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awake
faith
,doth
as truely
4J74Ye
vs
of
our
ele1iion as
a
ítronger.
266
Ot ieErons
againg
the
of
urance
o
f
our
eleFhost
4frir
falleth from
affurance
and
certaine
perfwafion
;
though
it
be
fometimes fhadowed,and
the
fhining light thereofdimmed,
yea
though it
be for
a
time hid and couered,yet
in
it
own na-
ture
it
remaineth
firme
and
fiedfaf?
;
like the Sunne which al-
waies
fhineth,though
oftentimes by
reafon
of
the
interpolii-
tio ofthe
clouds or
the earth,we cannot
difcerne the beanies
thereof;
or like
vnto the
fire
which
being
hid vnder the afhes
doth
retaine
his
naturalhe.at,although
we feele
it
not:So
our
faith retaineth
in
it
felfe
his
certaintie
&
aflùrance,
as
it
were
hislight
and
heate,when
as
it
is
fhadowed with
the
clouds
of
doubting,&
cc
uered
vnder
the
afhes
ofSatans temptations.
But
it
may
be demanded how
a
weake faith
affaulted
with
Satans
temptations
can
continue certain,feeing the
frrongeft
faith
can
do no more
but
certainly perfwâde
?
I
anf-vvere,
that
our certaintie
rcfpe6teth
not
our faith
it
fcl
e,
but
the
cbieói:
thereof,namely
Gods
mercie
and
,hrifls merits.; and
there-
fore feeing
a weake
faith doth
as
well apply
vnto
vs
the
mer-
cies
ofGod
and merits
of
Chrifl
as
a
flronger,
therefore
a!fo
it
certainly perfwadeth
vs
as
well
and truly, though not
fo
ílrongly
and
fully
ofour
e
e6tion'and faluation,
as a
fironger
Moth. So
that
when
we
haue the
leaf}
fparke
of
faith,it
loth
illuminate our minds,
fo
as
wee
can
truly difcerne the
louing
countenance
ofthe
Lord fhining
vpon
vs
though
fomewhat
dimly,and
as
it
were
a
farre
off;
cuen
as
he
that
is
pore-blind
loth
as
certainly
fee
the
Sunne,
as
hee
is
who
is
moll
fharpe
lighted, though not
fo
cleerely
;
and
as
hee
who
is in
a
darke
dungeon
doth
difcerne
the
light
as
fitrely
at
a
little hole,
though
he
be
compaffed
about
with
blacke darkneffe,
as
hee
who
is
in
the open fields;
fo
when
wee
are
as
it
were
pore
-
blind,and
compaffed
about with
the
dark
mill
of
ignorance,
yet
by
the
dimtne fight
of
faith
we
certainly
difcerne
Gods
loue
and
fauour
fhining
vpon
vs,
though the
more wee
en-
creafe in
knowledge and faith,the
more
cleerely we
perceiue
it,till
at
Jail
hauing attained vnto
fulneffe
of
faith,we
fee
hint
neere
at
hand.and
as
it
were
face
to
face.
True
it
is
that
our faith which
is
in
it
felfe
weak and feeble,
and
compafle.d
aboutwith
the darkneflè:ofignorance,ismixt
a.ndturmoiled
with much
feare
and
doubting,
by
reafon of.
our