but aperfeti: workehis Faith hadnot. Ano~her 2 Chron.t I. 1 · • 1 1 1. examp e lS Hl Re12vvoam, 2t Coronic. I I. When 2.) J,<f. the Kingdome was divided, and given toJero– hoam, and the tenne Tribeshad made that de– fection from If.-ehoboam, he gathered together ninefcore thoufand fighting men, to go up a-. gainfr Ifrae!: .But, faith the Text, The word of the Lordcame to Shemaiah 1 amanof God, fayin%, Speaketo RehobtMm, the.fomie ofSalomon, King ofIttdah, andto ttfllfrael, and Iudah.,and Benja. min,[ttying:T'hmfaith the L oRD,rou}ball not _goe up tofight againft four !Jret'hrtn,returnc every ,UJ£anto _his houfe: For thif thing is done 6yme. They o!Jeyed therefore the word ofthe Lord, and retttrnedfrom going againft Iero6oam. You fee here a very great worke of F:lith, that caufed him to giue over,to fit downe, to be conteritto lofe fo great a part of his Kingdome, and to looke no more after it: That, when he had an Army ready of valiant men, yet he was con– tent to fit downe,thGugh be were aMan that was not ·fQund·hearted, yet Faithhad thus farre aW®rke in him: .And not onely for this time, b~t £or three yeares afte-r he cleaved to the ,WickedmeR Lord, and ferved him in ail things! And yet mayfollow for all this, it ludnotitsperfedworke,itcar– Godfor a time ried him not thorow: For afterwards he de- . parted from the Lord. This is a ftgne ofan unfoLJnd heart, when Faith fhall goe fo farre, when it ·fhall enable a manto do many things, and yet for all this, it hath notits perfea worke. We fee the contrary in <.A6raham, Rom.4.r9. when
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=