442 How are we to live by Faith Sera, i8. be as if they had none,and they that rejoyce as though they rejoiced not, and they that buy as though they po f fel'ed net, & they that ufe thre world not abufing it. As we are apt to underdo, to do roo little in heavenly things, fo we are apt to overdo, or to do too mueh in worldly things. Our two great failings are,viz. That we do but maize sift as it were of thofe things we íhould enjoy, and that we enjoy thofe things we íhould only make ufe of. Oh,the Divine Art of holy moderation in the ufe of our fweetefl worldly enjoyments is known and prad} iced by few. 3. And Iafily, Ai I may not over-love them, nor inordinately delight in them, faith Faith, fo leafl of all may I put the leafl troll or confidence in them, I mull not in the least lean upon them. Not fay to Gold to fine gold,7hon trt my confidence,Job2I.24..i , e.My foul may notfecurely refb and rely on gold, or golden enjoyments, ad if theft could Rand by me, when all friends fail, as if thofe would not fee us want any thing, nor fuffer us to be wronged,as long,u they laf,which,God knows,is but fo' s moment. All thefe enjoyments can neither make me better nor zvifer, nor render my life more.fafe & comfortable,not fantli fie our fouis,nor fatif- fie our delires: Therefore faith faith,I will trul in God only,whom I can never ant} roo much, not in the creature, we I can never Erna toe little. I I. In times of fadnefs,affliEtions,wants, fu f ferings, miferics ; when the hand of the Lord is gone cut agai.nll: us,and he greatly trrnIt plies cm for - rows. When he breaks us with breach upon breach , and 4 uns upon us likea Giant,when his Arrows flick fa fl in us,& his hand preict h tee fore, when he fows Sackcloth on our skin and defiles our horn in the duff. When we are fain to eat afhes like bread, and co mingle our dririkwith veeping.Now,now is a time for a Saints trufl to beffir it fell to purpofe. In thisflorm and tempeft, wherein the waves mount up to heaven, and go down again to the depths,Faith (ìts at Helm,and preferves the foul from fbipzrrack.. Faith takes Ibis Serpent by the teil, handles it, and turns it into an harmlefs wand,yea, into an Aarons rods budding with glory and immortality : Faith encounters this feeming Goliah of Afilicrion, grap- pies with it,not as a match,but as a vanquifht underling. Let mifery drefs her felf like the cruellcfl Fury, come forth guarded with all her di /mat attendants, fighs,groans, tears, wants, woes, Faith Pets its foot on the neck of this ,Qt!etn of fears, infults and triumphs over her. When the heart and flub are apt to fail when foul and fpirit are apt to finkand fwoon away,fairhdraws forth i;s bottle,and adminiflers a reviving Cor- dial. In a word, in a Sea, an Ocean, a Deluge of trouble, amicla all florms,winds,tempefts, yea, an Herricane of forrows and miferies,Faith knows where and how to call Anchor. According to that of our Saviour,
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