Hands shake, the Lips quiver, the Heart faints: O be wise in time, now prepare for the Kingdom: He who never begins his Voyage to Heaven but in the storm of Death, it is a thousand to one if he doth not suffer an Eternal Shipwrack.

VSE VI. Of Exhortation.

1. Branch. If there be such a glorious Kingdom a coming, then you who have any good hope through Grace that you are the Heirs of this Kingdom, let me exhort you to six things.

1. Often take a Prospect of this heavenly Kingdom, climb up the Caelestial Mount, take a turn as it were in Heaven every day by holy Meditation, Psal. 48.12, 13. Walk

about Sion, tell the Towers thereof, mark well her Bulwarks: See what a glorious Kingdom Heaven is, go-tell the Towers, view the Palaces of the Heavenly Ierusalem; Christian, show thy Heart the Gates of Pearl, the Bed of Spices, the Clusters of Grapes which grow in the Paradise of God; say, O my Soul, all this Glory is thine, it is thy Fathers good pleasure to give thee this Kingdom: The Thoughts of Heaven are very delightful and ravishing; can Men of the World so delight in viewing their Bags of Gold, and Fields of Corn, and shall not the Heirs of Promise take more delight in contemplating the Caelestial Kingdom: The serious Meditation of the Kingdom of Glory would work these three effects.

(1.) It would put a damp and slur upon all worldly Glory: Those who stand upon the top of the Alps the great Cities of Campania seem but small in their eye. Could we look through the Perspective Glass of Faith, and take a view of Heavens Glory, how small and minute would all other things appear: Moses slighted the Honours of Pharaohs Court, having an eye to the Recompence of Reward: Heb. 11.26. St. Paul who had a Vision of Glory, and Saint Iohn who was carried away in the Spirit, and saw the holy Ierusalem descending out of Heaven, having the Glory of God in it, Rev. 21.11. how did the world after appear in an Eclipse to them.

(2.) The Meditation of the heavenly Kingdom would much promote holiness in us: Heaven is an holy place, 1 Pet. 1.4. an Inheritance undefiled; 'tis described by Transparent Glass to denote its Purity, Rev. 21.21. The contemplating heaven would put us upon the study of holiness, because none but such are admitted into that kingdom: Heaven is not like Noah's Ark, into which came clean Beasts and unclean; only the pure in heart shall see God, Mat. 5.8.

(3.) The Meditation of the heavenly Kingdom would be a Spur to diligence, immensum Gloria Calcar habet. 1 Cor. 15.58. alwaies abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your Labour shall not be in vain in the Lord. When the Mariner sees the haven he plies it harder with his Oars; when we have a sight and prospect of Glory, it would make us much in Prayer, alms, watching, it would add wings to duty, and make the Lamp of our Devotion burn brighter.

2. If you have hopes of this Kingdom▪ be content though you have but a little of the World: Contentment is a rare thing, 'tis a Jewel that but few Christians wear; but if you have a grounded hope of heaven, it may work your heart to Contentation; what though you have but little in Possession, you have a Kingdom in Reversion. Were you to take an estimate of a Mans Estate, how would you value it? by what he hath in his house, or by his Land? perhaps he hath little Money or Jewels in his house, but he is a Landed Man, there lies his Estate. A Believer hath but little Oyl in the Cruse▪ and Meal in the Barrel, but he is a landed Man, he hath a Title to a Kingdom, and may not this satisfy him? If a Man who lived here in England, had a great Estate befallen him beyond the Seas, and perhaps had no more Money at present, but just to pay for his Voyage, he is content, he knows when he comes to his Estate he shall have Money enough: Thou who art a Believer hast a Kingdom befallen thee; though thou hast but little in thy Purse, yet if thou hast enough to pay for thy Voyage, enough to bear thy Charges to heaven, it is sufficient. God hath given thee Grace which is the Fore Crop, and will give thee Glory, which is the After-Crop, and may not this make thee content?

3. Branch. If you have hope of this blessed Kingdom, pray often for the coming of this glorious Kingdom, Thy Kingdom come: Only Believers can pray heartily for the hastening of the Kingdom of Glory.

1. They cannot pray that Christs kingdom of Glory may come who never had the kingdom of Grace set up in their Hearts: Can the guilty Prisoner pray that the Assis[gap]s may come?

2. They cannot pray heartily that Christs kingdom of Glory may come, who are Lovers of the World; they have found Paradise, they are in their kingdom already, this is their heaven, and they desire to hear of no other; they are of his mind who said, if he might keep his Cardinalship in Paris he would lose his part in Paradise.

3. They cannot pray heartily that Christs kingdom of Glory may come, who o[gap]ose Christs kingdom of Grace, who break his Laws which are the Scepter of his kingdom, who shoot at those who bear Christs Name and carry his Colours; sure these cannot pray that Christs kingdom of Glory may come, for then Christ will judge them, and if they say this Prayer they are Hypocrites, they mean not as they speak. But you who have the kingdom of Grace set up in your hearts, pray much that the kingdom of Glory may hasten, Thy Kingdom come; when this kingdom comes then you shall behold Christ in all his embroidered Robes of Glory, shining ten thousand times brighter then the Sun in all it's Meridian Splendor. When Christs kingdom comes the Bodies of the

Saints that slept in the dust shall be raised in honour, and made like Christs Glorious Body; then shall your Souls like Diamonds sparkle with Holiness; you shall never have a sinful thought more, you shall be as holy as the Angels, you shall be as holy as you would be, and as holy as God would have you to be; then you shall be in a better state than in Innocency. Adam was Created a Glorious Creature but mutable, a bright Star but a falling Star, but in the Kingdom of Heaven is a fixation of Happiness: When Christs Kingdom of Glory comes you shall be rid of all your enemies: As Moses said, Exod. 14.13. The Egyptians whom you have seen to day, you shall see them no more for ever; so those enemies who have plough'd on the backs of Gods people, and made deep their surrows, when Christ shall come in his Glory, you shall see these enemies no more. All Christs enemies shall be put under his feet, 1 Cor. 15.25. and before the wicked be destroyed the Saints shall judge them; 1 Cor. 6.2. Know ye not that the Saints shall judge the World: This will cut the wicked to the heart, that those whom they have formerly scorned and scourged shall sit as Judges upon them, and vote with Christ in his judicial proceedings: O then well may you pray for the hastening of the Kingdom of Glory, Thy Kingdom come.

4. Branch. If you have any good hope of this blessed Kingdom, let this make the colour come in your Faces, be of a sanguine▪ chearful temper; have you a Title to a Kingdom, and sad? Rom. 5.2. We rejoyce in the hope of the glory of God. Christians, the Trumpet is ready to sound; an eternal Jubilee is at hand when a freedom from Sin shall be proclaimed; your Coronation day is a coming; it is but putting off your clothes, and laying your head upon a pillow of dust, and you shall be inthroned in a Kingdom, and invested with the embroidered Robes of Glory: Doth not all this call for a chearful Spirit? Chearfulness adorns Religion; it is a temper of Soul Christ loves: Iohn 14.28. If ye loved me ye would rejoyce. It makes many suspect Heaven is not so pleasant, when they see those that walk thither so sad. How doth the heir rejoyce in hope of the Inheritance? Who should rejoyce if not a Believer who is heir of the Kingdom, and such a Kingdom as eye hath not seen. When the Flesh begins to droop, let Faith lift up its head, and cause an holy jubilation and rejoycing in the Soul.

5. Let the Saints long to be in this blessed Kingdom. A Prince that travels in Foreign parts, doth he not long to be in his own Nation, that he may be Crowned? The Bride desires the Marriage day: Rev. 22.17. The Spirit and the bride say, Come: Even so come Lord Iesus. Sure our unwillingness to go hence, shows either the weakness of our Faith in the belief of the Heavenly Kingdom, or the strength of our doubtings, whether we have an interest in it. Were our Title to Heaven more cleared, we should need Patience to be content to stay here any longer.

Again, Our unwillingness to go hence declares, we love the World too much, and Christ too little. Love (as Aristotle saith) desires Union; did we love Christ as we should, we would desire to be united to him in Glory; when we might take our fill of Love, be humbled that we are so unwilling to go hence: Let us labour to arrive at that divine temper of Soul as Paul had, Cupio dissolvi, I desire to depart and be with Christ; Phil. 1.23. We are encompassed with a body of sin, should not we long to shake off this viper? We are in Meseck, and the Tents of Kedar, in a place where we see God dishonoured, should not we desire to have our pass to be gone? We are in a valley of Tears, is it not better being in a Kingdom? Here we are combating with Satan, should not we desire to be called out of the bloody field where the bullets of Temptation fly so fast, that we may receive a victorious Crown? O ye Saints, breath after the Heavenly Kingdom. Though we should be willing to stay to do service, yet we should ambitiously desire to be alwayes sunning our selves in the light of Gods Countenance. Think what it will be to be ever with the Lord, are there any sweeter smiles or embraces than his? Is there any bed so soft as Christs bosom? Is there any such joy as to have the golden banner of Christs Love displayed over us? Is there any such honour as to sit upon the Throne with Christ; Rev. 3.21. O then long for the Caelestial Kingdom.

6. Wait for this Kingdom of Glory. It is not incongruous or improper to long for Heaven, yet wait for it; long for it because it is a Kingdom, yet wait your Fathers good pleasure; God could presently bestow this Kingdom, but he sees it good that we should wait a while.

(1.) Had we the Kingdom of Heaven presently, assoon as ever Grace is infused, then God would lose much of his Glory. 1. Where would be our living by Faith, which is the Grace that brings in the chief revenues of Glory to God; Rom. 4.20. 2. Where would be our suffering for God, which is a way of honouring him, which the Angels in Heaven are not capable of. 3. Where would be the active service we

are to do for God? Would we have God give us a Kingdom, and we do nothing for him before we come there? Would we have Rest before Labour, a Crown before Victory? This were disingenuous. Paul was content to stay out of Heaven a while, that he might be a means to bring others thither; Phil. 1.23.

([gap].) While we wait for the Kingdom our Glory is increasing. Every Duty Religiously performed adds a Jewel to our Crown. Do we desire to have our Robes of Glory shine brighter, let us wait and work; the longer we stay for the Principal, the greater will the Interest be. The Husbandman waits till the seed spring up: Wait for the harvest of Glory. Some have their waiting Weeks at Court; this is your walting time: Christ saith, Pray and faint not, Luke 18.1. so wait and faint not. Be not weary; the Kingdom of Heaven will make amends for your waiting: I have waited for thy Salvation, O Lord, said that dying Patriarch, Gen. 49.18.