~ - I .TheSaints . . 1 Becaufe-they ~rive us with more reverence~ ,greedines and feeling unto rhe meanes and power,. .full ordiQance, which are wonc toqni<;ken, renew, andconfirmeour fairh from time to time. Now fa~th is both in the mind and in the heart :.and as .it is difcerned by the change ofbotb)fo it receives fur. ther growth in both.; ·For. my q:zrne in the prefent · point,in the mindit fhewes itfelfeintwo things. 1 Knowledge:See Ifa. 53·11 · 2}udgemen~. I Of trurh; when weegtve gl(:>ry unto.the way ofhfe, as to the ondy way tobe ·happie. 2 Ofgoodnes5 .when wee efrecme it as the onely good tidings, ourheart scan ·r.efr upon. Both thefe two are cleared&made more fuiningbycroffes. The fire ofaffiitl:ion gives great I light unto the unde.rfrand_i,ng,and as fharp eie-falves, · though for the prefent they dazle the Gght,yer afi:er, they fingularly deare the eies of.the mind, for that · , they are much fitter to fee fpiriruall thing~;aad dif– cerne the wayes ofGod. ·When aman is drunken with worldIyprofperiry., orra{Hnto adead fleep of carnall fi curttie, the fenfuall heart fends up, as ic li _were,earthly fumes -into thehead which intoxicate the braine, and infatuate the underfranding : but when bv a fafr ofaffii{rions.wee arefreed from this ftufet, and:that long abJHnence bathworne out the intoxica ingfomesofworlqlyvanities, then do we .epme to our felves, and recoverour underfianding, whereby wee are ina~Icd to :judge and ·difcerne .more dearely and foundly offpirituall thing~, the wayes ofGod) and great myfietie .ofgrace. 2 Affiil.tions put faith to.the ule and exercife of all itsvigourandpowers, and makes it trie and irn · · _ Ioy.
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