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Now
wemay 6e
of
ared that
we
haue
true
faith.
5
t
7
affure
our
felues
he
will
make
no
fruple
of
belying vs.
See-
ing
then
Satan
is
a
malitious liar,
who
defireth
nothing
more then our deflru&ion,letvs
not
doubt
of
our faith
be-
caufe
of
his
telhrnony,
nay
rather
bccaufe he
faith we
want
faith,we
may
aufure
our
felues
that
we
are
inducd
therwith:
for
that
he
may
worke our
finali
oucrthrow,
it
is
his
vfuall
cutlome
to
tell the true
beleeuing
Chriflianthat
hee
is
defli-
tute
of
faith, and contrariwife
the vnbeleeuing
worldling,
that
he
hath
a
tlrong
faith,
whereas
in
truth
there
is
nothing
in
him,but
fecure
prefümption. And therefore let
it
fuffice
Vs,
that
we
know
we haue
a
liuelie
faith by the teflimonie
of
-Gods
fpirit, and by
trying
and
examining our faith by
the
touchflone
of
Cods
words,
for
on
thefe
our faith
dependeth,
and not
on
Satans
teflimonie.
But let
vs
after
a
more efpeciall,manner
arineour
felues
4,Seé1.3
againtl
this
tentation
;
and to
this
purpofe
it
behooueth
vs,-
Hovv
vve
firíl,that
we
prooue
againíl`Satans
falfe
fuggeflions,
that
we
may
be
f
ve
haue faith
:
and
fecondly,that
we
arme our
felues
by.all
good
by
f
tt-
rtínes
with
the fhield
offaith,feeking
dailie
more
firength
ing,in
our
and
thereof; vntill
at
laft
wee
attaine vnto
that
ful-
¡elves the
de-
neffe
offaith,
which will
fill
our
foules
with
true
peace
and
gees
thereof:
comfort,
and
alfo
beate backe
all
the violence
of
Satans
fub-
till
and
fierce
tentations.
For the
frfi
weemay
prooue
that
wee haue
atrue
iufli-
fyingfaith
by
diuers
arguments,
,s
firilby
the degrees there
-
of,from which
we may thus
reafon;
whofoeuer
can
trueiie
find inhimfelfe the
feucrall
degrees
ofa
liuely
faith,
he
may
-
certainely be
allured
that
he
isindued therewith:
but
I
(may
euery Chrit
}ian
man
fay)
doe
ttuely howfoeuer,in weake
meafure,finde thefe
degrees
ofa
liuely
faith in`me,and there-
fore
I
am allured
that
I
am
indued
therewith.
The
firtl
degree vnto true faith,
is
the illumination`
of
our
The
f
rti
degree
-darke
ad
ignorant
minds, with
the knowledge
of
the
Gof-
of true
fair!,
elI
or
with the
principles
"thereof
wrought
in
our
tlheillumtnati-
P
f
minds by the
outwardneanes
ordained
Of
God,
and
the
m
ndhe
inward
operation
of
his
holy
fpirit; whereby
we
Niue
our
af-
-lent
to that truth
ofGod,
in
which
the
vnderflanciing
is
in-
-formed,
And
of
this,the
Apoftle
fpeáketh,i.Tim.a4.where
I.1
3
líe