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Confota'tions
for
fuck
as
doe
notfeele
their
faith
fibly
leek
the
beanie
burthen
of
Gods
wrath,
and
plainelie
difcerne his
frowning
and
angry
countenance againfl
vs
and therfore
hovvfoeuer
thole
children
ofGod,who
are
in
his
loue
and
fauour,
may haue tome
faith
in
them, although
.it
doe
notalvvaies
fò
fenfiblie
appeare, yet
it
is
impoflìble
that
we.fhould
haue any fparke
thereof,feeing
wee haue
not
anie-
fenfeofGodsloue
and fauour;
nay
doe
feniiblie
perceiue
the
cle.ane
contrarie.
To
which wee
.
are
to anfwere,that
faith
.
doth not
relic
it
felfe
vpon
our
fenfe
and
feeling
;
for
as
the
Apoflle
faith,
f
rith
is
thegroNnekofthingr(not
prefentlyinioy_
ed,but)
rrh:ch
are
hoped
for,andthe
euidexce
or demonllration
ofthings(not which
are fubie&
to
the
fenfes,
and
fenfibly
dif
cerned,but)
which
are
not
f
ene,
Heb.I
I.I.
And wee beleeue
that
fuch
ioies are
prepared for
vs, as neither
eie
bath
feene,
nor
eare
bath
heard, nor the
heart
ofman
conceived,
as
it
is
I.Cor.2.9.And it isa
kind ofinfidelitie
to beleeueonly
thofe
things
which- are fubie&
vnto our
fenfes
and
vnder-fan-
dings;
and
therefore when
Thomas
would
not
beleeue
that
Chrif} was xifen
before
it
was tnade.manifef
}_
to
his fenfes,
hce
is
reprooued
for
infidelitie,
Bee
:not(faith
hee)
.faithlefl'e.
but
faithfiiïl.
So
that
when
our fenfe and
feeling ceafe,then:
faith beg
inneth
his
chiefe
work;and the moli
excellent
faith
fheweth it
felfe
mofi cleerelie
when
wee haue no
fenfe and.
feeling, orwhen
we difcerne
and
feele
the
Tlaine,contrary
;
for it
is
an
eafie
matterto
be
lirongin
faith,when
God
fhevv-
eth
himfelfe
gratious
and mercifitil;
but
when
he
appeareth:
vnto
vs
like
an.angrie Iud
;e,
when
as
his wrath
flamethout
againf}
vs,
then
to behold his loue
through the
wizard;
-of
anger,
to.
apprehend by
faith his
mercie
and
.goodneffe
to-
wards
vs,
when
our
fenfés
apprehend
nothing but
his wrath
and
difpleafure,
to grow to
lobs
refolution
in
the mid
deft
of
our
bitter
agonies, and
grieuous.
of
i6iions,
though
bee kill
me,yet
vi/l
I
trufl
in
bim,
and when we haue
.received
many
.
repulfes and
bitter
fnubs, vet with
the Cananitifh
woman,
to
continue
our
fuite,.argueth
fuch
a
faith
as is
hardly
found,no,
not
in
Iftael.
Our
want offenfe therefore
ofGods
loue and
fauor doth not argue want
of
faith,
for
our faith
is
not
groit-
464 vpon our
fenfe
and
feeling,
but vpon
Gods
gratious
promifes.
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