_jelfe--inrir;hing exarnination. of the people of God. I need not dwell on this point 1 the bleffedBooke ofGod is thi~ke ernbroh dered with variety of glorious Martyrdomc_s'j bloudy Jptferings, Hrang.e adventures, and ' noble acts whi.~hthe Saints.of Godendured~·" paffcd tho"' row> .atte.mp~ted, and happily atcheived, by the power of fiwing faith : A cqmpendi9us regifler ~hereofwemayread,H€b.,r I. Whenhehadnmne over a royall and vicrorious Catalogue,the Apoftle concludes thus ; ttnd what fhall I utore fay ?. for the · timewquldbe toojhortfo1 1 metotellofGedoon , of Brlr·ak, a11dof sampfon., atJd .tif IephteJ and ·alf1J ·Of Davidand sam~tel) andofthe Prophet1,which througb f(lithJ1tbdued JUng~om~s, wrfJilglat righteoufneJfe., ohtaimdthepro11Ji1 fos., jjt;.·JpedtheqNJttf.hi Pf Lio,ns,., quenchedtheviolenceuf p~, ep(tped'4.h~ edge oftheJword, of wtct~1r!ere vtade ftrotJg; .waxed -valiant i!P battell. turned to flight the ~r!llies ofthealia~Jts) &c. Toconclude the point,we ,' The propertieS– may tratl: temporary faith by thefe three prima and I 0 \ a r~mporar; . • -- faith, . , proper.ttes-: , . . ) ~ X.. It LHll leaves one fweet finne., one branchof : Sec another ·. naturaU corruprion, one fecret Iutior other in life ; d'iffercncc, or heart, in the affections or.aCtions, .unmeddled ; 6~"t;e.pag. 240•' with, unmorti fled.-- , , 2. It canoot thorowly·and inwardly-purge and fanctifie the thoughts, imaginations, and purpofrt ·of the heart. 3· It comm~Iy .hathnot power togoetho~ow jlrong temptations, .fmarringperf~cmions, and ha- . zard oftemporall happineffe, for profelfion offin· cerity, the ~Icr-y of God., :and .keeptng of a·good .· confcience. But.. · · 1. Saving :
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