rOarIfflaa Ver.4. Vnbeliefand jealoHfe difingK ed. RULE V. 299 The firth Rule. Diffinaion between Vn3elief andJealoufie. The fxthRule. Dijtinttion between Faith and Spiritual Senfe. Learn to diffinguifhbetween Vnbelief andJealoufie. There is unbelief a twofold Vnbelief. (I .) That which is univerfai and privative, ani )ea- fuch as is in all unregenerate perfons ; they have no Faith at all, °utìe ftìngu;íh that is, they are dead men and haveno principles offpiritual Cd. life. This I (peak not of, it is eatly diftinguifhed from any Grace, being the utter enemy and privation as it were ofthem all. (2.) There is an Unbelief partial andnegative, conGfting in a tiaggering at, or G ieffioningof the promifes. This is d ii- pleating to God, a fin which is attended with unknown Ag- gravations, though men ufually indulge it in themfelves. it is well expre(%d, Pfal. 78. 19, zo, God had promifed his pre- fence to the people in the wildernefs to feed, fuftain, and pre- fente them. How did they entertain thefe promitls of God ? Can be, fay they, give bread? can begive ph unto bti people? verj. 20. What great fin, crime, or offence is in this enquiry ? Why verf. 19. This is called freaking again(( God; they flake againJ} God; they laid, Cam hafurnrfh a Table in the wild.rne(l? Unbelief in queftioningof the promifes is a ffieak%ngagain(( God, a limiting ofthe holy One ofIfrael, as it is called, verf. 41. An affigning of bounds to his Goodnefs, Power, Kindnels and Grace, according to what we find in our Elves, which he ab- hors. By this 'Unbeliefwe make God like our (elves; that is our limitingo[himr, expecing no more from him, than either we can do, or fee how it may be done. This you will fay was a great fin in the Ifraelites,becaufe they had no reafon to doubt- or Queffion the promifes ofGod. his well we think fo now But when they were fo many thoulandfami'ies, that had not one bit of bread, nor drop of water aforehand for themfelves and their little ones, there is no doubt but they thought them- fclves tohave as good reafon to que(fion the promifès, as any \I one ofyou car, think that you have. We are ready to fuppofe that we have all the rcafons in the world ; every one fuppofe th j Qs he,
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