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74entationsgrounded
on
the
f
rong
faith
of
others,anfirerecl.559
little fàith;to
the
end
that
we
fhould
fo
labóur
to
attaine vn-
to
ÿ
highef}
degree,
as
in
the
tneane
time
\N
e
be not
vtter-
ly
difcouraed
with the
low
eft.
For
example,
as
he
hath re-
membred the
faith'of
.A
raha:ml
who
beleeued
aboue hope
vnde.rhope
his
fo
hathnotforgotten:weaker
who
cried,l: beleeue,Lord
help
thou
mine vnbeleefe; as
he
bath
men
-.
tioned
the
faith
of
lob
who grew
to this.rcfólution
;
Thoa,
h
held
/lnme,yetwell:!trullin
him
;fo
hee
hath expreffedallothe
faith
ofAricodrnsue,in
knowledge
weak
&
fimple,and in pra
fife
andprofeflion cowardly
&
fearfull:as
-he
hath let
down
theftrong
faith
ofPaulwho
grew
to
this
fttlneffe
ofperfwa-
hon.thatmthing
fhould
bee
able
to
feparate him
from the
loue
ofGodin.Iéfus Chrifl;
fo
he
hath not left out the
little
and
weake
faith
ofThomas,-who
would
not
beleeue further,
then
he
law
&
felt.
Yea
the
Lord
in his
word hath
reuealed,That
tfñe
feüp4
vino
vs
the diners degrees
of
faith
in the
fame
men
inxefpeet-
t
re
vtf
ti
;-
ofdiners
times.;
at one time like
a
graitae
of
muftard
feed,. at,
ucrr degrer
es
o
f
another
time
like
a great
tree
;at
one time like
a
little Lnoke,
faith
in
tine
and
foone.after
burfling out into
a
great
'flame
;
now
like
a
fame Mee'
tar
weake
reedwauering
.
&decliningwiththe
finalleft
biatfof
any
triall,&
within
a
while like
.an..immoueable
rock
which
beaterb backe huge
billowes,and
euen
a
whole
fea
ofviolent
tentatiósrina:word.,
ìt fetteth.outto
our view,as
it
were por
traied
in
a
frefh-and
litre
pielute,the
diners ages
ofa.
chriftiän
as
he
is
in
hisconception
and
preparation
to
grace,and
as
he
is
in
his new
birth
And
firfl
conuerfion, as he is
a
babe;and
as
he grow:ethfrom his infancie to
greater
age
and flretLgth,till
hee
;conne
to
ripe yeares,and
to
be a
flrong
mania
Chrift.Be-
fides,it
flíewethvnto
vs
his
diners relapfes
through fnne,tho
ficknes
of
the
foule,and
how
oftentimes the
fpiritual
growth
is
hindred,ánd
the
flrength
ofGods
graces
abated
and
mach
weakned by
the
quotidian ague:-ofcoxruptions, and Satans
tentations
;alfo
after
thefc
fits
bee
driuen away by
vertue
of
Gods
fpirit,
how
we
receiue
a
greater
i
ncreafe
of
grace
and
meafure.ófffrength,
wherebywegrow
more in
Chriftianity
and
godlines
in
a
yeere
then
we
did in
two before,All
1}
hick
is let
dówne
to
this
-end
that
we
fhoùldnot
ma,k_e
our
f
ncy
our
41-4v)
and
full
growth,, kut.iaböur:
to_.increafe
in
grace
tíl:.
:.;.