294, The 73apts.vng ofthe &much. ter courfe, whereasnow prefumingall is well',they runne onheadlong, andwill (urelybeein thepit, before they becware. Whenthou art erfwadedand called upon toexamine thy felfe,whether thy faith beerightand fóund, wby 'mat (faith thediuell byandbyvntothee) whereforephoaldefl thandoubt it,Haft not than helee- aedin godeaerfrncethou couldeflremember ? Hafl thou done thus wellhitherto,and Jhouldefl thcabeginne to makequeflaonofthyFaith ? Fearenot, doe not doubt, butthou artOlenas$ooda beleerier as thebelt. Thus with thefeand the likecharmes, this fubtillenemy rockes men afleepe, and encourageth them tofeede themfelues inler.7,t. with vaineperfwüìons, and toowl/ rn lying wordswhich cannotprofit m. Let there- forethe doétrinetaught, worketo the reformationof this common euill,from which fenceoneofmany, is ablewell to cleerehimfelfe. Wehope tobeefaued, wefay wehaue faith,we would taken fora wrong, ifanyman fhould callvs vn- heleeuers: Oh let vs remember that there is a faith whichwill deceiue,a kinde ofbcleeuingwhich is but counterfeit. Letvs not content our felueswithhippo. fats, with idleimaginations whichhaue ndground, -but let vs bring our faithto the touehilone, and laic be tryed throughly, whetherit willhold inthe dayof account or no. There is nothing morecontrary to Chrillianity then prefump- .tion,nor any an worfe cafe then they which are moltCecure, and make them- (clues beleeue,that all iswith themask should.We readethat Jacobin his dreame nGanzt,iz. fawa Laddervpon theearth, ofwhich the tap reachedtohcaaena. The Ladder be- tokened Chrtk, asChrili himfelfehash referenceto it, inhis (perch toNtaba- elol;,tdr. viel, touching ..3ngelrafcendinganddefeendiagvpon the/baseoftenn°. Now (to ap- plythis ro mypreneut purpoie) weknow that he whichclimbeth vp a ladder,is efpecially carefull ofhis footingand hold, and looketh diligentlyandaduifed- ly toeuery step. Soclothhe which is inChrili, andisbyhim,and through him gettingup toheauen;he isalwaies trying whetherhis (landingbefure,andwhe- ther hishold that hehath caught, befuch as willnot deceiuehim, Thushewar - p 1i i,s.,s. .keth ens hisfalnationwithfeare andtremblmgv, andhappy ishuewho is fo buled: And fo I haue laboured to preirethe life ofthis neceirarypoint. In the matter offaith it isadangerous thing tobe deceiued : If a mansfaithbe vnfound, all la,i79; his hope is ouerrhrowne, itis eafietobemilìaken,our heart is deceitfnly,and is ourowne cafes wee are partiallfudges; Sathanis cunning and will beguilevs with afhadowoffaith, and there isa faith, which is very liketo true faith, but yetwill deceiuevs; what thencanbemore behoouefull then toproue our faith, that we maybe lure it will not f ailevs moil, when weflail needit moli ? Thisis the fumme. And to the endwee may be thebetterpreparedfor thisdaeie ofTri- all,I come now to the next dubrine, as the Textgiuethoccafion, to chewwhat kindeof faith it is which isavaileable tolife eternal!, andwhich is therefore cal- r Tie.,.r. led, the Faith ofGod: EleEIr, becaufe it ftreameth fromEleftionandisa pledge thereof. oEF,, Thenext dodridethen is, That oneïythat Faithmáketh a mancapableoflabia- tionandginetb him aninterefi intolife eternallwhich withaI the heart. This isdi- red outofthewords,lf thou6eleenewithaUthy heartthen :AMP : thatis, Ifthy he- leasing bee &cure,and thy faithvnfamed, thou maiflfindecomfortinthin Sacrament, otherwifeit willbeta theebut anidlefgrie. In all matters betwixt Golandvs, this [Pieta;::6, isa chiefethingwhich her requireth, that weegitiehimoarhenrtt, and that,that whichweprofeifetodoe, be doneinfrnglenefle, Hehimfelfeisa God oferatbe, iPral.;r.e. and therefore can delight in none but fuch in whofefpirit thereunogwile4. His aí Pral.;ws;. chofen are called the ljraelofGods, and it isa badgeofa truel/raelite to bewith- yGal.6a6. outDeceit): A.doodle heartis the make ofthe ungodly., andGod commands z 114"47' alt vs topurge out this leauenifweewculddraw etereuntohis Mainlyu The true 2lam.4.8, worlhipperslltallwarfhiphiminTrath,forehe.Fatherrequírethevenfacbb. ltre- bloh,4.al, maineth asa blemifh in the name ofthe old I¡raelite', that albeit they made a thewoffeekinggad,yettheirheartntarnotvprigbtwith hint neither were theyfaith- aÍl
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