Part 1. Chap. 1. .AJIMfred Confciencer. 3S 5 whatfocver. Pte{fe hard unto fiill, ;~nd ply Gods Mercr·SMtt, if it be but with. figh~ andgroaning.r') . Affuredly,at length, and h1 the fittdt time1 th0u tl1alt be glorioul1y r'efrefhed, and regi[hed in the.remem- · brance of God, for a Chriftian of excellent Faith. See a patterne of rare and extraorJinary patience this way,Mat . I) lj, There, that Woman if {anaan having received many grievous repulfcs, and cutting ·difcouragements: the Solicited was !]lent; the Difciples grumble; ihee was not of the Fold.; {hee was a Dog ; yet for all this, by her confiancy in crying after ChrijJ, her petition at lafl: was not ondy granted, but he~· felfe alfo crowned with a fingular, "and admirable EHiogie, ftom the Lords owne mouth: 0 -womttn! .'{reat u t!.J F11ith:6u it tmtothee, evena~thcu'Wilt; what an honour and comfort was this, to bee thus commeL1ded by le[H4 Chrift? and that with an ·admiration,O Woman ! -tJath .thy Faith loft it's feeling? Doeil thou for the 7·.For deaJnetre of: prelent feele nothing, but a,gtr,wrath., andgreat indig- tanb. nation? Is Cods face and favour, wherein is life, turned away from thee, and quite: hid from thy fight? _Nay, hath hee hrck!n thee lt{Hnder, tak!n thee by the nec~e, and .fhak_tn thee to pieces, ~nd Jet thee · Hp for his mark!? Yet for all this, let thy truly humbled foule bee fo farre .from loafing, or leaving it's hold-fall:, and fure repof;! upt'ln the Perfon, Paffion, ·and Promifcs of Ie(m Chrift; that in .fuch a Cafe, it cleave and cling fa£ltr to that hlej[ea Rock.!, and farre more immoveably. For therein fpecially is the fl:rength and glory of Faith improved, and made illufl:rious. It is one of the mofi: noble and_heroicall ad:s ofFaith, to b:el.eeve without feeling. Her, who heleeveth m.oft, ~nd fteleth leaft,u hee,. who glorifteth God moft, lt u nothing to fwimme in a wttrme· B.tth; hut to cniiure the forges, And tHm/J/iwg /Jil/owu of the Sea, ihat' s the m11n. To beleevc, when God doth fairely Z ,._ and •
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