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792'
,
Ephefian.r,
Chap.6.
V
E
R,Io.
un-
belicfe, they were
a
churlifh lewd people,befides
other
diftempers:
but
this
did
them
the mifchiefe,
for
it reje&teth
the medicines
that
would
cure
us,
taken;
and pulleth off
Gods
plaiflers
,
which
lying
on
would
falve
our
miferies
:
thus purging out this malignant humour,
we thall flrcngthen faith the more commodioufly.
Firtt,
by looking
up
to Chrift, when
we
feele
our faithweake,
cal-
ling him the
beginner,
the
finifher
of
faith
in
us
:
praying
him
to
en-
creafe our
faith,
and to help
our
unbdicfe; Thou
muff
give it,
and
worke
is
in
me, or
I
cannot have
it.
A fainting
body
will
talk
fome-
thing that
is
cordiali,
and
reftorative:
and
a
fainting
foule muff baire
itfelfe, with looking to
Jefus,
who
is
our cordiali,
and
refforative,
and
every thing. Againe,
we
mutt confider whom we
truft,
for this
will
ftrengthen
beliefs
:
ir
is
not with God
as
with
man
,
who
is
better
knowneoften, then trufted.
The
mother of
our unbeliefe
is,
the
igno-
rance
of
the affedionare
knowledgeof God.
P
/al
9
Thofc
that know
thee,
will rruft
in
thee
:
this confirmed Pan/
in
faith, becaufe
he knew
him,
he
rrufted
to.
2
Tim.
r.
t a. For I
know whom
I
have believed,
&c. and
I
know that
he
is
able to
keepe
that
I have committed unto
him,
untill
that
day.
Now
concerning God
,
two
things mutt bee
knownc.
Firft,
his
power. Secondly,
his
truth.
Rom.
4. 21.
Being
fully
alfured, that
he
which
had
promifed
,
was able
alto
to doe
it.
Abraham was
thus flrengthened.
Heb.
r 1.
r
t.
Sarah beleeved
,
for
he
was faithfull
that
had promifed
:
and for example,
I
by
faith beleeve
my fpirituall
liberty
in
Chrift,
f
andtification, my
life,
joy, &c. How
fhould I
fupport
my fclfe, when
I
fee
nothing but
thraldome,
and
fin
raigning
in
me,
nothing
in
me but deadneffeof hearts
e.../1
a
fw.
Thus
:
he
that
bath
fpokcn this
to
me, Hold me,
I
will fet
thee
free,
I will circumcife
thy
heart,
wafh
ir,
purge
ir,
heale
it
of
all
rebellions
:
he
that
bath
fpokcn it,
is
God Almighty,
that
giveth being to
all crea-
tures
we
fee,and that
invifiblc
world
of
(piths
;
that
calleth the things
that
are
not,
as
if
they
were5that
if
there
were no print
of
trefe
things
in
me,
can
increafe
them glorioufly
:
and
as he
is
able,fo
he
is
true
and
faithfull
to
keep
touch,
his
word
being purer then
Giver
feaven times
refined.
Thirdly,
we mutt labourto
fee
the
precioufneffe
of
our faith:
and this feene, will make
us
hold
hard,ere
we part
with
it.
2
Pet.
t.3.
To
you which
have obtained
like
precious faith with
us.
A man that
bath great charge,
his
whole
fiate
about him,
will as
Toone
lofe his
life
as
part with
his
treafure.
Now,
in
marking what
it
doth,
we
(hall
fcehow
precious
it
is.
For
what
a
grace
is
that,
which when
we are
buffeted
with Satan,
Both
make
us
to
ftand
e
when
our weapons are
beaten on
our heads, our prayers
leffe
comfortable,
when
we are
laid
along,
doth
raifeus
e
when over
-
charged with affligions, doth
frill
lift our head
to Chrift
our
Lord!
and
maketh
us
(ay, he
is
ours, we
are
his,
fire
and
water tnuftnot divorce use And
this
for
the
general! hand-
ling
of
the
verfe.
Now
for
the
particular.Firft,from the manner.
r.
Above all.
2
.The
fruit
or
ufe
of faith: with which you may be
able
to quench
all
the
fiery