376 What it is to live by Faith touching the heavenly kingdome. Now in all this maul hadno peculiar prerogative aboveother Chritlians:but what he expec}ed from God, they may all hopefor... Attr offaith Theaas offaith touching that obedience, which we toußking obeli- oweunto God inChrifl, are thefèor the like, ence requ red. Fin i, It makes a man wife to diícerne what is lawfull, I good, and feafonable, both in refped of the worke , the meanes,and circumflancesof ir:.Davidfaith, he was wifer then his Enemies-, .then his Teachers , then the eArnci- Pfal. 119. 97. em : and he renders the caufe thereof, from the worke of 98,99. his fàith; for thy te[limonies are ever with me, they are Pfal. ii9.z4. my meditation, and the men of my counfell with whom I advife. Secondly Itcurbes and bridles inordinate paffions, Z and overcomes all impediments, temptations, difficulties and allurements to the contrary. This is the villory Joh. ç. 4. whereby wee overcome the world, even ourfaith, Forfaith being wet-rooted , poífefling the heart, and having its force unitedby clofe repofall therein, commands every delight, affeftion or pleafureof our fouler, and breakes the violenceofevery inclination contrary to fuch motion as it fuggells; Peeing no hopes canbe equal' to the reward which it propofeth to thcconflant and refolute, no feares comparable to the terrors which it reprefents to the neg- ligent or ílothfull followers of &ch courfes as it pre- PhiL;,S, ,fcribes, What? that faith fees an ineflimable price upon the pearleof the Gofpell,accounting all other things as droffe and dung in comparifon ; which caufetha free and advi Matth.i 3.44. ad renouncing of all interefl in the wònid, the fiefh, and all their appurtenances, for alkirance ofit , -With as great willingneffeas good husbands forfake bafe tenements,and hard - rented lcafes, to compaffe fome goodly royalty and large poffeilions, offered themmore then halte for no- thing. tlgaine, faith fighteth againfl temptatiitn.and intice- ments unto finneby thepower ofChrifl, whichcannot be van-
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