571 / 772
%am.
111
Of
the
me
Ines
whereby
our
faith
may
to
f
regthened.
543
ting
and
infidelitie,wee
are
in feruencie
of
fpirit
to
crie
out
with
the father
of
the
pofleffed
child
:Lord
I
beleeue,helpemy
vnbeleefe;
Mark.9.a'4.And then
wee
may
be
afrured
that
the
Mark.9.24.
Lord
wil
hearevs,and
fatisfie
our godly
defires,making
vs
to
growvp
from faith
to faith,
till at
length
wee
attainevrto
Euch
a fulneffe
ofperfwafion,
that
wee
íhall
bee
able
truelie
to
fay
with
the Apoille
;
lam
perfwaded
that
neitherdeath
nor
life,nor Angels,norprincipalities,
nor
perrers,nor
things
prefent,.
nor
things
to
come,
nor height, nor
depth, nor
any
other
creature
fhall
be
abletofeparate vs
from
the
lone
of
God,w-hich
is
in
Chr
f
left's.'
oar
Lord
:
as
it
is
Rom.S.3
8.39,
And
thefe are
the
meanes
which
properlie tend to the
4,Se17,3,
f}rengthening and increafing
of
our faith; which whofoeuer
>of
the meanes
carefullie and
confcionably vfe,they
Thal
affuredly
find.them
whereby
true
of
eauall
for this purpofe.
Now
wee
are
to
fpeake
ofthofe.
may bee pre
-
meanes whereby wee
may bee
preferued
froimdoubtingand
oubd
g
and
defperation,of
which I (hall
not
need
to
fpeake
much,feeing,
defyeratton.
themoil
of
thefe
points
are
handled before.
the
firli
The
firft meanes
to preferáe
vs
from defperation,is
to
call
continuallie
vnto our
remembrance, that
the
protnifes
ofthe
Gofpell are
generall and
indefinite,excluding none
how
vn-
worth
le
andfinnefuli
foeuer
they
be,
if
they
doe
not
exclude
themfelues
through their
owne
infidelity.So Mat.
z
.14,S,
our
Muth.,
Sauiour calleth
all.laufnbled
and
repentant
ffnners.
without
exception,faying.,Come
veto
twee
all
ye
that
labour an-dare kea-
ute laden,
and
I
will
of
e..you.
And
lohn 3.16.God
fo
lowed
thë
lohn 3.16.
world
that
he
f
nt
his
onelÿ
beloued
fen,that
as many
as
bdleaeue.in
him
I
houldttotperi
/h, but'
haueeiierla/l
Mg.
life.So
Mat.9.t
3.our
auh.9.13.
Sauiour
faith;that
he
care
not
to-cal
the
righteeus,but(inner
r
to
repentance;
either then
refufe4the
name-of
repentant
f
nncr,or
acknowledge that
he
came,to
faue
thee.
<And
Iohn 6.40.
our
Iohn
Sauiour
faith,
that it
is
his
fathers
will
who
fènt
him,t
hat
every
rnasrcho
beleeueth in
him
ffboátld-
hasta.euerlafftng. life.
Seeing
therforeGod
taketh no exception;
nor exclúdeth 'any,let
vs
not
exclude
our
felues
through
our
want
offaith
& infidelity.
Secondly,w'ee_are
to-confider
that
the.
Lord bath not
only
ThefesonS
propoûded
his
gratiousromifes
vnto
vs,
but
alfo,huh
corn,-
manes...
.
rnanded
to
belectic_t
}fern..
So
Mark
;..
á.,i
..Repent
and
iì
rk.r
t5d-
bclee/e
.