“God promiseth salvation before he giveth it, to excite our desire of it, to exercise our faith, to prove our sincerity, to perfect our patience.  For these purposes he seemeth sometimes to have forgotten his word, and to have deserted those whom he had engaged to succor and relieve; in which case he would have us, as it were, to remind him of his promise, and solicit his performance of it.”  (George Horne)