For that is not pure and perfect, which is infected with self-interest.
4. Ask not what is delightful and commodious for thee, but what is pleasing and honourable to me: for if thou judgest rightly, thou oughtest to follow my appointment rather than thy own desire, and to prefer it before all that thou desirest.
I know thy desire, and I have often heard thy sighs.
Thou wouldst be glad to be at present in the liberty of the glory of the children of God:
Thou wouldst be pleased to be now at thy eternal home, and in thy heavenly country abounding with joy: but that hour is not yet come; for there is yet another time, viz. a time of war, a time of labour and trial.
Thou wishest to be replenished with the Sovereign Good, but thou canst not at present attain to it.
I am [that Sovereign Good] wait for me, saith the Lord, till the kingdom of God comes.
4. Thou must yet be tried upon earth, and exercised in many things.
Consolation shall sometimes be given thee; but to be fully satisfied shall not be granted thee.