VB R.S.• 6· '· ..dn E-x:po(ttio;~, 1J')ith N otu, b~twe:e~ th~ Spirit rlj God and a beleeving Soul, t.he Soul faith, I Wilt[ay oftke Lord, he ~my refug~, ~tnd mj fortrefs; my God, inhimwill I truft : there IS a refolutton of an humble and actual trufi. The Spirit anfwereth, Verf. 3• Surely he /hall deliver thee from th.eJnare ofthe fowler,, andfromano{(ompefti(ence ; ··t~ere is apromtfe under an averment, Surely, whtch certamly would do nothing, if it did not at the leafl: draw out the more hope. · Thus I have given you my thoughts of this common and ufeful cafe, -praying in faith. r • z. From that [-tVothing Wavering, or di!Juting, as 'ds ·in the.· Obj ervat, 2 ' Original; J Mans.Nature is muchgiven to di!fmt~s V~gainfl theGrace and Promif'es ofG..od. Tae prideof ret~/on will not froop to arevelation; · and where we have nu alfurance but the divine Te– flimony, there we are.ap.t to cavil. All doubts are but di.fputes a– gainfi aPromife, ther~fore what isfaid inour Trani1at_ion, lift up purehands, witho!tt wrath anddonbting, I Tim. z·, 8. is in the O– riginal, :x.,c.iet> J'JaA.o-:rl(]'p.-&, without reafoningordifpute: Afure word is committed to the uncertainty ofour thoughts and debates, and Cods promifes afcited before the tribunal ofour reafon. Well taen, cafr doyvn th?fe Mytfp.t:>, thofe.i~agi11ations, o,r reafo.nings rather, (for fo th~ word pn;>perly figmfieth,) whiche.xa!t them:.. [elves againft the k_no'.\ 1 ledgefGodin .Chri{f. Carnal re,t,fon is faith's -Worft erumy : 'Tis a great advantage, when we can make Reafon, that is an enemy to Faith, to beafervant to it; ll.oyl~6.3-s, . faith .the Apo~le, Rom, 6. I I. Reckgn, 'or reafop yo'!r [elves to be deadto fin, .and alive to Go4: Then is our re_afon anddifcourfc well employed, whep it fe~veth to.Jet on and urge'r:oncluflons of Faith. · . . . obj er'(j:tt, 3• 3· From the fame;, T_hat the lefs we doub_t, the.. more we come up tr; the. ,natttre oftruefaJth.The u[eofgrace lS to fett~e the heart up– on God; to_ b~f~O:-~qd.loofe argue.th w.eakn~fs,_ WhJ ,rddubt ye, 0 ye of litt~c (.ajth ( I do'not f~y 'cis no faith,but 'tis<t we'alzJaith: A tremblmg hand may hol.d fomewhat, but faintly. Well then, Seek to lay aflde your doubts and ca.rnal debates,efpecially inprayer, comeWit?out,wrath and doabtipg 1 1 WithonLw;-:ath to a God of peq,~e, \Ytthout doubting to aGorlof\ mercy :- Do riot debate whe– ther it be better to call yourfdv.es:tmon Gods pr,qmifeiand difpa– fal, ~ .o~ t9leave your felves to your own carnal cate; ·that's rio faith, when the ll_eart w~v~r~th ~~twe~n· ~ppei ag~fe~rs, ·help ~~~ G 0 ot.L ur
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