tbèpromijs ofpèr f verasacé,&c. 1 83 and flrength, and continuall"fupply ofgrace. Holdup my goings in thypaths,that my footflopsflip not. Iwill keepe thy I Pt :11. s 1 ç.8, flat-sites : O forfa!çeme not utterly. Look: thou t ^on me, and be mTrcifull unto mee:as those tefefl to doe unto thofe that love thy Nanse,rirclermyflops in thy word,and let not any in;q'rì- .pfai.I 19.131, ty have dominionover me. `Drawme, weewill runneafter 133. thee, Shewme thy waies, O Lard ; teachme thy paths. Lead Cart 1.4. me in thy truth,and teach me:for thou a, t the Godofmmy%ala :'fal,s5.4,S nation, on thee doe IWaite all the day long. When men be confcious, to theínfelves of' their own wants, they are wont to refort unto others by whom their wa its may be füpplied ; The Believer is emptie in hì nfelfe, and ferfible s Tím 4.17. ofhis owneweaknefl'r,defirous of fupply,andconfident of . Cor.12.9,10 help inGod,who alone is able to confirme and arengthen R Cor 4 74 him, yea fo to finable him notwithflanding his infirmity, that his power and might (hall appeare in him amidfl his feebleneffe, and his very infirmity fhali make much for his glory : and therefore lie will not ceafeday after day to repaire unto him for continual' fupply,and ftrength ofgrace. Fourthly, Faith defireth;-digefteth, and feedcth upon 4, the wholióme food of life. ells new borne babes deftre z 10,1.2.2, the fincere milk,e of the Pvbrd, thatyee may grow thereby. Iithebodybe healthfull, and in cafe to grow in ílrength, there will bean appetite towholefome food,andgood di- ge(}ion by the flomacke; every living thingbath a facul- tieto draw nourifhment unto it felfe:and the faith which never faileth doth not one'y covet, but kindly digeft the , Word of life, and fucke nourifhment from it, where- by it is made able and ftrong to every good word and worke. If the ftomacke decay, or the appetite be inor= dinate after thingshurtful', and unwholfomefood, or the digeftion ill, that meare tlken in paffethaway not alte_ redby the flomacke, the nrturall life is in danger ; fo the life of gracelanguifhèth, when our appetite to the word decayeth, we afte6t earthly thing'; immoderately, delight in a frothy, windie, vaine foundof words, which pleafcrh the
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