TheSouks effiffmall calling to Chriff. 4C 3 thy heart quickned towhatfoeverduty concernes Gods prayfe and thy owne comfort ; fo then hee that bath what bee will, or can delire, or ftand in needof; and he that bath all hisfeares removed, and is inabled to doeall duties commanded : no thing more canbee added to this man, therefore why fhouldnot bee be contented ? what would you have, you poore beleevers ? Then the queflionhere growes, namely,ifit be fo thatfaith makes a mans life eafie,and gives him 2ejt, fullcontentment in every condition, thenwhy is it thus, as Gedeon laid ; fo if faith thus contents the foule, then how comes it to pafï'e that thole poore 4ïllycreatures are fo troubled with difcou- ragements anddifcontentments, and none focalf downe with their owne bafenefi'e and vileneffe as they; they hang downe their heads,andgoedroo. ping all theday long ; either(faithone)I havenot faith, or elfe if I have faith, thenwhy is it thus with me ? I anfwer; the fault is not in faith, that it doth not or cannot lend fupply and fuccour to thee ; Anf. but the fault is in thy fèlfe, either in thy carelef. neffe, and ignorance,that knoweCc not when thou haft faith ; orelfe in thyunskilfulneflfe, that thou dolt not imply that faith which thou haft faith- fully for thine ownegood; I fpeake onlyof the beleever, I goe not about to prove that he which. bath notfaith,canbecontented; no, bee bath a worm in his bofome, a confcience which will . plague himand torment himfor ever. But to fpeake ofone that hath faith, if itbe fo &ueft0 that i
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