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That
afmall
and
weake
faith
may be
a
true
fart
h.
553
vfed
by
our Sauiour when
they were
in
Cone
appearance
of
danger:
Mat.8.26.Wherefore
are
ye
fear
full,0
je
of
fittle
faith?
Matth.s.ztí.
And therefore
though
we finde
our faith
to
be weake and 4. Seel.3.
lirtall,
yet let not
Satan perfwade
vs
that
for
this
caufe
it
is
That all
power
falfe and
counterfeite,or that
we (hall
eafily
be ouercome
of
ofhell
cannot
euery
tentation,
and neuer
perfeuere
vnto the end
that
wee
p`Jepa
eaúg(1trft
may be faued
;
feeing a weake and
fmall
faith
may
bee
a
true
ma/f
c
efíra
faith,
againf
which, howweake
in
it
felfc
foeuer
it be,
yet
faith.
the gates
of
hell
ßiall neuer preuaile againft
it;
for
the
wea- Phil.3.'r.
ker
our faith is,the ftronger
(hall we finde
Gods
power in
fu-
faining
and
preferuing
vs;
the more
that
Satan
laboureth
to
winnow
vs
in.
5i
fieue
of
his temptations, the
more effe6tual-
ly
will our
Sautour
Chrifl
make intercef(ion for
vs,
.that our
faith
faile
not
;
the
feebler our faith
is
in
apprehending
Chrift,the
more powerfuli
will
his
fpirit be
in
apprehending
vs,and
in
ioyning
vs
infeparably in
a
holy communion
wit
him.
But
yet
we mull
not
content
our
felues
with
a
fnali
and
weake
meafure
of
faith,but
carnet
}ly
labour
after
more
per
-
feetion,and to grow
from faith
to faith,
till we
attaine
vnto
fulneffe
of
perfwaíion.
Otherwife
we
fmall
make it manifef
}.,
That
we
szrt
E
that
we
deceiue our
felues
with
a
(hew
and
fhadow
of
faith,
not
content
our
and that
as
yet
we
h!.te
no true faith
indeede, which
as
it re-
fillos pith
a
4embleth
the graine ofmufcard
feed
in
refpca of
the fmalnes
Ball
nrea
joie
at
the
beginning
thereof,
fo alío
in
the
growth
and
increafe;
t'
and therefore ifeuer
we would attaine
vnto
peace
of
confci-
ence,and
affurance
that
we
are
indued with
a
true and
huely
faith,we mutt
earnef
}ly
labour
in
the
vfe
ofthòfe
meanes
or-
dained
of
God
for the increafe
of
faith,
and feruently
pray.
vnto
God,that
he will
not
onely fowe
the
feed
offaith
in
our
hearts, but
alto
that
he will
fo
water
it.
with
the dew
of
his-
grace
and
holy
fpirit,that
it may
grow
from
a
fmall feede
to
a
great
trce,and
that
he
will neuer
ceafe
blowing
this
finoking
flaxe
with
the
breath
of
the
fame his
holy fpirit,til it
increafe
from
a
little
fparke
to
mighty
flarne,whereby our harts be
-.
ing
warmed with true
cáfort,
may
with
feruent
zeale
feck
to
glorifie
his
holy
name
by
ourchrif}ian &
holy conuerfation.
.
Secondly,
we are to
know, that how
weake and
final foe-
§Seri.
;
tier
our faith be,fo
it
be
true,
the.
L.ord,willnot
rcie6tit,ner
vs
in.