176 -'1 The Spirituall-aings offaith 1 1 World ; and why may he not pardon thee ? Faith can runne up to Heaven, and some home againe to the Soule ; and fay , I have feene the Glory there : be of good comfort ., ther's enough in Heaven to pay for all. Faith can runne unto chdrAg-rgiciency, to Cjodi Oinnipotency ; and having viewed that well ,' it returnes to the Soule home againe ; and (ayes ; be quiet, .ther's enough in God alone : and Faith having placed , and feated it felfe upon this high Tower and Mountaine ; Gods Omnipoten.y and eArd-fujiciency ; it bath, a great profpeci , it can look over all the World , and look into another World' too : but now Reafon,. it gets upon fome little Mole-hill of Creature-ability ; and if it can fee over two or three hedges,. 'cis well. And therefore;; Oh ! what.a paine is it to Faith, to be tied to Reafon. I fuppofe you will all fay , that if a man were able to go a journey of two or three hundred miles a foote , he were a very good footman : yet if you will tie him to carry a child of foure or five years old with him ; you will fay ,. it would be a great luggage to him ; and the man would fay , pray let this child be left at home : for though he may runne along in my hand halfa mile, or go a mile with me; yet notwith- ftanding I muff carry him the reit of the way : and when I come at any great water, or to go over any hill, I muff take him upon my backe; and that will be.a great burden tome. And thus 'tis betweene Faith and Reafon : Reafon ( at the Lea ) is but a child to Faith : Faith can foot it over Moue_ tames and Difficulties, and wade through Affiittionf, though they be very wide :..but when Reafon comes to any /iffiiaion, towade through that , and to go over fome great Difficul- ties ; then it cries out and (ayes , Oh I Faith , good Faith go backe againe , good Faith go backe againe : No ( fayes Faith ) but ile take thee upon my backe Reafon: and fo Faith is fain to do indeed.; take Reafon upon its backe : but, Ohl what a luggage is Reafon to Faith? Oh ! what a burden is Reafon to Faith? Faith never works better, then when it works moft alone. The meere rational] confideringof the means, and the deadseire thereof, is a great and fpeciall ene- ___ my _____
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