404 The seulei eEtuall calling to Chrift. that it brtngeth tuch contentment, Low may a man that bathfaith improve it tohave this con- tentment from it ? For anfwerhereunto the rules are foue, which a man muft ofe tohave this contentment, where- byhe maybe carried on in his courfe, and goe on h.nging to Heaven; remember 1hll that I fpeake oíaman that bath faith. Rule r, Firít, labour to gaine force evidence to thy owne foule, that thou haft a title to the promife, make thy title good. It is not enough for a m,ale- faciour in prifon tohave a pardon grantedhim, but hemuff know that the pardon isgantedbe- fore he can bee contented therewith : haply the King hath granted it, and the Princebath hegd ir, but the malefadour is not contented untill bee know it. It is not enough tl''at a poore begger bath a friendor a rich unkle that will doe much forbim, or that hebath fetled a great cftateupon him, and his heiresafterhim ; burhee muft know itbefore hecanbe contented with it: it may be he is not neereby a hundred miles,andhe is troubled with mifery and poverty, becaufe hee knower not ofit; ju4 fo it is with afairhfull foule 5 there is never a poore beleever, but bee is rich in faith, though hee live in a fmoaky cottage, and lives meanly, and goes barely, yet all thefe revenues offaith are hiss Heaven andEarth,and all is thine thou poore beleever. But what is all this to the matter, if thou haft no evidence that all this is thine? this is the faultwhy poore Chriffians goe drooping, and are overburthened with their fins and
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