39 6 The soulese'r£tua.ac'Wing toChrift. therewith: Oh, faith one, I would faine have contentment in the world, then the life of faith brings full content to theheart ofa beleever, fo that he Dull fay, I can delire no more ; z Corin, 3.2 a, 23. when the Apofrle would frill thedivi- fions that were rifenamongfr the Corinths, (for every manwas not content withwhat hehad,but would have even what hee lift) hee faith, Ail it yours, whether Paul, or 42ollor, or the world, er life,or death;or things prefent, or thing tocome, all rsyours; and will not all content you? would you have the world ? it is yours; would you have things pre- fent ? rake them ; would you have things to come ? expe& them ; they areyours,andyou are CF rifts, and Chrift is Gods ; Chrift hath what God bath, and the beleever hath what Chrift bath; nay,finne,and hell,and death, they arebut your.fervants, and hee that hath Chrift, and all good in a Chrift, hee hath all working for his good; therefore hee that loath a Saviour, andall good in him,hecannot bedifcontented. Now faith workes a mans full content three wayes : a Firfr, Fdith.fiipplies all wants. 2 Secondly, it cures all feares. 3 Thirdly, it ïnables a man to all duties; and more ilia thefecannot be added nor defired. s For the firft,faith fupplies all wants,faith plucks the í eae, and hales the heartofa poore Chrifri. an away from all thofe fecret bofome difternpers, as pr?tle, and filch like, which breed any difcon- teottnent within a man, as all curïo£ttie, and all pride,
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