Thesoaler ealling roChrift. difcoveriri the next ufe.ofreproofe:but that thou maift beundoubtedly perfwaded of the truth of this grace, that though thy faith benever fo lit- tle,yet it is laving juftifying faith, I will there- fore lay downe Come trials : I will not now in- trench upon anyof the particulars that come af- terward, but onely lay open fuch particulars for trial!, as are in the doárine : I know faithpuri- fies the heart, and workes by love, &c, and faith makes anew creature ; but thefe come too fare off; .I will onelygather fomhat from the point in hand. Firll;ob1erve the root and rife of thyfaith,the z,TriaU, raideby which thy faithwaswrought, and from whence it came, and this will be anundoubted evidence,wheher thy faith begoodorno: there- forewhen thoudoff begin tobrag,and fay, I doe beleeve, then aske thy heart this queftion, nd fay, how carne I by it ? prove it : have I faith ? makeit good then : it is not enough to lay fo,but let mec fee that it is fo ; didft thou bring it into the world with thee? did thy wits contrive it? did thyparts and abilities work it ? and becaufe thouhaft more wit and learning than others, and thou thinkeft it as eafie a matter to beleeve, as to underftand a hardwriting, ifit bee thus,thy faith is a delufion,andno faithat all : it is true hereof faith,which lob fpeakes ofwifdotne; nature faith, it is not inme; and eloquence faith, it is not in me,I know not the way toit; all thefe fay,I have heard the newes offaith, but I am not acquain- tedwith it, God onely knowes theway thereof, Ilhha and 423
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