, (I47) ' ' i. Confider, That) I ,\ • I • . 1. By howmuch the ri1ore you fear God, by fo much the lefs youwill fear men. ( 2.By how n1uc:h the n1ore you fear fin)by fo rilucli the lefsyou will fear trouble~ ' 3· ·By how 01uclt the lefs your adverfaries foai' , God, by fo Inuch t,he lefs need you to fear them. ' ' · · 2 . Belieie: P[al. i7. 13. i had f ai_nteJ, but that i be!ievet:l• .Faith is a buckler agJtini fears and faint• inga, Ephe[. 6. 16. Above all, tafte the foi~ld of faith, wherebyyou (hall be able to ijuntch lill the fiery dArts of the Devil. . ~ · ['Ibe jhield of f~itb] A lhidd .· is a wall of parti~ tion, interpofed betwixt a perfou and barm; 'Ti~ only our apprehenfion ~ ofharnl that raife our .feari . Faith will fave a Chriflian harmlef.~, and thereby preferve him fe arlefs. The ibield is ordainedfor ;t lecurity toall parts and ~gainft all alfaults. Some pieces of our armour are appropriated to one part only; the Heln1et is for the head; the Breaft~plate for the br~afi, the Girdlefor the loins) the Sho'oes for the feet ; but the lhiel'd is a moveable; that is td be lifted up, where·ever the blow conies. Filic·h is an univerfal fe'curity~ . · . . . . . i . ' !.. '' : . Faith may be faid to· he a Shield~· .. . , . . I. Infirumentally ; As it provides us of a fhield, as it lifts up a lhield, arid fe.ts ~ guardupo·n the So'UI td fcct~re it• le holds up C.hfitl for a fitield ~ i~hold~ IJ a up
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