-...--------~--~--------------1 Affiiaea Confcimcu. FaH. I. Cap.:;. brinx,s a!on,'f, the mttn~ thatHe, purp<'fe~h to ma~_e His._- eAndWhen he u at thu pa_(Je, gcd fo~t!es 't up t.o htm, and inaMes him.to beleeve; eAnd faith' : ..Sith thou wilt have noN ay ; Be it unto tkee according to thy de/ire: -1nr1 God J fea!eJ IJim lff hy the Spirit of promife, M furely M a.ny »riting u made Jure by feaHng_ r;f ii. Then'he beleeves , the fP rd of God, arid refti, and cafts himfelfe upon it~ eAnd tht-U he fimiti kmfelfi dij;:harl;ed of all woe' made . p:trta~r of ~tit ,'!,ood, at peace in himfelfe, and fitted, and ' in tune to doe God fome fervice, This u to fome fooner, to fome later_; according to the helpsandmeanestheJha'7:1-e, and wife handling-they · meet withal!, · and M God ,givet • P..ower.----lt u hard to fay-, at What in.ftttnt faith ir wrought, Whether not till a man .foe/(sthat hee apprehends the promifes, or even in hu ·earneft de/ires, hunt,rin,rz; and thirfting ; Por even thefo are pronounad · blej[ed. But here ( ·for I defi re and endeavour as much as I t{ln poffibly, in ev-ery pa!fage·to ·prevent all matter, both of fcruple in the upright hearted-, arrd ofcavill in the contrary.minded) let no truly humbled finner bee - .d ifcouraged, .becau!e He ·cannot finde 'in himfelfe thefe·.: _fev-erall worl<ings, or other graces,-in that degree and · . height, which Hee defires and bath perhaps, feene, (&)A-~ · "'tlr.\,·•,,· .., h , d d r· r. h Ifh· h h . ~agre .. &~rm .. e~r , or rea o m Jome ~t ers : · ee ave t - ~m. ll1 fai th of faith: Non ex (b) truth, and truely th1rfis and labours for their 111- gradu,attt menfurJ. fi~ creafe, he may go on with comfort. Neither let any be d~i depemkt juf!i/k~t~ dHheartened, though He did not obkrve fo difHncHy tto,, fed .ez TJCi:ttatc: tbe order oflthe precedent acts, nor could difcerne fo IutlJiicaaon depend~ n 11 b · r. '1 · · · · S 1 not upon the degree, pu~lLIUa y t e1r 1eyera1 operatwns tn H1s ou e: -y~t butthe truth of faith. 1f m fublhnce and effetl: they have beene wrought m Davenantiusin Expt{. Him, and made way for Iefus Chrifr, Hee needs not epifl~t~dCotoff.JIIIg . ·u. complaine. So ~ay wee (ay pro-- A h· f G d• • · 11 d· ·• · r. paruonably of otl1~ _ s .t IS man o o 111 expemnenra lVlmty, 10 g~ac~. in rcfped or . comfort from •em~ and yet that of :Ju~in is mo~ t:u~; Si,1ixifti,[itjftci~,per¥JH: If any fay, he h~thgracc ~· n~, he hath JL!ft none.::_Mmtm~ qert~ bon114 eft~ ~m melior:.epc t'lo,n vult, Bcrn:~,(4• - ..our
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