56 Of the Manner, lure; Winds may blow, and Waves may fwel and affault the Ship, yet The is fiare, fhe is nor driven, the Anchor keeps the Grip ; fo the true Believers may be fore aífaulted with divers Temptations, yet their Anchor . caft within the Vail holds the Grip, and they ride out the Storm; But the unftable, wa- vering Faith lets go its Grip, hence is dri- ven, and at Taft dafh'd on the Rock Yea it mull be fo, his Grip is not fo firong as ¡sable to refill the Temptations, he is built upon the Sand, hence he muff fall. Mat. vii. 24. the Saints build on the Rock: And there fore tcand. In a Word, They have fuch a f ,tisfying Discovery of the Truth,and Good- nefs of. the Promife, and the Anchor is fo ir'rnly fiat within the Vail, that they can hold our in Storms and Temptations, they fumbl . otnetiznes, but that is more through Un- watchfuln fs, than from any 'Want of Fill- refs in the Portion; they have what is fuf- eient to Maintain and keep them at Home ; this no hypocrite ever had I fuppofe And therefore neceffarily falls away, and departs from the .Lojd. Ob 'je . i. A. Man is hound to believe with fuli ,Perfv' al on that he mall be faxed, if he believe not before Faith? is he to have any fuch Perrfwafion ? _ Ánfwer, (r.) I grant,; y;Before Faith, a gal not to have, cannot have any Ptr- ""Ilittftiiirerismrm,er.a-
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