367 FAITHS TRIUMPH Over the GREATEST TRYALS. SERMON XXXIJ. Heb. ìr. r7. By faith Abraham' ,hen he 'vac tried, offeredzip hie /n Tfaac, andhe that hadreceivedtheprómifeoffered np hisonly begottenfoie. His Chapter doth fpeak in the commendation, ofthe Faith of.many of the Patriarchs, and eflbzabam among the reft is brought in , with a ,manifeff teftimony of his Faith á There be two things obfervable, which Abrahams Faith ftrengthned him to all ; one was to give up his Coun- try, the other was to give up his Son : to give up his Country in verfe 8. By Faith Abraham , ohm he was called of God , to go out in a place which he fhould after, receive foran inheritance, obeyed, and he went out not klnoming whither hewent; To eabe our friends, ou parents, to take our journey we know notwhither, to live mong we know not whom, and all this upon a bare word ; this was not an èafe thin, to part with good Land for force good words,; this was aaard matter,fence derides it, and reafon contemns it,and will not hearken to it, but Faith can fecal-Ore °n Gods promife,than fence . can find. Abrahamwill leave his Country, whenGod calls him to it, but never (hall lofe his inheritance by believing and obeying: no mati did ever yet hazard his eftate, who could part with it upon obedient terms, Bbb A
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