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My
we
may
be
ftered
that
we
have
a
truefaith.
which
bring
worldly benefit, then thofe which
are
accort}.:
parried N'ith (
haine and
punishment;
when
as
we loue
God
euen
when
hee
affiióeth
vs
and in
obedience
to
his corn-
mandement,
performe
fuch
holie duties,
and imbrace
fuch
vertues,
not
onelie which
are
commendable in the
world,
but
alto
thofe which
are accompanied
with
(haine and
re-
proch; when
as
we loue our
brethren,
yea
euen
our enemies,
and (hew
this
our loue
by giving
veto
thofewho
want, and
forgiuing
thofe
who
offend
vs;and when more
efpecially
we
extend
this loue
and
the
fruits
thereof
to
thofe who
are
of
the
houfhold
of
faith, and among(i
thefe
principallie
to
Gods
Minifters,who
are
infiruments
appointed'ofGod
for
our
conuerfïon and faluation; when
as
wee
can.fubmit our
felues
vnto
Gods
will, and relt
contented
in
all
eflates
with
his good
pleafure;
when
as
we
loath this life,and the
vanities
ofthe
world,
and defire our
diffolution,that
we
may
be
with
Chrifi,and
be
freed from
our
frnnes
;
when
as
we
are
patient
in
aflICIions,
and
in
the
middefi
ofthem
haue fome
hope
of
tafting
Gods
mercie and
goodneffe,grounding our
hope vp-
on
Gods.promifes and our
owne
former experience;
when
as we
delight
in
the
hearing and
meditating
in
Gods word,
and continue
.confant
in the
profeflion
and
pra6ife
of
his
truth, not
onelie when our obedience
is
good cheape,but
al.
fo
when
it
is
deare
and
very
cofllie,and
as
well
when
it
is
ac-
companied
with
Joffe, as
when
wee are
in
hope
to
gaine
thereby.
Thefe and many
other
the branches offan6tifica-
tion
are
the
vndoubted
fiignes
ofa
true and
liuelie faith,.
and
therefore
whofoeuer after due examination,
find
that
they
are indued
with
them, may
alfo be
affured,notwithfandrng
all Satans
fuggeftions
to
the contrarie,that they
haue
faith;
for
this
is
the roote fromwhich
thefe
fruits fpring, and
they
cannot
be
feueredo