4nfw. The grace may be inter. rupted,how. the waues begaone to arifc, to fwel1, and he begannc to finke, his Faith had not a perfect worke. · .. To this Ianfwer, that Faith may haue a per– Jeer wotke, that is, there may be an aptnefie in it, that ordinarily it goes through the worke; though by fome accident, it may be hindred :, for( marke the Faith of thofe) we fee David, though he failed at this time,yet at other times he did not; No -more did UUojes nor Peter, : which isan argument that itrofe not from un– foundnelfe, from hollownelfe of the grace, or of their hearts, but from fome interveniaJI im– pediment, fome paffion ~ As it was a paffion im uuofes, he was dill:empered;and fo it was afeare a mill: that was call: before the eyes ofPeter at that time. Now you know a man may be faid to hauea perfect eye, and yet, for all thar,in a mill: he maynot be able to feeasatotherrimes; \ . and aman may be faid to haue a perfect hand, · and yeta fie of aPalfie may make it iliake,_and make it unfit for anything:S~ a man may haue a perfect tafte, able to difl:inguifh one thing from another, yet when he is in an Ague, in fuch afitheetakesthings amiffe,thingsthat are wholfome, feemebitter to him: So in the gra– cesof the Spirit, there may be fometimes much impcrfeetion admitted, when a Man is in the mjfi:,when hee is in the fir, when fome difi:em– perfomepaffion or affedion,hath overcafrand overclouded the Soule, asit were, and poffelfed thepalate; Thefe defects may be,and yet the grace
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