net1OUo faíti. 277' won commerce between the Thoughts and the Objeas fails, and with it thofe provifons which ufe to be made for the flesh. Hence our Saviour would have his Difciples, To watch and pray that they might not enter into temptati- on : Temptations will offer themfelves, but the watching Believer will not enter into them by a content. Fourthly, Faith mortifies Sin by thofe aîi- ings of Grace which it puts forth in the Believer. As Sin the more it is acted makes the fuller blot on the Soul ; fo Grace, the more it is aft - ed leaves the purer tincture there : Tau have purified your Souls in obeying the truth, faith St. Peter, i Epill. 1.22. Every ad of Grace or Obedience doth in its meafure purifie from Sin. The righteous holds on bis way, andfo grows ftronger and ftronger, Job 17. 9. The exercife of Grace renders the inner man more firong and able to drive out Corruption , efpecially when that Grace is acted, which betides its purifying, ftrengthening nature in common with other Graces,is contrary to the Sin which is to be mortified ; and fo proper and apt to expel it, as one contrary doth another. Hence Daniel counfels Nebuchadnezzar to break off fins by righteoufnefs and mercy, Dan. 4. 27 : his Sins being Opprefon and Cruelty, no- thing was apter than Righteoufi-iefs & Mercy to break them offi And our Saviour when his Difciples were fainting in the florm, calls for their Faith : And when afpiring after the Primacy, feu a little child before them, as an T 3 ern-
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