Pe Souks eeEt;saa cuffing to Chrift. 51 5 Firft, you moil labour toget faith, we ought to make it our daily taske and Rudy, the aime ofa mans delire, the maine whiteand marke that we frhotald (hoot at in all ourlabours:Iwould nothave men account this as a matter ofcourfe,a dutic re- ferved for a rainyday, as fornetime I have obfer- vedhere in the countrie,they will delay theirbale fervices , their leffer necefiities far a rainy day, when they can do nothing elf: but O let us count it the moll neceflàryduty ,and r.or toreferve faith for a fckbed, anold age,a crazy body,only to get faith to goeuntoChriff,whenwearc goingour of theworld3no,this is unfeafonable,this is unreafo- nable, and therefore take this home toyou, and makeit themaine buinefièofthy life,toget faith: I would have a Chriffian count all the cndevours that he,did, beides his dutiesand performances, to count them all lofle, whereinhel:ath not made fom flep in this glorious grace : why ? alas ! your 112aring, your facrifices,will never profit you, un- Iefl'e you have a heart to beleeve nav, thy pro- fperitie,thy bleflings arecurled, unlefíe thouhaft this graceof faith : faith will make thee honou- rable in thy honour; faith will make thee blefo fed inprofperitie : AI6.28.0 howfbaürewarke the werkes offaith ? marke how bee .anfwereth, Why ? this it the worke ofGod, that you beleeve why, would youdoe that which God might take contentment in? O this pleafeth theLord admi- rably, andcontentethhim wonderfully, whenhe teeth the foule leaves honour, and leaves profpe- ritie , and leaves the. world, and eommeth to
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