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A45242 Forty-five sermons upon the CXXX Psalm preached at Irwin by that eminent servant of Jesus Christ Mr. George Hutcheson. Hutcheson, George, 1615-1674. 1691 (1691) Wing H3827; ESTC R30357 346,312 524

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sign of a lively hope when thy affection is keeped warm in waiting for the things promised Art thou saved by hope then with the whole Creation thou wilt be groaning waiting for the Adoption to wit the Redemption of thy body Rom. 8.23 Thou wilt be looking for and hastning unto the coming of the day of the Lord 2 Pet. 3 13. And 2 Thou that would look to thy Hope and have it of the right stamp see what purging vertue is in it look if thy languor resolves in thy study of the increase of Sanctification that thou mayest be ripened and fitted for the issue that thou art looking out for 1 Joh. 3.3 He that hath this hope in him purifieth himself even as he is pure And 2 Pet. 3.11 ●eing all these things shall he dissolved what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness looking for and basting unto c. Tit. 2.13 The grace of God that brings salvation teacheth us that denying ungodliness and wordly lusts we should live soberly righteously and godly in this present world looking for that blessed hope and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour And Phil. 3.20 Our conversation is in heaven from whence also we look for a Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ who shall change our vile body c. There is a Character of a lively hope a Touchstone of true languor when thy hope bids thee haste to ripen fast for that thou hopest for that thou may be like Enoch walking with God and who was not for God took him Gen. 5.24 That thy grace may be increased till grace take needfire in glory And 3. Thou that would look to thy hope see what mortification is in thy hope what thou can submit to want and be weaned from upon the account of thy hope that hath been the practice of Saints in reference to out-gates hereaway To study mortification see it in David while enemies sought his life and laid snares for him spoke mischievous things and imagined devices all the day long he was as a deaf man that heard not and as a dumb man that opened not his mouth to all the injuries done or devised against him Why In the Lord did he hope and believed that he would hear him Psal 38.12 And in reference to a mans everlasting happiness this also would be his study 1 Pet. 1. compare the 3 4 and 5. Verses with the 6. Ye are begotten again unto a lively hope to an inheritance incorruptible undefiled that fades not away reserved in the heaven for you who are keeped through the power of God to salvation through faith ready to be revealed in the last time wherein ye greatly rejoyce though now for a season if need be ye are in heaviness through manifold tentations In a word ye that are hopers in God look well to these three what warmness of affection and languor is in your hope for the things promised look what endeavours are to be prepared and fitted for them and what mortification to the things in time upon the account of the great happiness ye expect when time is gone and your hopes shall be fulfilled and made out to you SERMON XXX Psalm 130.6 My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning I say more than they that watch for the morning I Have now as ye have heard gone through several Heads upon this Branch of the Psalmists wrestling and grapling with delays of comfort or an out-gate even when he is crying to God under trouble and making a right use of discovered sin and its ill deserving wherein somewhat hath been spoken to these four 1. His exercise He is waiting 2. The Object of this his exercise He waits for the Lord. 3. His affection in this exercise his soul is waiting 4. His support in this exercise he waits for the Lord his soul doth wait because he hopes in his word I shall not repeat what hath been spoken to these I come now to the 5. and last Head of this wrestling contained in the sixth Verse wherein he gives an account of the measure of his affection in waiting He hath said in the preceeding Verse my soul waits for the Lord and now it does not suffice him to repeat that but will tell what measure of affection he had in that waiting and he sets it out in comparison of them that watch for the morning and says that his soul waited more instantly and affectionatly for God than they did for the morning light Who these are that watch for the morning it is not very necessar to determine It was the lot of Shepherds see Luke 2.8 They watched all night over their flocks and Jacob Gen. 31.40 Tells us That in keeping Labans flocks the drought consumed him by day and the frost by night and his sleep departed from his eyes and these shepherds especially when they had cold and stormy nights would think long for the break of day the light whereof would be comfortable to them and refresh them again there were Travellers in those desarts that bordered on the Land of Canaan who wanted the accommodations of Inns by the way who were forced to lodge abroad in the fields and these considering the uncomfortableness of the dark night especially if stormy and the hazard they were in by Arabian Thieves and Robbers they would long for the day light And besides these in Wars they had their Centinels and Perdeus for watching and those of them especially whom they set nearest the Enemy lying nearest the hazard in the dark night and being there alone especially if the Season was stormy How instantly and eagerly would they long for the morning light that they might be relieved whether the allusion be to one or all of these or to somewhat else we shall not determine The Psalmist fears not to assert his Soul in waiting for God is more earnest and ardent than any of these my soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning And lest any should think he had over-reached in so saying he will repeat it I say more c. The substance of this Verse having occurred before on these words in the preceeding Verse My soul doth wait where ye heard of the Psalmists affection in waiting for God and how necessary and comfortable it is when the Saints are right to be able to reflect and to give an account of what they are doing in trouble therefore I shal pass it with a few short Notes partly from what is alluded to here partly from the Psalmists assertion of himself 1. As to what is alluded to here of these that wanted the nights rest or being in hazard were put to look greedily out and long for the morning light I shall give you what I would gather from it in these three 1. Ye may here read the hard and bitter toil with which many of the sons of men are exercised in time so that in the