34 Jede 5. i joh.3.2 3,14. §. s affiance»)...11 baweQ-tostell. Luk.S.z5. ù4aa5.1333 2 Szundandpe,- mznant. Affiancemufibe well rooted. theyfinnedfill, andbeleeved notforhis wondrous works : Iwill therefore put you in remembrance, though yeeonce knew this,how that theLordhavingfaved thepeopleout of the land ofEgypt, afterward defrayed them that beleeved not. And beleefe inthrift inferreth the keepingof Gods Commandements,whereunto the foule is inclined by faith. And this is his Commandement, that weeJhouldbeleefeon thename ofhis fonne ,efud Chrif, andlove one another, at heegave as commandement. And hee that keepeth his Commandements, dwelleth in him, and hee in him : and herebywe know that he abideth in us,bythejJ'irit which he kathgivenvo. §. 5. This faith is an affiance well-rooted, and kindly planted, fothat it difl:ufeth itsvertue into everie affeo&ion, even the whole matte, which it is ordained to purifie and feafon. It is fo clofe fettled and fattened, that neither the feare ofperfecution can fcorch it nor the cares of this world chokeit, nor the loveofpleafure wither it : and be- ing fo deeply fer, it difperfeth the vertueofthe Word into everie facultie ofthe thole, whereby we are feafoned,asa l t- tle leaven leaveneth thewhole lumpwherein it is hid.Tem- porariefaith makes its abode in the confines or fuburbs of the foule, the externall faceof the heart, but Pokes not into thebottome ofit : either it hath but{hallow rooting, or at bell, can never get under the love ofpleafure or worldly cares, whichare fafi rivetted in, and will not beeremoved out oftheaffeetions ; and being planted (hallow, it doth nor, it cannot fend itsvertue into the feverall faculties of the foule, to feafòn;hemthorowout. For fo far as the Word enters, it feafoneth : but being entertained ileightly, with fubordination, it feafonethbut fuperficially. z. toadying faith is a found and permanent affiance, which arifeth from the firme letting and rooting of it in theheart. Forwhen the wordof life is fiedfatlly, dr{}inI- Iy, certainly-all-ented unto, and fincerely embraced, no temptation or affault can make a man flinch, ihußie, or fiart afide from the coneunt profecetion of falvation in the
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