334 TheSoutes e`etivaUcaUing toChrift. fiatting holes, the protnife isfüfficient, faith the foule,if I had it,and God fadly intended it,there- fore I may takehim, andGod bath giventhrift the care of me, tomake me tobeleeve : now the will isfully perfwaded, and faith to hope and de_ fire, and all the other affeêions, here is good enough : and corne hope, expeíi it for ever ;and cornedelire, here is mercy enough that thouhaft. clefired : and come love and joy,here is that mer. cy whereof It ou have felt the fweetnefïe : nay, faith thew ill,let us refi here, and fettleour felves upon the freenefl'e and favour of the mercy of God in Jefus Chrift ; as our Saviour faid to the Difciples,lob. 6.27.28. Wilt you alfogoe away ? oh, faith Peter,whitherfhallwegoe, thou hat the wards of eternal/ life : the world cals, and our lulls call, and pleafutes call, and the more they call for our hearts, themore wee cry after thee our Chrift ; whither fhall we goe, ifnot to thee ? for there is none fo gracious, none fo mercifull to finners, none fo ready todoe all good for us : and as there is fufficient in the promife,and ashere is fufficient in thee,and enough for fanners : foupon thy mer- cie we will Lang, upon thee our Saviour weewill live and dye ; and upon the promifes will we put our felves, to receive all the comfort and good they will atfoord, and upon this will we feed for ever. Thus much for the openingofthe point. fe T, The firft ufe is for information to rdìifieour judgements for the right underftanding of the nature offaith , and the frame of this blefíèd grace in the foule; and that which wee col- left
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