SER.. 1 I · Triumph of Faith. 2 7 9 ahd t10 work in us to 'l_vitf? and to do, according; to his good pteafure, Phll~ 11. 1 3· . Now for the Ingrechents ofFa1th. I. There be in us, 2 Cor. x. 5· Logifmoi Great Forts raifetl aoainft the Light of Faith. Thefe natural Dif: cgudes in the Mind, that are great Works and Heights2 ftroog HDlds builded. _againft Chrifl. 'The pnme Faculty, Reafon, the d1(courfive Power dianoia that thinketh ihe hath wit enou~h againft Ghrifl, and to keep the Man out ofall Dan.. gea: of eternal falvation, overtoppeth and outgrow· ~th all Gofpel-Truths, Chriflmuft: overpowerc~rnal Fate, rank and heady Soldiers, called, Thoughts, every T:hought, pan nomea and f<~ kill fome that will not be taken, and lead captive other Thoughts to the Obedience ofFaith. Reafrm is a predom·mant Bone in itfelf: The carnal Mind neither wilt, nor -can keep Rank as an obedient Soldier under the Law of God, Rom. g, 7. 'Tis much for fine, filken and golden Reafon to fay to Chrift, LorJ, Prov. ;o. 2. There's ,more of a Jleajt in me t!Jan ofa J11an, I have not the Un-- derflanding of a llfan. The Learned, the Schoolmen feldom believe, except gray hair'd Wit turn a Child, and go to School again, to learn from Chrift the new Art of believin<r ; for there was never an AB: of Unbelief in any~ but it grew out of this proud and rank Stalk ·,of a lofty vVit : ' Therefore Chriit ·breaks 'OUt a n~w Window in the Soul, and brings in a. new Sun, that Fle!h and Blood never faw, nor peard of before, lt1at. xvi. ;I 7· z. Faith hath low andc1~eeping Affetlions to the creature; but when the Aifetlions are big with Child of the Creature, as, I. They are .ftrained and f\velled in their . Ads; F;lith is no S 4 - Faith,
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