45. That hope is of future things, and therefore that our faith concerning those things which are promised ought to be patient.

In the Epistle of Paul to the Romans:  “We are saved by hope. But hope that is seen is not hope; for what a man seeth, why doth he hope for? But if we hope for what we see not, we hope^44224422    Some read“ exspectamus,” “we wait for it.” for it in patience.”^44234423    Rom. viii. 24, 25.