4 t8 The fecondBooke ofDitainitie, CHAP.7, SoasFaith hzth alwaies Hope,that is, an aflùred wayring for of thatbleßèd Sight going as+iíh it. Rom.8.z4az;. 4Titus J.l,;. k Rom.s.5. l Hrb.tr.r. in Rom.8.z5. ta Hcb.,t9. With Faith , Hope is alvvayes ioyned. By Hope I meanethe blefed expe&ation and waiting for of eter_ nail Life. But becaufe Hope is commonly taken as of things doubtfull and vncertaine, that to hope forfalua- tion, feemeth no more , then to (}and in fufpence , and que(lionable whetherone (hall be faued or no,it is good weevnderf}and the verie nature of this Grace. Hope therefore (to fpeakein generali) is an exped}ation and wayting for of force good thing , not prefent , but prornifed, and to come : h For hope which is feene, is ne hop : for how can a man hope for that which hes Teeth ? 73tst if wee hope for that wee fee not , wee doe waitefor it withpatience,faith the Apolile to the Romanes. Therefore according to the nature of the premife , fo doth Hope take holddoubtingly where either there is no fpeciall, and certaine promife,orthe faith and credit of the Pro, mile-Maker may bee taled it quefiio:n But that hnpe which the Scripture Hpeaketh of, and which here wee deale with; rcfpe&ing Cele(liall happinefe, and eternal' Glorie in Heaven, which' god , thatcannot lie, bathpro- mi!ed in his Word, apprehended-, the f me moil certain- ly, wirhout all exception; and therefore is faid, k not to. malle a/bamed being a Noble and a Royal! Vertue, and of a Diuine Of- fpring, the Daughter of Faith, and Mo- ther ofPatience, D 7,ug. ter, and inleparable Companion ofFaith : for what is Faith elk, but theground-worke or foundation, and fnbfffenceof things hopedfor? Againe It is the Mo. her of Patience as wee heard euen -now our of the Epifile to the Romanes if m wee' hope for that wee' fee not , wee doe waitfor it with Patience, Therfore the Apoflle elegantly termeth it, n The Anchor of ourfoules,to flay vs in the middell oft'he formes and troubles of this life,til we ariueat the hauen of al our ref}. Faith and Hope do thus differ.Fahh imbracethChrif}, as prefent, and in him all Happinefe in general.? : Hope looketh at one certaine Happitdcífe to cotue,vvhich is the in-
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