(45) . for jo# wln~ch he hAth purpofcd P!nd promifed: rr Cod b~ .nQt ~ble to perfqrm, be i~ not good ; ifhe m.ifiake · his ·way;i;(he ufe ir;npertinen.c, improper means, he is-nof,the AIJ.. wif~ (iod. If he do not aetti~lly P'er– form·what he is able, and knqws how · eo do, whett he hath fa id i't,he ceafes to ·be the .trve God: So that the rna~te.r is brought plainly to thls Hfue; If God be God,_if God be the All-wife Go~, ifGod be the. t'rue and faithful God, this word vvhich he bath fpo .. ken, ( dll things foal! work.. together for (,Ood tfl thofe that lovt1Goa,) lhall not fail o~ its accornplit1~- · ment in'its feafon. . ' ' · Havi_ng 'th.u~ proved the Dochin~, I f11alf, 3fte~ I have added a few words by way of c"~wtion, an4 anfwered an Objetliom or tWO againtl · the s.cnce 'I have given, of thi~Promife, and fubjoyneda fe<.\• · p~rticular Infcrences,defcend to the gencrJI Appii; catio~. . . I ~ By way of Caution. . . : I. Limit not the L:ordto your t.ime an,l w.ty;GoJ ' , will make good his word, but -you:h;1urt give h1m leave to take his own feafon.He·that hdieveth Jha.ll not mate haft: believe Gorl, but do not prejudge nqr pr~cipitate,leaft you fall1nto temptatio!l· Put nt' tnorc into the Promife, neither for matter nor cir– cumflance, then God hath P9t in it: put not that , , into the Pro1nife, ·which God ha:th fl')t- pl;lt in 'it, left you mifs and ~.Qme t!tort of that which Go~ hathpi!: in~ it.Let others miftakes and rnifcarriag.es be warn- · ing., to you : till Gnd h'lth manifeftly faid, do not Y.ou fay?This t~s the time ;.. build noty_o~r confidence on conJeelures, yonr · Fatth on thr. ltfOflgeH: Prcfumptions; lefi your Faith prove · but a fancy, al)d you! ~o~fidence your conf.ufion : mak~ not the prt– mi• -..,. .. . ~ /
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