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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86934	A brief exposition of the prophecies of Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk and Zephaniah. By George Hutcheson minister at Edenburgh. Imprimatur, Edm. Calamy	Hutcheson, George, 1615-1674.	1654 (1654)	Wing H3822; Thomason E1454_1; ESTC R209588	282,367	353

in a time of such exercise by delays 5. The faith of Gods certain and seasonable coming to help his people will enable them patiently to wait for him without limiting of him and without taking a wrong way his issue being worth the waiting for in his own way for saith the Lord Though it tarry wait for it because it will surely come it will not tarry 6. In a time when the Lord suspends the performance of his Word as Ministers are so much the more to inculcate and cry up the sure Word neither eating it because of delayes nor speaking according to probabilities so it is the duty of the godly in such a time to be much in studying the Scriptures to fraught their hearts full with promises that they may commend them and be supported by them for The visions being for an appointed time is a reason why the Prophet is commanded ver 2. to write the vision and make it plain c. 7. It is a sweet help to make us lean to the Word when we study to see Christ in it somewhat of him held forth and promised in it and he in whom the promises are Yea and Amen engaged for the performance of it therefore the Apostle Heb. 10.37 in stead of the vision holds forth Christ as the substance of the thing promised and the party engaged for the performance He that shall come will come c. and this maketh this particular promise concerning the Chaldeans applicable to all the difficulties of the Church because Christ is alsufficient for every need Vers 4. Behold his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him but the just shall live by his faith The Lord cleareth his purpose and end in delaying to perform and fulfil the vision which is to try and discover who are the lofty and unsound and who the truly righteous and so premonisheth all of their hazzard in that time of exercise and informs the truly godly how they may subsist and hold out Doct. 1. Times of Gods exercising his Church by not appearing visibly for her are times of narrow trial and discovery of soundnes or Hypocrisie for so doth the Lord teach us that the lifted up soul and the just shall both appear in their own colours when the vision is yet for an appointed time 2. The manner of mens behaviour in a time of trial and tentation is of great importance and much notice is taken of it by God as tending much either to his honor or dishonor and to the promoting of our own peace or disquiet therefore a Behold is prefixed to this doctrin 3. However affliction and trial ought to be an humbling exercise yet without Gods blessing and meeting with corruption it wil discover and bring forth much pride and high towers of imaginations swelling against Gods soveraignty that he should have the disposing of us at his pleasure censuring his way of proceeding with us conceiting of wisdom and power to secure our selves better then by waiting on God c. for then there will be some whose soul is listed up 4. As a proud murmuring and conceited disposition under trouble discovers mens unfoundness so it will not long wait on God but make apostasie either from a general profession of being his followers or from keeping his way to the use of sinful means because of which the Lord doth and will testifie that he doth abhor such decliners for His soul which is lifted up is not upright in him and the Apostle in citing this Text Heb. 10.38 clears that the proud soul will draw back and that Gods soul will have no pleasure in him 5. Albeit that trial will sift narrowly and discover the naughtiness of many yet there are still some who find grace to subsist and get through in hardest times for in opposition to the former the Lord subjoynes But the just shall live 6. The way of the godly in patient waiting on God in hard times is neither a senslesse stupidity hardening themselves in sorrow but an exercising feeling and lively way nor is it a poor and sorry shift but a comfortable means of subsistance for the just shall live he shal have a lively exercise and a life of it 7 Before a man can attain to a comfortable way of bearing trouble and waiting on God in hard times he must first make sure his personal reconciliation and being righteous before God which will be onely when by faith he layeth hold on Christs righteousnesse offered in the Gospel for he must be the just and that by faith who shall live by faith in trouble and so it is expounded Rom. 1.17 Gal. 3.11 8 The man who is just and righteous by faith in Christ shall not onely live a life of grace begun here by dwelling constantly under the shadow of imputed righteousnesse whereby he is hid from death and wrath and by drawing life and vertue out of Christ to quicken his heart and to enable him for every good word and work and perfected in glory but also his faith will carry him through not only the snares of prosperity but hardest dispensations without apostasie or fainting for while the righteous man walks not by present sense and by faith takes up God as his father in Christ studies all the promises made to Saints in every condition and magnifieth the truth of them seeth God his Father to be the carver out of all his the Churches lots and that every condition is useful and hath a blessing in it to the godly and that waiting on God in his way is the sure path to a blessed issue and withal finding now and then Gods presence sensibly with his Spirit while I say the godly man is thus exercised he cannot but have a good life and be hid from the blasty winds of tentations wherewith others are assailed and blown over The just shall live by faith his saith shall afford him a life in hardest times and provide for him in wildernesses 9. Albeit that many may be believing in Christ and so be born through who yet cannot discern faith in themselves yet such as expect righteousnesse through faith in Christ and by faith to be thus supported in evil times should study the reality and sincerity of their faith that it is not a motion or fancy but real and such as he hath a sure hold of for it is his saith by which the just shall live a faith which he hath made sure he hath And for this end we ought to study exactly the nature of faith that neither the presumptuously secure nor fainting soul mistake their own case Ver. 5. Yea also because he transgresseth by Wine he is a proud man neither keepeth at home who enlargeth his desire as hell and is as death and cannot be satisfied but gathereth unto him all nations and heapeth upon him all people Followeth to the end of the Chapter the vision it self concerning the destruction which was to come upon the Chaldeans propounding for the