334 Yfe TheSouk: leamallcalling toChrift. liarringholes, the promife isfüfflcient, faith the foule,ifI had itandGod fadly intendedic,there- fore I may takehim, andGod hath givenChrift the care of me, tomake me to beleeve : now the will isfully perfwaded, and faith to hope and de. fire, and all the other affeíions, here is good enough : andcorne hope, expeCt it forever ;and come defire, here is mercy enough that thouhaft cletiired : and come love and joy,here is that mer- cy whereof y ou have felt the fweetnefi'e : nay, faith thew ill,let us reft here, and fettle ourfelves upon the freeneffe and favour of the mercy of God in Jefus Chrift; as our Saviour laid to the Difciples,loh.6.27.28. Will youalfooeaway? oh, faith Peter,whitherJJhall roeye, thou haft thewords (7.,f eternal! life : the world cals,and our lufts call, and pleafutes call, and the more they call for our hearts, themore wee cry after thee our Chrift ; whither thall we goe, ifnot to thee ? for there is none fo gracious, none fo mercifull to fanners, none fo ready todoe all good for us : and as there is fufficient in the promife,andas here is fufftcient in thee,and enough for fanners : foupon thymer- cie we will hang, upon thee ourSaviour wee will live and dye ; and upon thepromifes will we put our felves, to receive all the comfort and good theywill affoord, and upon this will we feed for ever. Thus muchfor the openingofthe point. The firft ufe is for information to reElifieour j{adgements for the right underflanding of the nature offaith , and the frame of this blefièd grace in the foule; and that which wee col- 1eft
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