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That
the weakef
faith
cannot
be
finally
otterthrotrne.
louing
compafíion wil prouide
for
vs,fuch
comfortable
food,
as
will be
fit
to nourifh
vs,and repaire
our
decaied
ftrength;
when
we
cannot go,he
will
with
his
almightie
hand vphold
vs;and when
we fall
into
a
dead
trance,he
will
not
ref
till he
hath
againe reuiued and quickned
vs
with
his
holie
fpirir.
11atth,zz.:o,
Moreouer our
Sauiour
hathfaid, that
heewill not breake
the
bruifed
reed,
nor
quench
the rmokindfiaxe,
Matth.
i
2.20.
but
he
will fupport
our
tveakneflè
with
his
almightie power,
fo
that though
with
the reed
we
be
borne down
to
the
ground,
tvith
the
boil
+erous
blaf
}s
ofSatans temptations,yet
we
(hall
Pfalm.37.24.
be raifed
vp
again,according
to
that Pfalm.37.24.7houghhe
pill
he
(ball not
be
call
off,
for
the
Lord
ptetteth
vnder
hrs
d.mnd;
and
he will
blow
vpon
vs
with
the
breath
of
his
holy fpirit,til
he turne our
(mall
finoke to
a
great
flame,
which
fhalI neuer
bee quenched by
all
the
malice
ofour
fpirituail enemies.
So
Manta.
z
;,z
z.
Matth. i
3.12. our
Sauiour
Chrifl bath
promifed,
that
whofo-
euer
hath,
t
o
him
it
fhall
bee
giuen,
and
he
(hall haue abundance.
Neither
doth
hee
limit
or define
any
quantitie
leffe
or more
but
indefinitly promifeth
abundant
increafe euen
vnto the
leaf},fo
farre
is
he from
taking
away
that
which
he
hath
once
bellowed.
And whereas wee
through
our
weakeneffe
and
fraileneffe are
eauily
cat+
downe
and
fall
away, and
therefore
bane
good
caufe
ifwe
lhould
onely
looke
vpon our infirmi-
ties
to doubt
and defpaire
ofperfeuerance, yet in
refpetrl
of
Gods omnipotent power,
watchfull prouidence,
and pro
-
mifed affiflance,we may
confirme our
(clues
in
faith,hope,
and certaine
durance of
continuing vnto
the
end
;
for
the
Lord
vpholdeth
all
that
are
falling,
and
lifteth
vp
thofe
who
Pfalm. r45.14.
are
alreadie
down,as the
Pfalmift fpeaketh,Pfa1,145.14.
The
zCor.az9*
power
ofGod
is
manifefled in
our
weakeneffe, his riches
in
our beggerlineffe,his
mercy
and goòdneffe in
our
frailenes
and
manifold corruptions; and
with
his
holy fpirit,
heehel-
Rotr.8z6.
peth
our infirmities
as
it
is
Rom.S.26.
Wehaue not
an
high
Prie
l
which
cannot
be
touchedwith the feeling
ofour
infirmities,
but
was
in
all things tempted
in
like
fart,yet
without
fsn
;andther-
fore
he
is able
frf
fCciently
to
haue
compalon
on
them
that
are
ip-
Iicb.4.ts,
norant and
out oftheway,becaufe
that
he
aim
was compaffed
with
and
54.
stir
infirmities,as
the
Apoflle reafoneth
:
Heb,4.15.and
5.2.
Secondiic,