The Soule' efeEh allcalling to Chrift. haveprayed, that thyfaithfaile thee riot; Sat han la- boured ro (hake the hold of Peters faith, and thereupon many corruptions were expreffed in his life, becaufe Peterdid faile, and did not be- leeve that which Chrift had Paid tohim ; fofoone as unbeleefe prevailes, then falle -he irtedneffe ex- preft it felte,and he prefently denied his mafter; and then bafe cowardlineffe (ayes, i know not the man; and his want of reverence to the name of Goddifcovers it felfe, for hec fais to fweare that he knew him nor, and there was felf -love in all thcfè : thusyou fee,when a man will not beleeve, every corruptionbreakes forth,and that amaine and thisunbeleefe will fat all corruptions in the foule,and all curfeddiftempers, and makes them fat and well - liking ; as it is of faith in the fpiri- tuall man, fo it is of flefh in the corrupt man; a Pet. 2. r I. The flesh lufleth againft the foule ;there is a kinde of armour of the flefh and ofcorrup- tion, aswell as the armour of the Spirit, which procures comfort to the foule; finne bath its ar- mour as well as grace; now looke as it is in the fpirituall armourofa Chriftian, faith is a fhield,a fhield defends not only thebody, but all the ar- mour cfthebody; fo faith, it defendsnot onely the body, but the foule, andall the graces of the foule : fo it is alfo with this infidelity, in regard ofa manscorrupt nature, corruption it is main- tainedby infidelity, as by a fhield,it is thefhield ofa mans corruptions,asfaith is the fhield of the fpirituall man; I confeffe that reformation, and theweariesthereofout ofthe ordinancesofGod, and
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