Aa.s.r 9• M:uh,.7::t. t.Cor,1;.: Or rufn hxpojition Faith. Cce:nc verybitterly toweepc forthe finnes of A :-::fe-t~h-G_o_d-to-c-al-1 ,-,,-th-ey-a-rc-bu-t-re-ne-w-ed_;_b-ut other men, a~d yet hauc neitherforrow nor iuflifying fairh admits no renewing. For the touch of con~c1cnce.for theirow~e ; and the firfi: ingrafring of it into the heart, is in the caufe hereof ts oothmg eHe but pnde. For lte conuerfion ofa finner ofter his fall. thatfhedJes teares for another mans finnes, The plae< and feat offaith (as I thinke) is tbould much more weepc for his owne, if hee the minde of man,not the will: for it il:ands in had grace. Againe, aman for hisownc finncs akind ofparticular knowledge or perfwafion, wlil pray very fhckly and dully , when bee a~d there is no perfwafion but in the minde. prayerh priuately: and yet when hee ~in the: P11ul faith inde~dc, that wee belet:ue wirhthc co:npany ofmhers, he praycsvery feruently heart, Rom.1o.~. But by the he:arc he vnder... and carneftly .From whence is this difference f frands the foule, without limitation to any furc:ly often it fpringcth from the pride of parr_ Somedo place faith putly in the minCe, hearl, and from adefire ofpraifeamong men. & partly in thewill}bccaufc it hnh t>No parts; The i:hird caufc oftemporary faith, is profir, know]C!dgc,and affiance: but it feemes not commodity, the getting ofwealth and richc:3 · greatly td fta.nd with reafon,that one pan:icu~ which are common occafions eo moouc to Jar and fingle grace lbould be feared indiuers cfloofe ar refute rcligio11, as the time feruerh: .B pansor facultiesofthe !Oule. bot fuch a kinde of~eleeuers hnbrace not the , Theformeoffaith,is toappr<hend the proGofpdl becaufe it is the Gofpell, rh:~t'is, the rr.ife,Gal.3.14·Th~twumight recciu~rhe P'"· glad tidings offaluation; bur becaufe ir brings mifooj rhe Spirit tbrongh faith·: and Ioh.I .12. wealth, peace, and libcrrie with it. And th.:fe ro receif;e Chrifl,and to hti#H~, :ire pmor.c for are the tl~reecaufesof temporary faith. another; Ju.J w bekeue} i" ro cat~ and drinke Th: third kindc offaith, is the faith ofMi. the body and blood ofChrilt; to apprehend rades : when a ma11 grounding himfd('eon properly, is an aaion of the ba11d of m2n, fomc fpecial pro:nife or reuclation from Co.i, u•hich !ayes hold ofathing, and pulls to him- .doth beleeue, that fome firange ttnd cxtra.or~ felfc : and b)' rtfemblance it agrees to faith, dinary thing, which he hath defired or forewhich is the hand·of the fouk, rcceiuiug and tolde, fhall come to pam~·by chc: workc of applying thefJrdng promife. God, This mull be diiHnguiOted from hillo. Theapnrehenfionof faith,is not pcrfor01ed ricall and temporary faith. For Simon~al byany affeCtion ofrbe will, but byaCli!rtaine gu& hauing both thefe kinds of fairb, wanted ~nd particulir petfwafion, whereby aman is this faith ofmirac!es,and rhtrfore would h' ue ref<>lned,rhat the promife offalua;ion belongs bought the fame of the r\pofiles for monev. •nto him; which perfwafion is wrought in the Yet we muflknow, that this f•irh ofmiracles rr.inde by the holy Ghofl,r,Cor.z.t_>. And by may be in hypocrites, as it was iuiHd.u, :rnd C this, the promifc which i! general!, IS applyed at the la!\ iudgement it fhall be found to haue particularly to one fubie&. beene in the wicked and reprobate ; which By rhis one aCtion, fauing faith differeth fuall fay to Chrifl, Lord in thy ••m• ""' haut from all other kindes of f•irh. From hifrori. prophejied ; and .-jlaHt J;,.,JJ, •nd do*' m•"J call; for it wanteth all apprehenfion,and fran. gre4t mir~t<t. deth oncly in agcnera\l affent. From tempo. And rhus much for the tbr~e forts of corn~ ra.rie faith, which though it make a man to mon faith: Now wee come to true faith) profeff~theGofpd,&toreioyceinthefame, which is called the faith ofthe Elecl.Ir is thus yet doth it not thtonghly apply Chrift with defined : Faith is afup<rnarurallgifrofGoJ his benefices. For it neuer brings with it any in the minde, apprehending the fauing prothrough touch of Confciencc, or liuely fenfe mife with all the promifes that depend on it. ofGods grace in the hem. And the fame may Fidl,Ifay, irisagiftofGod,'1'hil.r.29:to befaidoft[tercft. _ . confute the blindeopinion ofour people,that Thepri~aland maine obiea ofthiS (aith, thinke that the faith whereby they arc to bee D is the fauing promife: 6'd fo lo»ed the World, loh. 3, 16, faued, isbrcdde an~ borne with them. Iaede th4t bee g<tttt hi4 Dttt!J hegorttn Sonnt, thllt whothat this is agiftfupernanuall, Mot onelybe- (oeuer helr:m~; itt him, jh~tO n~t ptrifl,, but.ba~e caure it is:)bouc thatcortnpt n!turc in whidJ tUtr!-JIU>g lift. But fome Will fay, Chrtfl IS we are borne, but alfo bec•ufe it is aboue that commonly faid to bee the obt«~ vf faith. _pure nature, in which our fir!\ p>rents were Aof. In effeCl: it is all one to fay, the faurng created ; for in the !late of innocency they promife, and Chrill prom1red! who IS the fub. wanted this faith, neither bad they then any (lance ofthe Couc:nant. Chnfi then,as hee IS nccdeof faith in theSonneofG 0 D 2s h~: is fet forth vnto v$ in the Word &Sacraments, Mcfsi>S: bur this faith i! a new gr.ce ofGod is the ob!etl offairh. And here certaine queadded to regeneration afrcr the fall, and firfr frions offer themfelues to be skan~ed. . prefcnbed and taught in the couenant of The firll : What is that particular thmg, grace· And by this one thing, faith dilfereth which faith apprehenderh? .Anf.Fatth appr~- from the reft of the g•fts of G 0 D, as the hendeth whole Chrill, God and man. For hiS feare ofGOD, the loo< of G 0 D thcloue Godhead without his manhood, and h1s man. ofour brethren,&c.fOr rhefc: were in :nans na~ hood without his Godhead, doth not rccon~ ture before the fali;and after it, when it pleacile vs t9 God. Yet thi! whi<h I fay• mull be con-
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