Of ofthe(reede. God. 129 lob,tr,l' Thi4 iuurn•O /ifet• k._now th" theonl; God, •nd A Lord. And in our daiesthe common ?raC!ife \llhomth•• h.;lJintl<[UI Chriji.Nowthe know is when croaes and calamities fall, thenthere ledge heere mea"'' is not a bare or general! istrottingout to that wife rni,to this cunning knowledg,for that the diuels haue,but a more woman,tothis forcerer, to that wizzard,that fpeciall knowledge, whereby I know God is, from God to the diuell ; and their counfdl uo(onely robe God, butalfotobee my God, isreceiued and praC!ifed wi3:out anybones and thereupon do put my confidence inhim. making. And this fhewes the bitter roote of And thus much ofthemeaningofthefidl: vnbeliefe,&confidence in vaine creatures)et words.!be/m~< ingod,&<.Nowfolloweth the men fmooth it ouer with goodly tearmes as duties which may be g;thered hence. Fir(\ of long as they wil.In a word, there is no man in all;ifweare boundto beleeue in God,then we the world,be he called,ornor called,ifhe look are alfo boundto take notice·of our naruran narrowly vnto himfelfe, hee fhal! linde his nbeliefe, wherby wcdiflruf\God,to checke heart almo(\ filled with manifold doubtirtgs our felu<s forir,and to !hiue againflit, Thus and di!truflings,whereby hee o,.n feele himMat-9~1.4 dealrrhef.1tber <>fthe childe that had a dumb felfe euen carried away fro bekeuing iu God. fpirit,Lord (faith he) I he/eeoe, Lord helpemine Thereforethe dutie ofcuery man is, that will Pf.41o11. 'IJnheletfo, And 'D•uid, Wh)ArtthoocAjld.wne B· truely fay that he beleeues·in God, tolabour my fou4 f •nd wh; •rttho• fo difquimd within to fee his owne vnbeliefe,& the frui:s thereof me? 'l\'~tite on God. And that which our Sauiour in his life, As for fuch asfay they haueno vnChtifl faid once to Peter. men fhould daily beleefe,nor feele none; more pittifull is their M4t•14· fpeake to themfelues: 0 thoo oflit~lef•ith!whJ cafe,for fo much greater is theirvnbelecfe. l'· h•ft thou Joubted l But fome may uy, wherem Secondly, conlidering that we profeffc our {landsonr vnbeliefe? Anfw. It !lands in two felues to beleeue in God,we mu!t eucry one of things:!.In di!l:rufling the goodneffe ofGod, <·slear'U'toknow God.As P••lfaith,Holl><an that is, in giuing too little or no affiance to theJ b~leeue in him Vlthgm thtJ h•ue rlflt heard! Rom.Io hirn;or in putting affiancein the creature.Fot 4ndb,'3-C4n thiy he4rt .,irhout a prt4cher! there~ '4· the firfl,few men will abide to be told oftheir furc none can beleeue in· God, but hee muil dif\ru£1: inGod , but indeede it is a common firfr ofallheare·and be.taught by the mini!l:eand rife corruption: and though they footh rie ol the word to know God aright. Let this themfelues neuer fo, yet their vfuall dealings beeremembred ofyoung and old,it is notthe prodaime their vnbeliefe. Goe through all pattering ouer the beliefe for a prayer, that places, it fhall beefound that fcarfe one ofa will make a man a good beleeuer, but God "·· thoufand in his dealings makes confdence of c ma!l:beknowneofvs, and acknowledged as alie : a great part ofmen gets theirwealrh by h« hath reuealed himfclfe partly in his word, frand and opprefsion, and all kinde ofvniu£1: and partlr inhis creatpres. Blind ignorance, and vnmercifull dealing. What is the caufe and rhe nght vfe of the Apo!Hes Creede will thatthey can doe fo ?Alas,alas, ifthere b<eaneuer frand together. Therefore it!l:ands men ny faith, it is pinned vp in fame by-corner of inhan~ tolab~rand take paines to get knowthe heart, and vnbdiefe beares fivay as the ledge tn R•hg10n, that knowing God aright, Lord ofthe houfe. Againe, if a inan had as th"J' may come fiedfa!l:ly to belecue in him, muchwealth as theworldcomesto, hecould an truely make confefsion oftheir faith. · find in his heart to wilh for another; and,ifhe Thirdly, becaufe we beleeue in God,therehldtwo worlds, hee could beecaflingfor the fore another.duty is, to deny otJr fdues vtterthird, if it might bee compaffed : rhereafon ly, and to become nothing in our felues. Our hereof is, becau'{e men haue not learned to Sauiour Chri(\ requires of vs to become as make God their portion, &to flaytbeir atfelittle children,ifwewould bdeeue. The begC!ioson him:which ifthey coulddo, a meane gar depends norvpo the reljefe oforhcrs, rill portion in temporall blefsings would bee ehe li11de nothing at home : and till our hearts nough. Indeede thefe and fuch like perfons D bee purged offelfe-loue and pride, wee canwill in no wife yeeldthat they doe diflru(\ the not depend vpon the fa~our and goodneffe Lord, vnleffe at fome time they betouched in ofGod.Thereforehethatwould tru!l: in Go<;!, confcience with a fenfo and feeling oftheir mull: lir£1: ofall bee abafed and confounded in fins, and be throughly humbled for the lime : hi~felfe, and in regard ofhimfelfe, be ont of butrhe truth is, that diClru!l:ofGods goodnes all hope ofattaining to the lea£1: fparkeofthe is a generall and a mother fin, the ground of grace ofGod. · all other finnes, and the very fir£1: and princiFourthly, in thatwebe/muin God,and therpall linne in Ad~ms fall. And for the fecond fore put 011r whole trufl and afiitrancc in him: part of vnbeliefe, which is an afliance in the we aretaught, that euery.manmufi:cOmithis creatures, reade the whole booke of God, & body,his foule,goods, Iif<,yea al that hehath wee fhalllinde it acommon and vllulllinin into the hands ofGod,andto his cuflodie. So all forts ofmen,fome putting their trufl in ri- 'Paul faith, l•mnll •JiwnedofmJfo/fer;nS.' for I :.T1m.1. ches,fome in !l:rength:fome inpleall~res,fome ~OlV tvhlm 1h~u1 btlecucd, and flmptrfPt~dcd, ... placing theirfelicity in one fin, fome in anothlft bt i5 111bfe to ~rlf'l thttt Which Jh•HtCf1mmil~ ,, Chro. ther. When king A(. was ficke, hec put his tedvnto him at.~tinft thttt dtCJ. Aworthie f.tyingb 16.u. whmle trufl in the Phylitians, and not in the for what is the thing whi'h P••I commitred M.z vnto \
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