444 , TheSaeles gallsilting to Chrif+. and becaufe 1aith,I meane, in the next workeofir, ( for faith doth fit us for duties, and thehke) but becaufe faith in the next worke of it, doth not fo much furnishuswith abilities tocarry us out- wardly towards man, and alto becaufe unbeleefe hinders us not in the fame, therefore wee are not 1"enfible of the need and ufe of faith, nor of the hurt and the dangerofthe other, 3.Reafon. Thirdly,hence itfollowes undeniably, thatas a poore firmer is hardly brought to fee the want of faith,and fee s lefleneedoffaith, thanofany other grace, becaufe beebath leffè need ofit outwardly in the next workeofit 3 therefore aChrif+ian be- flowes leaf}care and time about faith, andhath (mall and feeble defires after k, and littlecare to get it: but it is plainly proved before, that a Chrif}ian is hardly convinced, that hee wants faith,andTeeth lefle need offaith naturally, than ofany other grace, and therefore hee hath leffe care toget it for that which a man Teeth butlit- tleneed and ufe of, that he hath leaf+ care to get; this I delire to make ufe of, and fo I delire my fellow brethren and Miniflers; this is the com- mon courfe of the world, take a firmer whore evesGod hath opened, and revealed his finnes andcorruptions to him,and let him fee his wrath from heaven againfl him, and drives a man ro a Band, fo that hee faith, if this be fo, then lam a damnedman, and fohe is even flaggering 3 now in this extremitie , marke the behaviour ofthis poore foule, hee will doe any thing but beleeve; and feeke for any thing, but for faith ; bee will confefíe
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