SEa: 2 z 7riumph of Faith: 301. fore Sides in praying, as this Woman prayed with ~ood Will ; there's an ~fficacious Deftre to be rid ; tJf a ftnful Temptation, as Paul prayed Thrice to be freed ot the Prick in the Flefh. Their Faith is weak, who dare not pray againft fome Idol Sins. Or, z.. It they pray, 'tis but gently, with a W ilh, not to be heard. . 2. The Woman's crying, her inftant pleadit~ in Faith: Yea, 1. Above the Difciples Care for ' her; yea, above Chrift'i feeming Glowms, who denied her to be his, who reproached her as a Dog, a.rgueth great Grace, great Humility, with firongadherence, and fo great Faith. · z. For Faith failerh fometimes with a fl:ron{! Tide, and a fair Wind ; according as the Moo~ hath an Aipea on the Sun, fo is it full, or not ·· full, when the Wheel& are fet .right to the Sun, -the Clock moveth and goeth right : The fairer and more clear Sight that Faith bath of Chrift, the ftronger are the Acts of Faith ; .i t cannot Ee denied but Faith hath a good, and an ill Diy: Becaufe Grace is various, 'tis no ftroa ~ Proof that 'ris not Grace. .., · 3· To put Faith in all its Parts, in Light, in fraying on Chrift, in Affiance, in Adhere~ce, in $elf-diffidence, in fubmiffive af.fenting forth in 'all its Acts, and to lift the Soul all off the Earth, re-. quireth Chrift's high Spring-tide ; 'tis not eafie to put a ll the Powers that do aB: in Faith afloar, efpeciall y becaufe a ftron g Faitli is a great Velfel, and thet·efore more of Chri!t's Tide is req 1.1 ired for weighing Anchor, and launching forth: The Wings lofa Sparrow cannot raiiean Eagle off the Earth, the Limbs of a P ifinire cannot fa it with a Horfe or an El ephant, there is Need of a ftr~mg \~mg-
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