106 I The Spiritual!-aRings of Faith them ; there is a burden burdening, and a burden fupporting : he expreffes it thus ; The feathers that a bird or a foule is cloathed with , they have a weight in them, the wings and feathers have a weight , a pound of feathers is as heavy as a pound of lead ; there is a weight in thofe feathers , yet not- withflanding, they beare up the burden of the body; though therebe a weight in them one weight beares up another: Or as 'cis withyour coaches, the wheeles areheavy; yet notwith- {landing , being fattened unto the coach, unto the body of thecoach,makes the body to go away the lighter,though they be heavy in themfelves, So now 'cis here, the burdenof Je- fus Chrift it makes all other burdens to go away the lighter. Faith, true , faving Faith , it is the grace that takes up the burden of Chrift upon the foule ' and fo thereby all other burdens are made the lighter, anddifficulties and dilcourage- ments overcome. In the fixt place. True, laving faith , it does teacha manfor to picke out the love ofGod, Pon; under the anger ofGod. God never makes his Pils fo bitter , but he mingles fome Sugar withal! : and true faithcan find it out.When as our Lord and toh.z.4.5. Saviour Chrift laid, woman what have I to do with thee? mine houre is not yet come : The next words that fhe faies is, to the fervants,Whatlbever he bidsyou do,that do.Theywanted wine, the came tohim for wine,and he anfwered her fo:it may ken o hard anfvver,yet faies the to the fervants,whatfoever he bid youdo that do, Forour Saviour had faid,my houre is not yet come:implying therfore,that he would do it.Implycation is e- noughfor Faith,for Mary's Faith, Faith , it acvaints a man with the wayes of God, and acquaints a Soule what Gods wayes are : it tels the foule, that when Chrift feemes to be the greateft Enemy, he intends the greateft friendfhip. He (fayes faith) does then intend for to raife us up, when he feemes n-ioft for to caPc us downe : whereupon, when dilflculties and difcouragements do arife, Is this his way indeed? (Cayes a beleeving foule,) why then (hall I beborne down with fo manydifcouragements, though they be never fo many ? 7. In the feventh-and !aft place : true fairing juftifying faith,
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