Yfe2. Epheiana, Ghap.6. VER.IO, Godschildren. though not inthe letter, yet in fome fort, tread upon the Adder,Bafiliske,(hake offVipers, and receive no hurt; whereas if the feetebe bareda little with the ab(ence of this (in fence or faith) anything fmarteth fore on us. ¡od 13. 14. Wherefore doe I take my flefh inmy teeth! And 6.3. Therefore nowmy words arc (wallowed up. P7techias, feeing Godlike a Lyon, his peace fomewhat clouded, chattered like a Crane. Whereforewe being to get our (elves thus fenced againft the crag. gedneffe of the way, how arethey to be blamed, that never labour to havepart in this peacewhich the Gofpell bringethc They would be loth not toprovidetheir bodiesagainft weather, and difficulties of the waythey goe, but their foules theycare not for. But looke, as it is pi- tifull withone that goethupon (harpe flints, barefoot, &c, or amongft the thornesand bufhes, fo as the blood trickleth downe at every ftep: fo pitifull fhallthy naked foule be, when adverficie fhall meete thee, if thou be not fenced with this knowledge of peace, through Jefus hrift. Secondly, we muff labour to feethis our peace. Ob that we knew thefe things concerning our peace ! Whatcould hurte If the flingbe pulled forth of anAdder, we may play with it in our bofome: If we know every thing is for our good, as lob faith) we may laugh when deffraëtion comes. Above all things have a care, that itbe a found peace; for thereisin nature, and bodies, a double fleepe; one ficke, another found:nowit is feene in the wakening.For ficke fleepe maketh us when weawake fo much the more ficke, the other ftrengtheneth us: fo peace is the foules fleepe. Now if thy peace be not found; when God fhall waken thyconfcience, the more thou haft flept, the more (hall thy griefes be increafed, nay nothing fhall fling thee more then thy peace; woe to thee that art at peace : but if thou art at quiet, by knowing the doEtrineofpeace,by the Gofpell, then it (hall rerrefh and ftrengthenthee. Now followcs the fourth thing, the fhieldoffaith. Firft, we handle it generally, in order as before. Secondly, particularly from the cir- cum(tances. Firft,the manner of exhorting: above all things. Second- ly, the commendationof it; that it can quenchall the fierie darts, &c. Finit, the thing here meant is, a true lively faith, laying hold on Chrift forjuftifcation; and in therefs of Gods Word and fpeciall promifes, forthe pairingof this prefent life : for not onely_faithon Chrift, but on the fpeciall promifes of God, isneceffary for us : not that thefe arc two feverall kindes of faith,but one imployeddivert,: as the foule in man working inthe feverall faculties of nature, is not three foules, but one, exercifing three divers functions. Secondly, for the ufe of faith, it ferveth'not onely to juftifie us, but to make us endure in all affliétions, without making hafte. The juft liveth in timeof hisafIliQi- ons, by faith. He that beleeveth maketh not hafte. 2. Ir doth worke in us, andguide the courfe of our obedience, Rom. r. S. To the obedi. ence of faith, not onely in beleeving the Gofpell, but the otherword of
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