The Soda efeauallcallis j to Chrif t. 29g. not away againe. InrheHebrew phrafe,tobeleeve isnothing elle but Ar:en; the Heathen fay that the anfwer ofa man is this, let it bedone, which thouhalt promifcd, that's faith.Soafter the foule bath walked agreat while in honour andvexati- on, and the foule finks in the apprehenfionof it; the Lord lets in the comfort ofhis prornife, and faith, thouPoore burdned heart, thyper ton isac- cepted ; thou art unworthy, but Chrifl is wor- thy; thouart tirifull, but hee is merciful!. Now when the foule heares this voyce, it faith, even a4.en Lord, let itbe fo Lord. This is the holdof the heart, hope anddelire, love and joyhave dif- cerned a worldofmercy; and the will faith, fo be it, let us flayand hold here, andgoe no fur- ther. Efay 64.7. There if s:o;:e that called) on thy -Name, neither that ßirreth up himfelfe to take hold of thee. F; ith layes hold on theLord,and will not let mercygoe, but cleavesunto it ; it is Tweet to fee faith in conflia with the Lord. When a man bath it, as in Lab, lee how faith holds its owne, God makes hurl even the Butt ofhis wra rh (as it were) but lob faith, though .heflay mee, rt war trufl in him. Me th nkes I fee how the Lord makes his hand all goare blood, and yet faith holds his r'.vne ; it is able to fallen it kiteupon the promileofGodinChrift. rirg.2o,32,33. when Ahab w2s deeply provoked with adrunken T3enhadad, who faid,tatehim alive, &c. they enrred the combat : nowwhen the day went agaiuft Benbadad ( for .bee had dealt barely with Ahab) andbee could not.with any face !coke for any fa- vour
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