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That the
leali
faith
is
accep-
table
to
God.
Alattim
z.
z
o,
Alatrh.
:;,i9.
Mark.9.z4..
§.Sec`. 5.
Tbat
faith
dotb
rot
iuftifie
l'it
as
it
is
a
mike
or
faeultie
in
vs,but
as
an
in/trum:nt
which applieth
Chri!t
vnto
vs.
111
5
5
4
That
afmall
and
rreake
faith
may be
a
true
faith.
in.regard
of
it,
for
he
rvill
not
breare
the
6rufed reed,nor
quench
the
fmoking
f
ax till
hee
bring
forth
iisdgement
vnto
viffory,
a
bimfelfe hath
fpoken,
Matt
2.20. He will
not
contemne
the
'call
meafure
áf
his
own grace
which
he
hath bellowed
vpon
vs
;
for
though
it
be
in
neuerfo'fmall
a
quantifie,
'yet
ifit
be
true,it
is
his
own gift,and
his
?sfts
are
without
repentance,nei..
ther
Both he euer
contemne that
which
himfelfe bath
giuen,
nor take
it
away after
it
is
once
bellowed;
nay rather
to
him
that
bath
"hall
begiuen
ntill
he harm
abundance: he
that
recei-
ued
flue
talents fhail receiue
flue
more,yea and
hee that
hath
but
one,if
he
doe not
hide
it,
but
vfe
it
to
his
ntallersglorie,
fhal
be
accepted
&
haue his
talent doubled.
We
reade
in
the
Scriptures
that
Chrifi reproued
force
for
their
fmall
faith,but
yet
we
n
euer reade nor
heard
that
he reie&ed
8z
call offany,
though
their
faith were neuer
fo
weake
ifit
were
true,no
not
him who
criedout
in
thefenfe
ofhis
own weaknes;Lord
The
-
lieue,
help
thou
my
vnbelecfe.And
therfore
if
with him, we
find
a
true faith
in
vs,at leaíl in forre
meafure,and
though
it
be
ex-
ceedingly mingled
with doubting
and
affaulted
with
infide
litie,
yet:ifwee
can
with
this
man
earneflly pray
the
Lord
to
helpe our vnbeleefe,
and with the
Apofiles
hearth
crie
out
O
Lord
increafe my
faith,
the
Lord
wilitaccept
of
ily
rhartie
delire, and
grant our requefl
which
is
made
by
his'owne
rit
in vs,and
that
according vnto
his
owne will.
Thirdlie,
wee
mull
vnderfiand
that faith doth not
iuflifie
xnd
faue
v-s
by
it
felfe,
as
it
is
a
vertue
or facultie
ofthe
mind
and
hart,
-cr in
refpea
ofit
owne
excellencie,
quantifie, and
worthine{fe,(for
what
were this
but
to embrace againe
the
do&rine
of
the
Papifls
which
we haue
reiedled,and to
feeke
foriuf{ihcation
in
our
felues,
and for
our owne
merits
and
worthinefre
?
)but
as
an
inílrument, whereby
we lay
hold
of,
and
apply
vnto our
felues
Chrifl
Leftts,w
ith
his rightcoufraes
and
merits,
by
which onelie wee appeare
iufl
before
God;
now
a
weak faith
as
truly,though
not
fo
powerfully,doth
ap
prebend
and
apply
Chrifl
Iefus,and
all his
merits
and
obedi-
encc,2s
a.flronger faith;
etten
as a frnail
and weake
hand
ifit
be
able
to
reach
vp
the meate
to the mouth,doth
as
well per-
:
£atnae
it
duty for the nourifhment
ofthe
body
as
one
ofgrea-
ter