V pRIGHT NE s. when hewas put to it, when Godbad made him a promife, thathe-fhould he the Father of many . Nations, f.1ith the Text, hee was not weake in the Faith. The meaning is, he was not unfound, . but was perfect in the Faith.-What didhe doe? , How did that· appeare ? Saith bee, he· went thorow, when the Lord camewith fuch a pro– wife, hee conjidered not his ownebody, that wa-s 4ead; (for he was an hundred yeares old) nor · .he conjiderednot the dettdnef!e of Sarahs wombe: ·.but (faith he) he bdeeved that hee was,aUe that hadpromifed.This is given as an evidenc~. of ~he truth ofhis Faith; he made not a frand in fuch a difficultcafe: For he was ·not unfound, but he was perfeCt-in the Faith. So likewife, when he · came to offer his fonne; herein the perfeCtion of 'his Faith was feene. And by this you may . knowwhether your hearts be right,ifyou fuf- . fer ~very grace to haue its perfeCt: worke, when Chufiag in .. your Faith doth not, nicke and choofe, and take 'iDdswafyes~ · . r· anotco un. here a promtfe, and ieaue there .another; Here , foundaelfe. to beleeuc athreatning, another not to beleeve ; - Heretotaka hold on a Commandement, to be– Ieeucthat this is the will ofGod, in another cafe ·' not to beleeve: For fodoing _.is afig£le of arnm·~ found heart.l_ · If you objefr, but faith many times hath not I aperfect worke in the Saints, as · U'n()fes at the . waters of.ftrife;faith tbe Text, hefoyled throHgh r unfJeleife: And ·againe, Dtivid, when he fled :. from Saulro Achis, we fee his Faith there had , not its perfeCt: worke: So likewife.Peter, when the I
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