OF MANS flomfomeotherimpediment, fome other acd.. dent, from fome dill:emperthat may arife in the Soule,-~hat. fometimes may hinder even aper– fed grace from having a perfcd worke ;as you fee in the workes ofnature, there may be aper– fedSpring,and yet fometimesit maybehindred · from running, byfome outwardimpediment, it may fomeway or other be dammed up ·: So it may be a perfect Drug,. fit and apt enough to worke,and yetfome impediment there may be, that hinder it,.and choake it, and dead the vertue ofit for a time,.but it isbut for a fir, ordinari- . Iy,artd in ordinary.courfe, :everygrace willhaue a.Paithhatb · itsperfea . WGrkC:a· . itsperfed- worke. ·· · · ·-. - And as Ifay.of Patience, :fo·likewife youfee, in all other·Graces,.- (to giue you another in– fiance, the fame the Apoftlc giues·there offaith) Eaith;whenitarifeth, when -it dwels in a heart that is entire; ;that is perfed; it hatha perfed · worke: Whenit is otherwife, itworkes but im" perfecHy,andhut byhalfes, Twill giueyou an . experimentofit; ·Yonlhallfee two notableex~ amples ofit, .. onein vfmttziah; 2 Chronic.2; ~ Youlhallfinde. therewhat worke Faith had in him; You fee in the8.g.zo. Verfes, l/.lmazitth.· was togo to warre 'againll: the Edomites,heby- . redone hundred thoufand ofl[rt~tl:; whichwas, lnflimcu: ~;Cbrort.:s. 7)839~ · halfehisArmy, .to go and ~ffill: him in battle~ . there cqmes aP~ophetfrom the Lord,"afld tells him, A7'1htziah know this, the Lord-is nor: with lfrae!, and therefore feparate thefe men~.-. and : .fend.themhome, ifthou do not; thou ihalt faH · · before
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