The ITYay to ?'r,4nqùility. 3 63 our faith. This is called a fhield,. Eph. 6. when all the darts oftemptation that fire the foul,and perplex it many ways,are cart upon a man; here is a fhield topreferve and keep him fafe. Therefore let us ever have this for our life whole and found. You (hall find that even thefervants ofGod have fo far been ina comfortable efface, as they have been in the exercife oftheir faith: Take David for an example, whenZiglag wasburnt, and his Wives,and fervants, and goods, and cattel, were all carried away, and the Souldiers inthe rage of their hearts, and difcontent, beganto think ofhoning of him, yet faith the Text,. Then David comforted himfelf in theLardhis God; When there vsa no comfort in his Souldiers about him,or in thole that were near him,every thing was taken away; at this timeDavidcomforts himfelfin the Lord.his God. So,ob, Ice how quiet his heart is, andwell fatisfied,when he retied onGod,in the greateft occaíons and trou- hles,his goods was carried away,his Ions were flain,all added to /obsmifcry, but he tomes to this ; The Lord hatb given and the Lord bath taken away, bleffed be the Lord; when he can look above the creature to God, and fettle his heart upon this rock, hé findscomfort in it. On the other fide,the fervantsofGod are never ottt oftrouble,and difquiet when they neglect this,as theDifciples in the tempeftupon the Sea,M"atth.8. they cry out they are utterly undone ; SaveMaf°er: faith Chrift, Oh Je oflittle faith! The not exercifing of their faith did fo perplex and difquiet them as it did, and ifyou look upon all the complaints of the livesofmen, for the lotsof fuch friends, and the decay of trading, forthe hl dealing ofCull:omers, for ficknefs,&c. Men arealway com- plaining. What is the reafon? Becaufethey place toomuch hopeand confidence in the creature they look not above thefe things with the eye of faith, and hence comes that difturbance,anddífquict,if theoutwardmeans be taken from them, they look not upon that God that bath all means and opportunities in his ownhand. Youbelieve inGod, believe alto inme,; They that wouldhave their hearts quiet by believing inGodfhouldes&ecially exer- Docir. 3. cififaith in yelling on Chrift: Faith that qui- . u the foul, Relieve inme,faìthChrift,for the heartof masflies off fromGód; Alas,the Lord. `Holt be pitch- ed upon God is holy,and I ama finful man; he is-righteous,and I am frnful: who íhall come before in Chrift. the holy and righteous God ? Now when faith can look upon Chrift, andfethim between God and mc,and lookonGod through him,nowthe foul relts,hc looks on God as aFather through Chrift his Son; when the foul looks onChrilt,as-myhuf. band married to me,as my head,and lamunited to him as amember,as my Lord chit bath taken me intohis prote&ion, when the foul thus looks on Chrift,now it looks upon God in all his attributes, wondrous glorious, and comfortable to the foul. This is the thing that I can but touchat this time; There are two things confiders. bic init. - - . Firft, there is no ground of repofing the foul upon God, but by believing in Chrift,he isthe Mcdiator. Therefore in John 8.24. faithChrift, Exceptyoubelieve, that lam hewhom theFatherfeue, youfhalldieinyourfin,. The. Jews, they didbelieve in God; they were the childrenof 4braham, and worfhipped the God of their Fa- thers; andbelieved in God ; but,faith he;exceptyou believe in me, that f amhe that God bath font as Mediator ; you fliall die in yourfins: And fo in this Chapter ; tarri the way, the truth, and the life, no mancometb to the Father,but byme ; there isno otherway to the Father. That as the high Prieft under the law was in all thing:pertdining to God, he was between God and the people. So Chrift our great high Pîieft is in all things that concern the glory ofG-od, and the falvation ofman, and the acceptanceof a firmer, in all things between God and us; Here is thefirft thing. Secondly,it is worthour confideration,howChrift comes tobe thus,hewas willing todie,a curfed,a +.hameful,andcruel deathof the Crofs,and to be defpifedand abated, and all this for man; andyet Chrift crucified isdefpifed, and fcorned in the world, therefore
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