through Natural! impoffibilities. 21 I Yet you will fay to mee: But fuppofe now that a man bath ,9ueft. beleeved fome time , a great while, been in Chrift a great while; difficulties , and difcouragements doe arife to beat a man out of the good wayes ofChrift that he hath taken up : How fhould a man fo raife, and ufe his faith, as he may be able towork through all thefe untoJefus Chrift ? Ile fpeak but to this,and fo Ilewind up all. Firft of all, confideryour call, often confideryour call,your e/f7(*. firit call to a worke; and put your felves often unto this dif- jundion , Either God hath called me to this worke , or elfe he bath not. If Godbath not called me, what meanes this Scripture ? And what meanes that Scripture ? And what meanes the other Scripture ? And if Godbath called me, why fhould I lay down the work for any difficulty ? Will not he carry me through ? And know this, that difficulties do fometimes arife in our way, to make afloppage in our proceedings : and fometimes they arife onely to draw out our faith. When as thou feeft thy call cleare unto anywork, then fay, there difficulties arifeonely to draw out my faith, andnot to make a ftoppage in my proceedings. In the fecond place,confiderthis,That the moreyou beleeve z. in the face ofdifficulty ,. the moreyou pleafeGod. Nothing fo pleating to God, as beleeving in the face of difficulty. God will truft him with much, that mills much to God : God will break through many difficulties to fave thy foule,if thou unit break throughmany difficulties to come to hirn.There's no grace does more honour God , thenFaith; of all graces it honoursGod moft: and ofall the pieces offaith, none doe more honour God, then beleeving in the face of difficulties. When therefore any difficulty or natural! difcouragement does arife, fay, theLord pardon mee ; Oh! Ihave difhonou- red God enough already : is this the way for to honour God, to beleeve in the faceof difficulties , andnatural! difcourage- merits ? Here now I have more opportunity to doit ; the Lord help mee, now will I fet myfelfe tobeleeve.- In the third place,. Sometimes when you meete together, 3. #eakunto one another of thegreat things that God bath done ; d 3 the
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