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othersto
be
taxed,
who,
though they
have faith , never awake them
-
felvesto
lay
hold of
God'
Which the
Prophet bewaileth,
Efay
64.7.
There
is
nonethat
fthreth uphimfelfe,
&c.
And
it
doth
teach
us
our duty
,
even to live the
life
of
faith
in all
things;
even
in
regard
of
natural
aétions and
civill,to
fee
Chrift
move
us in
them. In
feeding
,
to labour
to hold Chrift
by faith
,
that
his
fpirit may teach
us
to
eat and drink
to
his
glory, that
is,
with feare,
thankfulneffe, fobriety
;
remembring
ofour
duty
,
which
we are after
to performe.
If
we goe hither or
thither,
we
muftdoe
it
by
faith,
Pee-
ing we
move
in
God,
and he
is
the
keeper
of
our out-goings
and
in-
commings.
If
wefleepe,we
muff
not onely confider
furors
afcending,
which caufe;
but the
promife
of
God
that giveth
fleepe
to
his belo-
ved
:
yea,
we mull apprehend
God
as
our life,and
length
of
our daies,
not
rating
in
temperaments
and
conftitutions.
The fecond
thing
to
be
marked,
is,
the commendation;
of
faith
;
teaching
ass,
whatforce:a to
faith
to keepe
no
againfl
all
affaults oftbe devil!.
Wee
are kept
by the power
of
God through
faith
to falvation, t
Pet.
r.
5.
This
one
is
as
all
the
rel,
and
therefore
is
called our
viélory,
which
overcommeth the
world, t
John
5.4.
And
it
is
fo
mighty , that the
powers
of
hell cannot prevaile againft
ir. Now
for
the
fuller
underffan-
ding,
you
mu/i
know
what
is
meant
by
fiery
darts;
feeondly,
how
faith
dash
extinguifb them.
It
is
a
borrowed
fpeech from poyfoned
darts,
which venome and
caufe fiery
heat
in
the
perlon they enter
:
fo
all
thofe
courtes
whereby
Satan fendeth fcorching
heave
into
the
foule,
are
noted by them
:
thefe
are
either terrors apprehending
a
wrath,
which
is
a
fire
that drinketh
the fpirit,
as lob
fpeaketh
;
and Paul,z
Cor.
7.5.
Fightings
without
,
terrors within
,
we had no
rel
;
or
finfull
tufts
which
he
doth
wreath
againft us,
which
are as fire, lames 3. fire
of
hell.
lot
31. Adultery
a fire
burning
to
deftruólion ; or
outward
calamities and perfecutions
,
which
are called heats and
fiery
trials.
Now
faith
doth
quench
thefe after
a
double
manner,
fometirne not
letting them
enter,
but
doth
latch
them, that they
do
fall
offwithout
piercing
us.
This
Paul, Rom.7.
when the Law
came, law
his
curfed-
neffe
,
z
Cor.7.z. had inward terrours
,
the
devil) likewife
did
buffet
him with
finfull fuiggeftions,z
Cor.
t
z.He
had
troubles
as
thick
as
hal-
ftones, following him, vet
this prevailed
not
againft
him,
becaufe he
kept
the
faith. Peter,
Luke
zz.
had the
dart
luck
in
him
a
while
:
but
faith didrenew repentance,
and
healed him, making the
poyfon
of
fin
a
treacle.
Het./
1.34.
By
faith
the
Saints endured
all
aftliétion,
yea
quenched the
fire, yea
chofe them before
releafe.
And we
fee
by ex.
perience,that whenthe
Devil
doth lighten about
us
with the wilde-
fire
ofluls,
tempting
us
to
them, that when
we looke
to
Chrift,
as
who
hath dil'olved the power
of
Satan,
who hath
crucified
the
power
of them
,
and laid,
they
(hall
not raigne over
us ;
this
doth
lake
the
fire.
Againe, when
feares affault us,
comming to
peace
in
Chrift,
wee
are
Paved
:
when troubles come,
faith maketh
us
live like
the bula
in
the
fire,
without burning.
Where-
Yfe
z.
I