through Natural' impofflbilities. is brought down for our example, that we fhould beleeve the promife alfo when meane4faile. And ifyou look into, and confider the eleventh of the Flebrewes , where you have a ca- talogue ofmany beleevers, ye fhall find, that many of them, beleeved when the means failed,beyond meanes, andyet they are all brought downe , and made mention of for our example, Surely therefore tis the duty of the children ofe.rfbra- ham to beleeve when all meanes faile , and feeme to be dead before us : Meanes for the Soule, Meanes for the Body, Means for the Family ..,-Meanes for the Churches. Take this for the reafon : Such a Faith is to be exercifed unto god, as isfutable unto that God in Whom we do beleeve. If the God in whom we do beleeve were a God that did helpe onely by meanes, then we were to truft fo unto him:but being he is finch a God as workes beyond meanes , we are to exer- cife a faith towards him, futable to this God in whom we do beleeve. So in regardof our Love; We muff love God with a love worthy of God. Now ifa man fhould onely love God, for benefits and bleffings that he receives from him : and not for the holineffe, and excellency that is in God himfelfe ; this love were not worthy of God. So in regard 1 ofourfaith :if we fhould onely beleeve God in regard of the reafon and experiences, and means ; this faith were no way worthy of God. I will beleeve a man, I will beleeve the worft of men, the vileft man, fo farre as I can fee him : and fhall I beleeve God no further ? We mull beleeve with a faithworthy ofGod ; faith is not worthy of God, unleffe we beleeve beyond meanes ; this is the faith that is worthy of God ; this is the faith required, and commended. Take butone Scripture for it more In the feventeenth of Luke, there were ten Lepers came untoChrift, clearing cure, faying, yeftv,Majler have mercy on tu(at the thirteenth verfe ) When hefaw them,hepaid to them,go fbewyour felves unto theTriefts. And it came to pale as they went they were cleanfed. It teems they were not cleanfed then as he fpake,they were not clean- fed when Chrift layes, Go andthe*your ,..61ves to theTriejts Z 3 for
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