the Soda efe?íc,al ca ing tóChtifl. to get, and Sarah .:na':1e to Beare; now what cotee tookehe toheave this ? why the text faith, He being not weake in faith, confidered not his owne body whichwu new dead, nor sarahs wombewhich was nowbarren ; he knew his deadue-ffe, and sa- rain barrennefie, but he confidered it not, that is, hee did not dayly pore thereupon, and quarrell with himfelfe and fay, how can Sarah beate a childe, her wombe is barrenand unable to beare, mybody is dead, andunable to beget, there isno ground here tobeare up his confidence; ifhee confiderssarahJbarrennefi'e, there is nochilde to be looked for; ifhee looke upon his owne dead- neffe, there is no childe tobee expected : now therefore what Both hee doe ? hee looker to the promifeonly, and there reffsand ffayes liirriCelfe; though he had a dead body, the promife was li- ving, and though Sarahwombe wasbarren, the promife was fruitfull; and though he wereweake, the Lordwas ffrong, and able to perforwe what- foever he had p?omifed : fowe muff fee our fina, and knowour infirmities, andconfidkr our weak- neffes ; bur we muff never fettle our felvcs, and fit downe in the confideraion of our owne di- flempers, and thereby be hindred from com:ning to the Lord, and from receiving that mercy the Lordoffersunto us in the Lord Jefus Chriff, and we may freely take 5. for when aman is continu- ally poring upon his fïnnes, and dayly medica- tinguponhis corruption=, two things follow. Firff, wee flop the ffreame andcurrent ofthe z promife, that it cannot run intothe fonle, wee A aa a 3 turne 553
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