-\----- ------~--. - ---·- ~ ~ ~OncerninS·Foi!h, c«·o points A · hold fall tharthai isexcd!en't: · ""'IJ ......-~_,1-\arc ne"Cc'fiatie' to De kuowne Out of this .coherence we may lc:~rn9j\f=~ - _., · ~ . of cu;r,y ChrHHanY th 1 e ~~ word,tharperfcuerance inf3ithisa matr'er'not l ' ~ri~c, i£,1d the )!ra;!i{c_df.!t: ofordinaric ricceflitic, nor oi• mtanc cxCell.cn- .- chc ·wholc ddEfri11e ot .fa1d.1 ide, rorhc -vrgingwhc·rcp('thC ~titl_~_o'r~~·~fli_~ · ( bccing groUI\dcd arid ga" ·Epifllc vfech fo large and !o fotciblc art$xHo'r" · · rhc;·cd out 'of-rhe·wordl of ration; in fo much as~ whcrds ordinariccx!lor; dod) is comprifed in .the Creede, commonly catiOns occupic the ro01:ne il'f cnc or fotTie (twj (alled che Ap.j}lu Cmd,' which becing alreawrfti, thi, i5 cohciJ~ued through diu<>fo.f_h!!f ;die by vs expoU11dcd, it followed\ in ordC~ rtrs. . . (nexc after the JoElriM) eo lay do,\me -ol(o Thcpgrcs Ofthis\~h'ol~ chaptcroro two. :i' • the pra[lij< of faich: for which purpofe. we r, A gcneralldefcriprionof Faith, from c!)c hauc chofcn this I I. chap. to th\! Htbrtwtu, as: i. V. to the 4• '· ·~ . · ,. becingaportion ofScriptur~, whCrcil-ithe f~id 2. An tlluflration or 'decla'fatidn of th:lt dt'~ practi'tc offaich is moll excellently and-arlatgF foriptidn, by a large rch~rfal!'of manifold.~.--. fet downc. : · : 11mpluofauncient and \\·O~thy _mcn_in the o!'t~ This Chapter depends on the-former, thus: Teltamcnr,frotri the 4· v. to chc end. Ofthe!~ ' ·Vcmay r-eadIn the former chapce·:, t ha~ many B tV\'O in order. , '· :~ l<:wes hauing recciued the faith, &·giuen their Thedt{criptionof.Fairh cO.nl1lls bfthrecaCE{: names to Chrifl,dtd afmward fal1'31>-·~y;thcrc. ontor 1f,a, of faich, fet downe in three !i:ueral,l fore towards the ende of the Chapter; th'c'rc is Vcrfes. added a notable exhortation tending to ·per- -r The firfl effect in the firfl vcrf Faith makes [wade the Hebrewcs .to perfetierein'faith vmo things .,hich ur. not ( buc onely are hoped f<;>J'): the ende, as alfo to fuffcrpacicmly whu Otter afLCr a)orttoJH6ftft and to hepre[mt with the'b•· lhall bcf.,ll them in the profc!lion of it: and to ltister. · . ; · j ·vrge t;hc cxhort3tion, there arc diners rcafons, The fecond is in rhc: 2. v. F4ith nM!i.!s a ~e'- ! not ncedcfull to be ol!eadged: for they con~ lt;Hrr•pprooHrd o{Gcd, i ccrnc not the prcfent purpofc. The third in the;. v. F11itb mnk_~t ,c m.tn vs;.... Now, in this chapter he continues the f:mc daftandandhelu11: things m';(dihle tD flnft ~tmf exhortation: and the whole Chapter(as I take rtA.[on. it) is nothing elfe In fub!lance, but one rcafon C Ofthcfe in order, ; tovrgc the former exhortation topcrfcucr:tncc }l(!W Faith ii thegroundoftbingl which ttr~'lio'-- in l'aith; and thcrca-fon is drawnefrom the exped[o1·; and tht et~Fdence ofthilrgs which m:en'ot cefle,;cie Df faitb: for thi5 chlpter doth diuerfe June. ~ waics [et downc ""h:n an excellent gift of God Thisfirftvrr. containes the firll effeCt in the faith is: his whole fCope therefore is manifetl: def<:ription.offuith, whe~cin firfller vs fee the to be nothing clfc, but tovrgc them t·Opcrfetrue meaning ofthewords-: f~condly, what inucrc & continue in that faith, prooucd at huge tlruCHons they doenamraHy yecld vnrovs.Port to be fo c"cellcm a thing: and indecrle he I, the mcaning,wemttfl:c:xaminethe'NOidsfcuc.. could not bring a better argument to rnooue rally. Now faith ~ thc1~ t0 louc and hold fafl: their f:J.ith, then by I Faith in the word ofGod,is fpedaHy ,Ofthrct , . pcrtwading them ?f the cxcclleJ,cie ofi_t. J:or· forts; Hiftoric:lll, MiraculOus, IcHi(ying e r fa.- l c~~~1on ·rc?fon btds vs not oncly chu·l:, but uing faith. · 1 )l b I l . I!_f.:_:_; ___ _ . .•!"\,
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