C H a P. 7. The- Kingdome, &c. 405 ing and fcowring of them ; for albeit the promifes of the Gofpell arc general!, a Whofoeuer beleeuethin the Son, /ball not perifb , but haw, lifeeuerla.fling : ye t the fame are to be vn:lcrfloo.d fngularly and particularly as if they were fpoken to thee andmee, and tocuery one by-him- felfe in feuerall : Otherwife,what fhould our Faith differ from the faith of the a Deuils, who knew him and pro- claymed him tobe that C_hriii1, that holy Oneof Gad ? Hence are thefe fpeeches fö common in the Scripture, f I to righteoufirefre'ball fee thy face :.f 'ball bee fatisfled; when I awake, with thy likenef e. g 1 know , my Redeemer liceth, whom I myfelfe 'bid!fie, andmine eyes 'ball behold, andnot any otherfor mee : h Whobathhuedmee, andgiuen himfelfe for met, i Wee k,now,that ifthis our earthly Taber- nacle /leedi ff9lued, wee baue a Building from God, a Houfe, not made with hands,euerlafling in the Heavens. k We know, that wee are tranflated from death veto life, becaufewe lone the Brethren. I Sonne , bee ofgood comfort : thypines are forgiuen t bee. m Chrifl Iefus came into the world tofacefits. stern, ofwhom lam chiefe. As if he fhould fay, One,and a fpeciall one. Giuing to vnderaand,that he himfelfe was one of thole, whom Chrift came into .the world to Pau e:. Laf+ly, This is proued byboth the Sacraments , the feales ofthe Couenant of Grace, which are giuen and of- fered toeueryparticular man. Therefore the n Apoflle affigneth it, as a fruit of Faith,that thereby C'hrill dwe1- lethin ourhearts, which, without a particular applicati- on cannot bee. From this pars, Faith is termed a fpeciall confidence, o flìance, or trufl; for the nature of Faith is chiefly feene in it ,, when the will and heart is not fo much in expe6}ationand hope, as it doth in prefent ap- prehend fomegood, and dependeth thereupon, and re- ioyceth as if it had it; which affiance is ofthe nature of Faith , both deriued, fromone P word that fignificth to perfwade. Another d 104.3.16. e LuFt'.4.4r. f FfaI.17.T S': g lob1945 )2.K h Gal.z.:o. i z.cor.s.t. k z.icb.314 1 Mattb.9.2.. m n Rphe%3.17<' o Ilszoi9na'ts. p Flrf9opat. Rom.8.3 8. Phi!.I.6. 2.COY.S.I1. áv9puisrrs tr&iv eoE.cfcv,
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