318 Generall directions,fer a ftedeelner, lifted up asan Antitype to the brazen Serpent, or the. everlafiing cure ofmy wounded confcience, and refs upon him, andyet know no fuch thing. a Menti nflrx fi- Heare how cleare learned Auflin is for this internall vifì. des noft;aconil i- cua eft,epifal.r r 2. on. a Our faith, faith bee, it confpicuous to our amne mincie. bF;desipfamen - b Fatth it fet is teen in the minde, although that which is to utique videtur, beleeved by faith, is invifble. c A man holds bit faith by moll cer. Ibid-uap. 2. taine,lîtnawledge and plain atteflation of corfcience, d .Eve c Ham fidem re: ry net certifíitna ici- man fees bit Faith in himfelfe, rc. Event Dteranduç, taking entia, clamátque upon him toexpound one ofthofe patlages in the fore-cited confeientia. Do rrinitate,rrb.r,.:place orAnglin, tels us : Thatbe which bath faith, is fo certaine C4b.I. that bee bath it, at bee is of any other thing : or bee that be- dSuamigiturquiC f y fidem aped leeves,feeles that bee beleeves, and by con f queut that bee bath altero autefum rcre- faith , and there is nothing more certain than experience; Q c- dit eife earn, on * Vegaes words álfo in theCounfell of Trent,found this way : videt & taq 9 fir- .Rf ,bee that i,r, bore is fore he is fo, andAmid antfenfe, ifbee miuseredit uan- tò ftuitus ejtrsma- doubted : fo bee that bath grace in him, loth perceive pit -,ind gisnuvit,quoso- .. cannot doubt et it is by the fin fe of the nrtnde, not by divine petari foie t fides , y f f per dileehoneas. revelation. ' 'bib ip, :. ,0,.. But ifthetethirigs be fo, howcomes it to pare, that e Set valtdicere, quòd habens fide, Gods dearelt childrencomplaine foinetimes, ,t1.* they have ìta certus eft fe neither_flght nor fenfeoftheir faith? habere fidem, (i- cu- certuseft de ,ßÿn fry, I fpe?1 of-that whichis ordinary, not ever. The cung ennei alm et° x - ` Sunne it) a cleare skie difcovers andmanifeíts it felfewith a periturre credere. witneffe; though fometimes it be over-call with clouds, & per confequens habere fidem: ni- or eclipfed with the MQone. This 'bëaVenly l'anipe ofFaith hilautem eft cer- alines, and thewes it felpe clearely enough to the fanaified taus experientiâ. ad gnain fit refer- heart, in thecalmenelfe ofa Chri[tian courfe, and fereni- tutto aliortam, et tie of the foule; efpecialIy frefbly cleared, and purged habeatur plenior certitudo, lib. 3. with (bowers, as it were, ofpenitentteares : though in the D 23.q. of the ,damp: of fpirituall defertion, darkeneffe of fofne fironger ,,,, ,en ofrrent. temptation, eclipfe of earthly-mindedneffe, it may lye lib.a.pxa.eo6. hid and obfcured for a time. And yet for all this, if fFormat fibi rdo. Chriffians would be coun felled, and beleeve Prophets lade Deo,intqui- if ras;fmger.s ferum they would not under-value Gods infinite mercie, by & tern bikm,(lid looking upon him through a flavifh dejected and me- et ataabilis.Bete. Sermo38,eant. laccholike humour, which is wont to reprefent him as
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