~ccattfe ~ere leefe of the saints, and that withwhich~mmon · :sa greatcbffe1 b l h h d. cr. • • h fc fc tenccbetwc:c:n :men e eeve t em: t e 1 uerence1s m t e e oure common faith things· both ofthemdobeleeve,and they fpeake ancl t~at ofthe as they'thinke yet you £hall find this difference. Elea m thc:fc · ' . . • principles. A regene~ate man bath .a further and a deeper Dtjf.I. infight into thefe truths,be gives a more through ;~e ~~of and a ftronger affent to them; but another man a~n~r. gives a more flight and o.verlyaffent ; .that faithJ with which they b.eleeve •them, is a faith that srants depth ofearth: therefore,ifany fi:rong temp– tationcomes upon them,as feare ofbeing put to death,&~. they are foane·fhakenoff,a~d do often 'Diff. ::: In that which breeds aff:;lolt. \fal~ .away,when they:arep~t· to it: tb~y fhrinkea– way in time ofperfecution; fot their faith Jllt~nts 4efl_hof e11rth: that is, the a!fent they give to the Scripture, is but an overly and fuperficiall alfent, it doth not take deepe root in their foule, and . therefore it withers in time of temptation; they · doe not foponder them as others doe,neitherare I they fo grounded in thefe firCl: principles, as o– thers ar-c;! ; though they have f~me hold, yet it is not fo great an hold as the godlyh~ve ; for they are not fo firmelyeffAblifhed, fo grounded in the prefent truth ; they are not rooted, as the Sdints are. That which breeds this alfent in them, is but a commongift o.f the Holy Ghofl; but that with which the Saints beleeve them, is a fpeciall grace 1 infufed~ wrought by the Jioly Ghoft.: No.w, that which harh a weaker caufe, muil: needes have a n·eaker effe&; that which is wrought byacom– mon, cannot be fo ftrong an a!rent, as that which lS ------~~--------------~----~------~--
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