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Obie4ion
a
tint
the
of
f'urunee
of
our
eleEl
ion
anfwered
249
times
al% fo
foiled
that
we
can
hardly
difcerne any
breath or
F4ith
aí%äulted
i
.life
in
it
;
but
yet
euen
then
it retaineth
it ovine
nature
and.
with
doubting,,
rat:meth
his
properties, and
doth not
receiue
the
nature
and properties
Game
nature
ofdoubting;
but
as
the tree
which
is
fhaken
with
boyíßerous
andpropertieh
blafts
of
winde and
is
not ouerthrowne,
doth
in the
middefL
of
the tempeft hue and
fucke
nourifhment
out
of
the earth,
andftill
retaines his
owne
nature and
properties;
fo
when
our
faith
is
(haken
with
the
boyfterous
Malls
of
Sat.ans
temp-
tations,
and
with
our owne
naturali
doubting
and infidelity,
,yet
it
fill
liueth
and fucketh
nourifhment out
ofGods
graci-
ous promifes,
and
í1i11
it retaineth
his
ovine
propertie
ofcer-
taine perfwafion,though then
it
doe
not
exercifc
it
in
ac`uion,
fo
manifeí
}lie
as
before
and after the confliet
oftemptations,
and
as
the
(baking
of
57
tree
is
not
of
the
nature
thereof
for
of
it
felfe
it flandeth
firme
and fleadie,
but
by outward
acci
dent,
nameli.e,
the winde
blowing
vpon
it
:
fo
is
not
vncer-
taire
wauering
and vnconftant
doubting
of
the
nature
of
faith,
for
of
it
felfe
it
is
firme
and certaine;
but
it commeth.by
outward
accident from
the boyí}erous blafls
ofinfidelitie,
and the temptations
of
Satan
which
(as
it
were) violentlie
blow
vpon
it,
which
being
pat
},
it
remaineth like
thetree
firme and
confiant.
And
as
the graces
of
Gods
fpirit,and the
flefh
and the corruptions
thereof
do
fill
retaine in
themfefues
their owne
nature and
propertie,
fo alfo
doe
they
moil
coin
-
inonly
thew
themfelues
in
their
diners
fruites
and effects,
and
that oftentimes
in the
conf+iel
and time
of
temptation,fo
that
the
regenerate man
may at
the
fame
time
fèele in
himfelf
contrarieaffeóhons
and a6tions;for
the fpirit
acknowledging
Gods
goodneffe, mercie and
truth
in
his
promifes,is
reple --
nifhed
with
ioy,
being
in
hope
to
enioy them;
on
the
other
fide
the flefh
feeling;prefenttniferie,and the
fharpnes
ofätfli-
&ions,forroweth and
grieueth.
The
fpirit
apprehending and
applying
vnto
it
the fweete promues
of
the
Gofpell,
Both
quietly
ref+
vpon
them;
the
flefh
Peeing
it
owne corrupti
--
on,and
the
huge
waight
of
fanne
that
prefieth
it downe,fea-
reth and doubteth
:
the fpirit
being
affured
of`euerlafìing
happineffe,triumpheth
with ioy,deflring
nothing
more than
to
bee diffolued and
to bee
with
Chrif+;
thellefhfinciing it
f
lfe