392 TheSdrelet of cffuaflcaffinA toChrííf. fore he may got on with eafe; whereas theun- faithful! heart is as Saint lames fpeakes, Chap. z. i s. Like a wave of the fea, tof ed to and fro : and Eta. 5 7. ao. There is nopeace to the wicked, but they are a a ragingfea,wbich;cannor reft; faith lets us to the worke,but it layes all the weightoftheworke upon another; it is an ea fie matter to lye under the burthen, when another bermsall the weight of it : this is the difference betweene a faithfull foule, and a man that lives by his wits and fhifts; looke as it is with twoferry men,the oneof them bals hisboat aboutthe fhoare, and cannot get off, but tugs and puts, and never puts her forthto the tide ; but the other puts his boat upon the fireame, andPets uphisfalle, and thenhee may (3r frill in his boat, the windewill carry him whither he is togoe : Jua thus it iswith afaithful! foule, and anunbeleever 5 all the care of the faithful! foule is toput himfelfe upon the ftreameofGods providence, and to fet up the falle of faith, and to take the gale of Gods merde and providence, and fo he goes on cheerfully, becaufe it is not he that carries him, but the Lors! Jefus Chrift; whereas every unfaithfull foule tugs and puis at thebufinefle; like the ferrymanwith his boat up- on the fhoare, and can finde neither cafe, nor cheare, nor fucceffe, becaufe hee thinker by his owne wits andpower to doewhat hewould; but faithwill keepe a man upon thefirearne of Gods providence, and labours for the blefling QfGod tocattle him along, and fo he refis himfelfe upon the free grace ofGod this makes the life of faith
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