o8 The Life of Chrifis premile, that faith may be in the heart either habitually, as an an* prim*, a forme,or feede, or principle of wor- king, or elfe ac uallj, as an at7,u jocund *, a particular Operation ; and that in the former fenfe it doth but re- motely difpolè and order the foule to thefe properties;but in the latter it Both more vifibly and dittin &cly produce them. So then according as the heart is deaded in the ex- ercile of Faith, to do thefe properties thereof more dimly appeare, and more remilfely worke. Secondly,we mutt note that according as faith bath fe- verall workings, fo Satan bath feverall wayes to affault and weaken it. There are two maine workes of Faith, Obedience, and Comfort, to purifie and to pacifie the heart : and according unto thefe, to Satan tempts. His maine end is to wrong and di (honour God, ani therefore chiefly bee labours to difable the former vertue of Faith, and tempts to fin againft God. But when he cannot pro- ceed fo farre,he labours to difcomfort and crush the fpirits of men : when he prevailes in the former, he weakens all the properties of faith ; when in the latter only, he doth not then weaken all, but onely intercept and darken a Cbriftians peace. For underflandig this point, we muff note that there are may aE.r of faith. Some direft, that looke outward towards Christ, others reflexive, that look inward upon themfelves. The firfl al of faith is that whereby a man, having beene formerly reduced unto extremities and impoflibilities within himfelfe, lookes upon G o D as Omnipotent, and fo able to fave; as merciful!, and in Chrift reconcileable, and fo likely to lave if he bee fought unto. Hereupon growes a fecond ali, namely a kinde of ex- dative refolntion to bethinke himfelfe of new wayes ; to trait no inferiour cauces for falvation,or righteoulnes, to fell al), to count them all dung, not to confult any more with fleth or bloud, but to prepare the heart to fceke
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