21~ ' Triumph.of Faith: S1ia.:2t ftndeth merr· Then ;!tis faid, Ajbur Jhalt not (ave us : We welt not rtde upon Horfes. That Crea,... ture that we truft on, we ride upon it, as Jfr'ael did upon the Horfes of Affyria and Egypt. But in thts Regard Faith difmounteth the Believer, and abafeth him to walk on Foot. All the Creatures are Ships to the .Believer without a Bottom : They are empty and weak : :!Javid forbiddeth us to ride on a Prince, P_fat. cxlvi. 3, 4· For that Horfe Jhall faint, and fall to Clay. God allowetb 8cotland to help England, hut will not have the Souls of his Children in England, to ride upon an ' Army ofanother Nation, and to trufl: in them for Salvation. To make Fire, is not fo proper to :fire, to give Light, not fo kindly to the Sun, as Salvation is God's only due; and therefore let England in this walk on Foot, and truft in th~ Lord. 5 The nfth Ingredient alfo in Faith, is, That ,tis bottomed upon the Senfe and Pain of a loft <:on~ition. P?v~rty is. th,e neareft Capacity of be.. l1evmg. This Js ·Fatth s Method, :Be condemned, and be faved, 'Be hanr,ed, and. be pardonep, 'Be fick, and be healed, Matb, 1x q. 7am. iv i· 8. A1at. xi. 28. Luke xix. IO Faith is a Flower of C~rift's only planting, yet it groweth our of no f01l, but out of the Margin and bank ofthe Lake of Fire and Brjmfione, in Regard there be none fo nt for Chrifl and Heaven, as thofe who are felf-fick, and felf-condemn~d to Hell. This is a Foundation to Chrift that becaufe the Man is bro~ ken, and has not Bread, therefore he muft be fold, and Chrifr muft buy him, and taJce hirn Rome to his Fire ftde, and clothe.him and feed l!im. The chafed Man, purfued upon D~ath and Ljte-, i #
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