I • '• I A Seart•Treafure~ Bucket to draw water out ot the wells ofSat.; r~antum vation, and the lnore faith you bring,the tllore illucfi~ei fulnefs you receive. Well then, would yo~ ifP.~u af- have your beatts ftored with atrea(ure, ·fi rivc t;~tu'::'i?Jv tpencreafeyour faith; and let the Lord Jdus de grati~ be the direCt objeaof your faith ; 'fis he a– in.,.~n~anti4 lone that hath the (tJ ofD~tvid, that dotbboth ~~~~: open ~eaven.to us, and ' ~n heavenly trea{ure ad'~or;c~· tor us : Stnce the fall wee haveno cot1verfe .page 1o8. With God, or communication fromhim, but Kev.3.7! through .a Mediatour ; It ua terrible thing, faith Luther, even to thin/i.. of God fJHt of Chrift; · 1 You muft hiJnour th~ Son tes yofl hon9Nr the .Fa– ther, and as you believe inSod, fo muft you al!oatl: faith npon Chrift Gfld-man ; that as our nature inChdfis Per(on is fi lled with.all that poor fouls can want, fo trom that fulne[l we may receive all d ings needful for our b~- , ing andwell-beint, ~ •grace. 0 fi ir up and 1 awake your fa i ~ b, comepoor foul, reach hi· h . ther ~hy hand of faitb, and thruft it into thy s~- J~ · ~~ t.t · vi6Hrs pierced ~de, and t: here thou maift feel, c - · and thence fetch abundant fruits of love : h4 not faithlefs hut htlieving: do not dam up the channels of gracebyunbelief, do not forfake ' I ~by ownm~rcies, bybeingfhy and.f~arfull t9 Yentureat tt, thou canft lofe nothtng • thou _·p1aifi get muchby ene fingle atl: of faith. 0 Sirs, 011e pure aa: ofa lively faith will bring .. ~ ,, . · you in more treafure, then many hours tug- ' .. :~~ .......... .....)>•., ~ ~' I{_.";~~ ··.·~~t .. - • 'ging and flrugling in duties, .and performan• ces: Nothing in the ,world doth [ pontrl o6i– cem l tboot cl bar, and bolt the door betwixt phrift and the heart, but unbeli~~ ·;· i~ ~ho~ · ~ , , can1,
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