194 Chap.; . .lConrmentarie upon ofvs: and therefore we muff prepare our (clues two make a good reckoning. In the teflimonie ofthe Prophet our dèttieisfet dawne,and that is , that we mutt in this world litre by faith. That we may hue by faith,we mutt doe two things.One ís,to choofc thetrue. God for our God : the fecond is , in our hearts to cleaue vnto him, and that according to his word. Full therefore , we mutt cleauc fait to hiscommandements, by entring into theway of his precepts, and by walking in them. For this cacti we mutt 'hauealwascs about vs the eyeofknowledge,to direft our Reps in the wayes ofG od,that we euer kccpe our (clues inour cal- lings , that is the dutìe we owe to God and man. Secondly, while we Rand in the waies of God, we (hall be affailed with many Temptations on the right hand, and on the left : there. fore we mutt further eleauc to the promifes of God : belee- uinghis prefencc,proteéiion, and aflìfiance,inall temptations and daungers. And this our faith mutt be as it werea hand to (layvs. Here twocaucats mutt be remcmbred. One , that we mutt not prefcribe vnto God the manner of his a(ffance : but kaue it , with other circumftanccs oftime, and place, to God. The fecond is , when all earthly things faile vs, we mull refs vpon thebareword ofGod , and bclecue the pro.mife of, remiflonof fumes, and life cuerlafting.This is to hue by faith. And this dutie mutt be pra ifed , when we are in the field to fight for our countrey : whenwe lie onour deathbeddcs: and when we are in any danger. Marke further, Paul faith,rde iuf1 man liner byfaith:he there - fore that is iuttificd continues to. be it:Rified by his faith : and therfore the fecond iuftification,thatis faid-tobe byour works, is a meere fifion. And in that none hues by faith, but he that is a iuf} man,we fee that true faith is alivaies_iovned with the Pur. poleof not finning , or with the iutlice ofgood confcience: and where they are fettered, there is no more buta meere pre. tcnceoffaith. When Paul faith [the law it not offaithlhe letsdowne the maine difference betwcene theLaw and the Gofpel. The Jaw promifeth life, tohim that performs perfe& obedience,& that for his works.The Gofpel promifeth hfe,tohim that doth no. thing in the cattle of his (aluation,butonly bciceues- in Chritt and: ít promifeth faluation tohim that beleeucth , yet not for his ro r1 sa zf. 3a 3.1
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