• L••b1.0h howwil1inglyandj oy"fully z does the Proted:or ot F11ith fight in fuch' -~Ube::~ fervants ofhis, fa yes c,prtan! It is one. talibw~rvil thing to have inte'refl: in G ~ d &Chtift pug!"f"tt & · • , • ' vicztprote- & .anocher thmg to have them worktng CforfiJ.ei. for goe<t in a f peciall manner, in pa, ti- CJt'f.•'e; 9· cular caufes where \.l(/·ee d fire helpe and reliefe, although it be t rue, that God and Jei~s Chrifi: are alwayes wo•king for the good of beleevers, infomekind · or other, but yet whenf•itb lies. ftil and . · is not a~i ve, although we doe n-ot lole our interdls in Goo, yet we·cannot exp:Ct fuch fenlible manefe)tations ofthe gracious workings of G,d for us, as • when we put forth ourfoitb, and keept,ic. adive and lively; and then though' t.'e be never fo weakein our fc:lves, ·\:\ efet a·n infinite O:rength to worke .for us. , . We~ have a notable exprefiian of Gods fUrring up his thength and· wif._ dome for thofe whofe hearts are ri\ hr . with him, zChri11. -16."9. Theeyes4fthe L~rrJ run to '"' ft1 thr~nght~ut the eArth, to Jbe"' him(elfe jlrong forthife who(e heart 11 perfitltowArds him; the words are, aa orAntium ft, to ftre~gthen himfelfe : God jhengthens himfilje, he does as it · M 3 wen · ,•' I
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