328 How to Iiveby Faith in timeofAdverfitie, onceby faith,the fcales falling fromour eyes,wecome to fec.it ufefull beneficiall,healtñfull,we ftraine courtehe no longer, but take it downe. 6. Sixtly, Trueand unfained"confidence will not keepe fi- Ience in the cares of the Lord, nor ceafe to importunehis Lain. z. t 9. aide, to intrearehis favour. Ar,f, cry ont in the night : in the beginning ofthe watches powre oot thine h:art li,t¿,e wa- ter, before the faceof the Lord: life op thy hands toward; Pfal, s 7.I z. him; Be merciful' unto me, O God, be mercìfnll unto me, for z Chro. r 4, i s. myfoule truftet h in thee ; yea, in the fhalowofthy wings will Intakemy refuge, until' the fecalamities beover-paft, Iwill cry unto Godmolt high : untoGodthat performed: all things Pfal.6z.8, for me. Truf in himat all tuner,yee people,owre,one your Efay.2.6.r6. hearts before him : Lord in trouble have they viftedthee,; Pfal,r4t. r,a. theypowredout aprayer,when thy cha enin was u onthem. Job,OA. r r. Thecounfell, which ele haz and , ave tofob faith 13. Both apply andput inpraStife which Zophar s to feeke unto God,and commit theceufeunto him ; toprepare the heart anditretch out the hands towards him, Having nowife- dotnofour felves to make ufe ofchaftifements,norpower to deliver our foules, faith urgeth to feeke unto God, that Eiay4S,t7. he would lead us by his grace in the way that we fhould goe, teach us to profit, and in due timevouchfafe free- dome and deliverance. The true believer defires thebe- nefit and fruit.ofreflraint and correc} ion, no Idle then the comfort offreedomeand liberty. He covets that the fpi- rituall fickneffe may be removed, when the bitter potion is takenaway. Awife patient will neither refute toiwal- Iow bitter pHs, when it may be for health; nor diforder hitnfelfe tomake worke for thePhyfician : he will take Phyficke to recover flrength, and lay it afide when the troublefom.e maladie is expelled. Abelieving patient had rather be held in a continuali courfe ofPhyficke, then that thematter of fpirituall fckneffe fhauld gather, and in- ender difeafes in the foule. Deliverance with inward toundneflc is the thing whichhe longeth after, and beg- gall of God. Thus faith will not fuffer impotently to ¡ fret
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