314 pletíauo lraitb. Cicero laying, 7ufiiti,e primum minus ne cui noceat ; and adding as a falvo, nifi lacef- tus, Laiantius cried out, 0 quant famplicem fententiam duorum verborum adjeclione corrupit What a dainty fentence did he fpoil with thofe two words ! A Believer fixing his eyes on the Promifes will not let go his Meeknefs ; no,not for all the provocations in the World ; the lots of fuch a Jewel would be more to him than all other fuiferings. Another Grace a6`tuated by Faith is Obedi- ence : Two things in the Spoufe did ravifh the heart of ChrifI, her Jingle eye of Faith, and the neck- chain of Obedience, Cant. q.. 9. Obedience, as Samuel Paid, ú better than Sacrifice : And as Luther,More eligible than doing Miracles. Faith, receiving Chrift the Lord, is in it felt Virtual Obedience to the Commands of God,and as an effect it produces a6ual.To this end it believes the Commands to be as they are ; looking on the Ramps of Majelly, Purity, Equity,Righte oufnefs thercin,it falls down and confefïès, that. God is there of a truth; this and that is the very Will of God, and mull be done,primo intuitas, without difpute, and by all perfons even the greaten on Earth. Princes here are Subjels : Conftantine and 2heodofius,w though Emperors, ililed themfèlves Vaffäls of Chrift. Zedekiah the King fhould have humbled himfelf before Je- remy the Prophet, 2 Chron. 36. 12. Nay, the Kingdom of God, which is in evert Com- mand muff be humbly received,though coming in the hand of a child or a fervant, as a good Di
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