296' The Platingófthe eaiíuëh. isonely that which is abeleesingwithailthe hèart ; andthen 2 that thatis aáe4ä. wingmath al theheart, when Gill sit who is the obiedofFaith, and is acknow.: !edged tobeafoieandcompleat Saurour, is labouredafter principally for him felfe,m heart is towards him for..hisowoe(ake,more then formine owne fal. union fake. l know I cannot depend vpon hiii,and benudeonewith him, but it will he formy profit, yet I Tooke not fomuchvpon that, as Igoevpon him, yeaand 1$riueto be àffe&çd as rob, uocontinuemy Faith, andmy trading to 9Ïòó;13 t ¢ him,though hefhouldflay we a, though l iouidnot ooilyget by him,but.. recciuefonxfbarpneflefromhim. 7hevfe. We molt couplethispoint withcheformer, and I will: we may well drgeftit, and that weecould bee perfvaded to bellow fome partof our thoughts vpon ie Aidaarescit cannyday. It is nocaiie thingrightlytobeleeue. Not eatery one that taketh the 9`d4Hieróny. nameof lefus intohis mouth fhall by and by.tie faired, no nor yet curry one which goeth further then aliperficialinaming him. It is poffible rovnderftand the myflery ofChrills to profelle truely and vnditfemblmgly,a dependence' onely upon Chritt, and (as it were) to feuvp a mans reif on tins, that no man can come veto GodtheFather, but by Chrid,andyet inciteend tocome(hon. Let vs rememberthat the very life and glory of Faith, is tobeleeue withalthy heart, that is, inner Weeping to let Chrid hale the preeminence, the full and theveryallot ouraffe&ions. Ifwee can bring our fouiesonce to this,tovalue Chrilt more for his owne properworks fake,then for our owne faluatnonsfake,. thenare webeleeuers with all nor bears. This is indéeae finglenelleand fincerity ofaffehion,this is vprighrnesofmínd: *benmy faith reacheth afterChrill for Chrill,I accountmy own faluation but the By, thefruition ofClint! i the Maine. Theft be two thingsI knowwhich cannotbe hindered in inioying Chritt and faluatión; but yet it is pofliibleto giuë the one the precedenceabone the other in defining. Let not this feemeftrangevetovs, Who amongítvs, accountshim afriend worth the having,vehofechide end in reeking tobelinked in with him in foeiety, inmorehis ownecommodity, or fame creditlike to accrew tohim, then the fruition ofhirffto whom heprofefeth lone?When we can thy ofa man' proferfing friendship, /know be re teelethmeforrhia, orfer that, were it wetforf'Kb s hope,or theexpoetatsonoffa<h a benefit, l amfore heweuld regardwire as little at a. pother man, wit we fudge firth an one anvnfained friend ? How then (hall that be calledan vnfainedfaith, whichaimethat Chrill otelyfor this, becaufethereis hope ofa kingdomebybeleeuing? This is a mereinaryrefpeft, neither is that a true fatringfaith which bath dohigher !tope. Would I notdrawetowardes Chriftin mydelireand affelhon, ifthereweretie faluaciönbyhismeaner? is itonely tomake a benefit ofhim, thatI doecallmy feilt s'pero him f and (hell' thisbecalled faith? No, I¿oubt not loch refpeuaa theemay bebitAdin manywhich yet flail-beecalled the leant in the Kingdome of God. Andthus we may fee how onething followeth vpon another: the'maine matterofprea- iliie avài thing mutt beChriill,thefupretnepurpofeof hearingmull betofindeChtill*; rasght oat of and fo the ptincipall intendment et faith mutt bee toenioy China. To be fa- Vr may lawfully h tbs35.e/' fell motie Ifwwtillb/leseir/Chrif{ banearhebeartornothing. And fomuch touching the ua1ity ofFaith, which Icommend to our bedobferuatt- on, andwill) it may bewell confidered, that wemaynot beguile ourfelues with an opinionof faith. I;etit be remembred howneere counterfait faith commeth vain true faith, and wherein the mains differencedothcoral- Chrilt hath but halfe the heart, ifwerefpeflhimcruel): for this, thatvponhis (bouldersweemay be carryedvpwards into heàuen. If wecould thinkehearten it (elfenot worthy ehe hauiag but onelyfor his fake, that were eracehlesat, So farreofthe condition propounded by Philip, nowneatof the Emtwabervndertakingit: Thesbears- fvered, Ibeleeue that, c5'eé We 5
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