43 h ow are we to live by iFailh Seim. 18. Ration. A time of wants or 7veaknefs, doth the Barrel of meal begin to fail, and the Crufe of Oil f nk ? It there na fruit in thL Vine, cloth the labour of the Olive fail,are the flock/ cut off from the fold,and are there no Herds in the flail ? 1llow,Now is a time for Habakkuk to belie ve,bc bHab.3.17,18. lieving to b trufk, and tufting to rejoice in the Lord, and ro joy in the God of bis Salvation. Throw a 7anah oiler board into the ragingSea, bury him alive .c the W hales Belly, let the floods camp,, fs hint about,and all Gods Billows pafs over him, yet even then ?onahrem-écnbers God, and with the eye of his truft dares loo1Z towards hT, ót Temple,J ,n.a, I to 9. Let holy Paul have the f ntence of death upon h; in, yet he will tr4,2- Coa.:.1.9, I o. and fo will D..avi ,-tliough he wAin the very val- ly of the figdowef-dear k-Pfat. , e the trouble wh,,t it will be, Faith knows what ro do, viz,. to fly by the wings of troll, to him that is the hope of Ifrael, and his Saviour in the time of trouble,Jer. r4.8. If. 3 3.2. 7-raft in God in a fad condidon, is a believers Altxipharmacum pra- fl ntiffrri um, his choycrfl medicine, perfervative, Antidete,againg fain - tings,fwoonings,finking.'ris lake that Corneum Indorum pocultim,which Philp firatns fpeaks of, lib. 3. c. i. viz. A Goblet out of which , he In- dian Princes drank, and then lookt on themfelves as fecure from the 4ffaultscitherof fire , (word orpoyfon, Pfal. 37.39 V I And Laf}ly, How Faith or Truf exerts, puts forth, demeans and beflirs it felf in thefe fagnal feafons. I. In times of Fulnefs and Pro.fij erity. When it goes well with us and ours ; when the Candle of the Lord fhines on us, and our 'tabernacle ; when our lines fall in pleafant places,and our God makes us to lie down in green-and Fat pifiures ; when we are as the wings of a Dove, cover- ed with flyer, and her feathers with yellowgold ; when, with ?udah, we wafh our garments in 1tineand our cloatbs in the Blood of grapes. Now, Now is a fair opportunity for Faith or Trufl to exert it fclf, , yea and to appear glorioufly. And indeed it requires no tels than the utrrofl of Faiths skil,to fleer the Soul handfomly in this Serene and fmooth-faced Calme And fo, Firfl Faith or truf looks upward,and there fixeth ii's Eye on God and on the things of God. I. On God : and fo.Holy Faith delivers her felf, in fuch Efata, as thefe, viz. I. How full foever my large Ciflern be, It is the Lord,and the Lord alone, that is the grand Fountain, or rather Ocean of all my enjoyment. All my Pfa1,87.7. a Springs are in him. All my flreames are from him. Faith freely and humbly ackncwledges,that all outward, as well as inward Blefiìngs,That every
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