318 Hab. z. q. Pfal tó.E. Dent.3 z.3®. PLài, 3 t.3.& 71.3. Fbe Godly are alto:redto live by faith in af- fliélienr. i Tim.4 S. Rotn.8. z S. etCor.to.t3: d Ads 17. 25. Pfal. 56. 3. Mal. 3t.5. Pf.a.z3.4. HoLw to liveby Faith in time of(.ídverfitie, word for whatfoever he bath committed unto him. Faith in time of danger doth as it were fence and compafï'e us with the promilès ofGod : but without faith we arena- ked, and lie open to the malice of our adverfaries. Behold, hisfoulewhich is lifted up, is not upright in him, but the fufl ,/hall live by hisfaith. The unjult man puffes up hitnfelfe, and buíldes towers ofdefence to himfelfe a but the juft man believed), and that (hail be to him in ftead of all ta- ttles , towers, and bulwarkes in the world. For it brings us under the wing, prefence, and protection of Gcd : makes him our refuge and fafeguard,high rocke,and tow- er ofdefence. Afflicttions profit not, ifthey L-e'not mixed with faith in them that beare them. Bodilyphyficke procureth not health, ifnaturali beate be lacking in the patient, which might caufe the potion to worke to the expelling of the ficke humour : faith in refpecl of'affli¿}ions the phyficke ofthe foule, is that naturali beate, whereby they aremade to worke kindely to the purging of fit-me and the increafe ofgrace and comfort : where it is altogether wanting, therecan be no kindly worke. The righteous are allowed to live by faith in the times ofevill, when calamities ofall forts compaf e them about, For a godlineffe hath the promifeofthis life, and that which is to come: and the godly are to believe both, according to the word of theLord, God hathpromifed, that b all thingsjhall worke togetherfor {rood, to them that love cod, and that thewill notfuer to t obe temptedabove that weare able: and it is our duty to d believe God , that it thall be even as he bath told us. The godlyhavehad this confidence in former times, whole pradife is both a token ofourprix iledge,anda pat- terne of ourduty.what time Iamafraid' will trufi in thee. Into thine hand Icommit myfgirit : thou hall redeemed me, OLordGodoftrath.rea,though Iwalke through thevalley of theJhhaddow ofdeath, Iwill feare no evill ; for thou art withme, thy rod, andthyfiaffe they comfort me. Come, and let
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