5ro TheSaNlel ef t-1ml calling ro Chriff. ßfáy 56. 3. they plead with God, and begin to wrangle,becaufe he heard themnot,and +.äid,Wbáy havewefatted, and thou regardeft it not ? as if trey had laid, Thou mutt needs doe ir, what fhall I weep fo.much,and knocke my bred fo hard, and crie our, and turne to the Lord, and will nor all this doe thedeed ? no, for ifthou couldit howle till thy mouth fa=led,and goe mourning all thy dayes, and gee howling downe to the grave, if thou haft not Chrift in all there, it wiilneverdoe theeany good : what availes it a man to faile up and downe in ti f#rip, and cart never get to land? he mutt certainly perifh ifhe have nocomfort: fo doe not delude your owne hearts, you may row upand downe in holydutie§, and got from finne todutie,and from duty to fìnne, and never come to Chrift, faithratsupon Chrift,. andnot upon . duties we matt not neglect duties, butwe mutt not refs in them. Thus you fee where this mart fais (hart ofPaving faith : now toPet it home a lit- tle, you fee there are but fcw that have flying faith, ifthe ignorant manwent our atone doore, and the cattail Gofpeller at the other, and the meerecivil! man at theother, and all the hypo. crises were put into a corner, where would there be any faith found upon the face ofthe earth ? how few have faith ? and how difficult is it to get faith ? theLord convince your judgements of it; you feehow farce men goe, and yet never have one graine ofliving faith : what remains then? there are two thingsevident from hence : .1'irf,you that aregracious, and are the Saints cf,.
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