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Our
want
o
f
feelina,grgueth not
want
offaith.
527
CHAP.
XLIII:
Satans
tentations rounded
vpon
our
ìvvit
o
f
fenfè
and
fee
link
offaith,
anfwered.
Ndthefe
are
the
fignes
by
which euery
belee- g.See7.t.
uer
may
be
affured
that
he bath
a
true and
hue-
Satans tenta-
1p
faith
:
which howfoeuer they bee to be
ob-
ton,hereby
ferucd
in
euerie faithfull
man,
yet not
at
all 1i'l'e'f"'a-
detb vs
that
times,foroftentimes
it
comrnetn to
pafle,
that
ve
I;aueno
the
beleeuing Chriflian doth neither
feele
his
faith nor the
faith
becat
+fe
fruites thereof,
efpeciallie in
the infancie
of
faith,and
in
the
we/tele
it
not.
cumbate
of
te7cations,
which giueth
occafion
vnto
Satan
of
fuggefling into
his
mind
a
dangerous
tentation. Thou
braggeft
much
(will
he
fay)
ofthy
faith,and thou
confirme{l
this
thy
perfArafion,that
thou
art indued
therewith with ma-
ny
figncs
and
fruits
which
haue
accompanied
it;
but
ifnow
thou
examine
thy
felfe
aright,
thoufhalt
find
in thee
-no
fuch
matter
;
and
not
to
{land
vpon
other
argument
-s,
I
appeale
vnto
the teftimonie
of
thine ovine
.confcience,
whether
at
this prefent thou
hall. any
fenfe
or liuelie feeling
of
faith,or
cant} .difcerne
thofe
.
fruits
thereof
which
-before
thou hall,
fpoken
of;
ifnot,
then doe
not
flatter
thy Idle
in
vaine:with
a fond perfwafion,for.though
thou wilt
not beleeuemee,
yet!
at lean belecuethine
ovine
fenfe
and
feeling, which
plainelie
telleth
thee,that
either thou
neuer
haddeft
any true
faith
in-
deed,or
if
thou haddeft,
yet
that
now it
is
quite left
and pe-
rifhed.
For the anfwering
ofv.hich
tentation
wee mull
diffin--
Thean!z,:.;ere-
guilh betweene
the
habit
offaith,
and
the
a&
of
faith ;or
be-
16
fomer`
tweene faith
it
felf
and the
work
and
funelion thercef,which
,tentaù,ts
is
to
apprehend
and
apply
Chrifts merits
and
Gods
mercie-
and louing fauour,with
all
the gratious promi;ës
ofthe
Gof
,
pell;
as
it
is
an
habitual'
facultie
of
the mind,
it
alwaics con
--
tin ueth
8&:
abidethin Gods
children,after
it
is
once
wrought
in
them by the
fpirit -of
God
-;
but
in refpe
&of
the
fun
&ion:
b.rvvorke
thereofit
bath
many
intermiflions, and
.often
-,
--
titxut.