“Spes quæ differtur affligit animam ; lignum vitæ desiderium veniens.”
“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.”
“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.”
“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.”
“Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; But when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.”
Hope. Septuagint, “(the just shews mercy and lends) better is he who begins heartily to assist, than he who promises and leads to hope. For a bad (Grabe substitutes good) desire is a tree of life.” — Soul. Protestants, “maketh the heart sick.” (Haydock) — The pain increases in proportion to our eager desire. Calvin maintains, that the souls of the blessed are not yet in heaven, but hope: and of course he would establish a sort of purgatory for them. (Haydock)
See here, 1. Saints secured from ruin. Those that are upright in their way, that mean honestly in all their actions, adhere conscientiously to the sacred and eternal rules of equity, and deal sincerely both with God and man, their integrity will keep them from the temptations of Satan, which shall not prevail over them, the reproaches and injuries of evil men, which shall not fasten upon them, to do them any real mischief, Ps 25 21.