Cr H A P.; . EPP to the ?beffaloraiatts. VEIL r i. loueirrC t,!}: qua fide. Papifis tell vs of a kind of Faith, which they 411 Friutlegiatam, Faith with a priuiledge. If any fuch faith beVnteel to men profane, it is faith with a priuiledge ; but from fuch priuiledge, pray we, good Lord, deliuer vs. May I thinke he giues to men,ro drow- ned in difobedience, fuch perfeE ion of Faith ? when his ovine children, f}riuing againft fìnne euen to the flied- ding of blood, cømplainc them ofdefeets? is God be- come a Stepfather to his children ? Is Faith defeIiue ? Be all exhorted in G o n s feare, though it haue beene giuenyou to beleeue, yea, and tofuf- fer for his Nanoes face, ((till l to grow in grace and in the know.. ledge foir Lord and Sauiour Firt{,m pray with the blind man, Lord, belpe mine vnbeleefe, with the Difciples, "oh Lard,encreafe our faith. Secondly, and ° long after the tin- ceremilke of the Word, that ye may grow thereby : the Word was the Seed, mutt be the Food of our Faith. Strange is the negligence of many in hearing, it feemes through long immunity from temptations. How haue we knowne them, as in Pfomefamine of hearing the Word of God, porting from Sea to Sea, to heare a Sermon, now embracing euery triuiall eccaíon of abfence from the Congregation ? I fay as he ; q Let not him that girds on Ws armour boaff, as he that puts it off. Our warfare is not ac- camplifhed, howfoeuer we feeme to haue a Truce, and to be at peace with the Tempter. 24.3 1 2 Pet.3.18. m Nt0.9.24. n Duke 17., o I Pet.z.r. p Ames, 8.1r, I 2, g Iting,2o, t I R2 VERS,
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