CHAP. V.
Of the Act of Hope: 1. Quiet waiting. 2. Long expecting.
THen the Third thing: There is the Act; and there is Two things.
First, The quiet Waiting.
Secondly, the long Expecting.
The quiet waiting of the soul, though things seem to go cross, and are long delayed, yet Hope doth quietly wait till the storm be over, and doth not murmur and re∣pine against God, doth not go out to any shifting waies, but is quiet, notwithstanding things seem to go never so cross: Thus you have it in the 40. Psalm, at the begin∣ning, I waited patiently for the Lord, and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry: Mark what a condition the Psalmi••t was in, when he doth profess he waited patient∣ly for the Lord; in verse 2. He brought me also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and yet waited pati∣ently: and again in verse 5. Many, O Lord my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward, they cannot be recko∣ned up in order unto thee, if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered: and he goes on in speaking of great and wonderful things that the