CH Ai, . 7 . TheKingdome, &c. 417 Wife ,. and the murderingof her Husband , prayeth, d Take not thy holy Spiritfromme. Therefore hee had riot d Pfa(.51.z3. loft it. The other point, vvhich is the third qualitie of Faith, butcantinu- is that continually it groweth. Therefore the c Apo- an ROM. groweth; file faith , that by the preaching of the Gofpel the Righteoufneffe of God is reueiled from Faith to Faith : That is,a Faith that groweth and increafeth continually, being nourifhed andholpen bymeditationofthe Word ofGod,ferious and faithfull Prayer, and other meaner whichGod hath fan6lified, to keepe this holy f fire Rill f = Tîmt d. within vs, that it neuer fhould goeout , but flame forth more and more. Faith, cuen when it ceafeth to bee Faith (for as wee calm come o read , a. Cor.i 3.I 3. Now and no longer, abidethFaith) in his Glorie: yet ,euen then we cannot giue her lot+, fince fhe groweth into a greater and a farce furpafiing light to fee Chriflin his heauenly Kingdome:For Faith is in this life,and fight in the World to come , as the Apoalle doth diflinguifh them, 2. C'or. 5.7.. Veewalke by Faith, and not by Sight. And g PETER , Whom though yeefee him not, yetye be- g I;Pet.i.s. leeue in him. Sight therefore hath place in the next World, andappehendeth Chrifl as hee isinhimfelfe thenprefent, without this Glaffe of the Word and Sa- craments. i.lohn 3.2. Whenhee (ballbemanifefted,we sail fee him as he is. I.Cor. t 3.12. Then ( after this life) wefhall fee him face to face. Andboth thefe are in nature and effence one : for euen Faith is a kind of feeing Chrifl,loh.6.69.aad r.loh.4.16. .Euerie one that feeth the Some , and beleeraeth in him, Mall hale euerlaging Life : onely they differ in meafure and quantitie. InFaith this feeing ofChrifl , the know- ledge and apprehenfion of him, is feeble and weake, T. Cor. i 3.12. Now wefee in a Glaffe. In fight it is full and perfe&l, as it is laid there, But after that which is perfei ae-come, &c. D d 4 With
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