Moles his Selfe.stiniall, infinite Ocean of Eremiticwere before thee, and thouwert to enter inupon it, ' either for thy eternal' happineffèor c- tertian miferie. Suppofe now thou ßtoodit before thegreat God, to receive the Sentence ofthy eternal! Doonie, to have thegreat queftion ofthyeverlaft- ing cftate to be abfolutely and unalte- rablydetermined of; Nowwould fuch a Faith, as thou haft carry through t-hefe things Would it uphold thee from finking into the bottomeleffe Gulfe of Defpaire? This may be thy condition, thou knowelt not howCoon; and that Faith that thou haft, ofwhat ofe would it be to thee, in fucha condi- tion as this ? Ìfever thou beeft faved, thou muff have fuch aFaith aslhalI be able toup- hold thy heart, and keepe it untoGod, whenfoever fuch a condition !hall be- fall : though Faithbe weake, yet ifit be true, it enables the Soule to lay fuch fait holdonGod, as wharfnever befals it, can never take offthe Soule from God againe. Be therefore perfwaded, that Faith is another manner of Grace then you imagined it to be: where Faith is N true,
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