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a
fmalland
weake
faith
may
hea
trtae
faith,
S
SS
ter
flrength;becaufe
it
is
not.the flrength
of
the
hand,but
the
,goodnefhe
of
the meate which nourifheth
thebodic
:
So a
weake faith
laying
hold
of
Chrill,
and applying him and
his
benefits
to the beleeuer,is
füflîcient
to
nourifh
him.
to
euer-
lifting
lifc,as well
as a
f}ronger,becaufe it
is
not
the
worthi-
nes or
excellencie
ofy
infirument, but
ofChrifl'which
it
ap-
prehendeth,that
is
effeeIual
for
our
iuflification and cternall
faluation.
So
in like
manner,as
aft-nail
and weak
hand
is
able
to
receiue
an
alines
as
well
as a
fironger
and
greater; and
25
a
tle
eie
doth
fee
the
whole body
of
the
funne, or
Tome
great
mountaine
as
wel
as
a
bigger:fo
our faith
though
weake
and
fmall,doth.apprehend Chriflas truly
and
effc6tually
for
the
faluation
ofthe
beleeuer,as
the,greatefland mcfl firong.Our
Sauiour Chrifi
compareth-himfelfe
to
the
bra
fen
Serpent,and
the
beleeuing Chriflian
flung
with
the
:fling
-of, fin
to
the If-
Iohn
3.14.
raelites which did behold
it, to
the end
theymight
be
cured:
now
we
know
that
al
of
them were
not
alike fharpe
lighted,
but
force
were purblind,fonie bleare eied,fotne
law
it but
ex-
ceeding weakly and
dimly,but
yetnotwithflanding
as
many
as
looked
on
it
were
cured and
healed,though they
were
ne-
uer
fo
weake lighted
;
fo
whofoeuer
being
-flung
with
fin
do
looke vpon Chrifl with
the
eie
offaith;
refling vpon him a-
lone for
theirfaluation, though
they be neuer
fo.weake
figh-
.
ted,yet
they
fhal
be reflored
to health
and
be eternally fatted,
becaufe
it
is
not
in
the
;r
light,but
in the
obiceet
therof,Chrifl
Iefus,to
iuflife
before
Cod,an.dto
purchafe for
them
eternal
faluation.
I
.K
CHAP.
XL
VII..
Other
tentat.ronsconcerningfaith,anfrer..td,._.
Nd
thus
may
weeanfwere
Satans
temptations,
which
bee
groundeth
vpon the
fmall
quantitie
and
weakcneffe
of
our
faith
:
betides
which he
fuggefleth diuers others;
as
firi
,that
true,
lying
faith
is
a,firme, certain
a and confiant
per
-
fwafionawhereas.ours,if
wehaue
any
a.t:all,
is
weake and
fee
-
ble,
§:sec`
.
Xi
Satans
tentati
or
concerning
the certaraltie
and
torr
ffancig.
of
faitb,ais-
fvverscl..