·fe/fe .. inriching /examination. 117 For as God isall mercy)and meere bowels ofcorn· , . paliion to every true penit-ent; fo he is aconli1ming fire toeveryrebellious wretch, and will, certain!y · : atlengthwomtd the hairie pate of hi11t that wa!fi.t;th.in Pfal.68.u. hisjio1ta. Thusfarr~of faiths infuiiiciemfor falva'– rion, andofby~paths about faith;,; whic:h except we take heed of, may lead us tomuch mifery. Now in the next place I come to propofe fome markesand notesofan·ue ju!Hfying faith, where~ ~y I would have -every man to ·n:y ·an·d examine himfelfe and his Ipir:ituall efiate in· this beh~lfe, and by which the trueChrifiian may clifcerne and difl:inguifh himfelf{_! from allfancies, and infuffici– epcies of other faithsJ and fi·om· the power and / - perfeCtions of temporary faith. - · r. Firfr, Wemay knowour faith tobe found - ~arks of fa. andfaving, ifwe firtde 'in our felves tbatpreparavingfairh. tion of the heart for the infufion or faith, that bre~ding and fpringing of faith in the heart, and that bleffed hirthoffaith~ which I have formerly Jarg~Iy laiddowne ·~mto you; and to that endefpe– ~ially !I thafyoumight not bedeceivedwirh falfeor 1nfufficient faiths. - , By the Miniftery of the VVord (for that is the · Qrtelypowerfull,- prtncipaU, ana ord1nar,troeanes of begetting the pt~QiQtils gt:ac'e of fa.-v.ing f;1ithJ I. fly ordinary, .bec-auf~fotn~times. it. pleafeth.God • . to worke ·by orher. meanes_, as by fecret motions · and ii11j>irations, _byprivatereading~r. conftl!ence~ infrrucrion; e,xhplft6t·<§>!i., -::py ._m-ira~les, by c(o(fes_ and affiiCl:ions in btll'lpar,cprs_, .fJ:knds, goods, and good -name ; by grea~ hmniliat~ons, and want of ' K 3 worldly Of thi' fee in the beginning of this dif. courfe offaith,
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