lViofes hú Sed fedeyoid. curely, prefumptuoufly, hard-hearted- ly, joyfully, in a hnfull and dangerous way,and.is this Faith is this the,preci- ous Faith that will favea Soule a That which thoucalleft Faith, does nor give tht.e f}rengthto refiif any fig 'It tempta- tion; thoucaïft notdenyacompanion, thoucanft not ventur- > he loffe of any thing, thou canft not endurea rc proach- lu l word for Chritf, and is this Faith ? Goad Lord, what do wem efFaith, if thisbc Fai h? Fruely,ifFaith had no- thingelf . in it,then the Faith of themoll hach, I` would even fall to theVenues of Moralïtie, for it were farce beneath th:- meaneft ofthemall. Dare you ve«tuia yourfoules and e- ternalleftates upon this Faith ? Certain- ly, it were exceeding boldneffe andde- fperatenefí fo to doe. What if God fhould ter all thy finnes in orderbefore thee, in the molt hideousand fearful na- ture ofthem, in the truedeformitieand vilenes ofthem ? What if thou fhoudit fee God in his infinite. Glory, Majeftie, Holineffe,and Iuftice? Ifhe fhould thew theehow thou haft wronged all his At- tributes, how thouhaft ftruck at hisvery Being
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