ten Vir.gins Opened and Applied. SECT. Ill. III. Fulnefs of Fairb, in rhe room nfUnbelief. F 0 R 'ris ntJr: unknown bow ftrongly rhis lin keeps every matis P,tbci', and tlm nor 11-lofes, bur the Lord Jefus ts rhe !l:umblmg Hone even of rbe JewJ, rhe peculiar people of God. Wben men are ar rheir la!l: calt, rh.tc the Lord it"~ rends ro w.1ir to pity no more, u !art rhe Son comes, and an unbelieving bean calts rhe Ballance and refuferh him. Afccr rhat rhe Lord barb rri~d men by mi-' raculous preferv,uions, deliYer.mces from Pharaohs, provifion at M,.J!ah, rhen Can~ancome' robeenrred, and me t1 cannot enter becaufe ofunbdief. This . hn Hands in open view, and keeps rhe bre.Kh,when all or her fms in appearance are beaten our of the field. Now ri'ere is a Spirit of Faith , which comes in rhe raorn of this unbelief, difpolTelferh rhe foul of d1e power of it ; for there may be fome !iahrer ilroaks of rhe Spirir, which are lighter Skirmiihes-with ir, bur yer ir 1\ in< d~e. fi eld again ; -as in rhe ftony ground, rhar believed, bur unbe!ief got be .1d agair. in rime of Ferfecucion and · r~mptarion , and rhen rhey fell -aw~ I Pthilt is this Fauh, or tb~tt fwlneffi or fullmea(urebfit' • 2Jieft. 1 • liliallnorfpe~k hete ofr:i!loncal orMtr<Kulous Faith~ The firHofwhich A nfw. is in rl:e Devtls, rhefecond in fome men only, that may peril11 afterward. Nor yer of that Faithwhtcb w~ call, of_Aifurance, we !lull nor come yet to that. ~ut of rh.H whtch we call Julhfymg Fatrh, and that wlucb cloth firlt uhue to Cbnft, and Ju(tifie. Now this F.1ich is rhe co•ning of the foul to ChrifL This is the genera!· For Adam had his life in himfelf, bur' now 'ri~ l~ft in us, but laid up in Chntt, Col. 3·3. Now _hence they rh,Jt would have rhts hfe, n!uft go our of rhemfe\ves ro the Lord f6r ir. Now the morran :of rhe foul between rhefe nvo exrrea•ns of emprinefs and death here, ro life ·and fulnefs there, wh.lt is it bur Faith? WhichAdam had nor, nor could ha~e in that dl.lre; and therefbre none of the Sons of A dam n.uurally can !hare in it; I And rhat this is Faith ir appears, ' ' . . • I, From 'fohn6:35· I am the Ereadof life, he that comes to me jhdll ltever hunger, and he that belicves.in me{bttil never thirft. . · . · z. Becaufe unbeliefis the departing ofrhe foul from rhe God of life, Heb.pz. Not froo1a holy L \IV, but fr•m a livint God. - · ·' ' 3· F.1irh is the proper effeCl: of Vocation; or rather rhe chiefpart thereoF. New l0ok as ineffethtll v0cation is when ·rhe Lord calls, bur rhe foul never comes ; fo etfe ~t n a l vocation is whereby the Lord calls, and the foul ·anfwers, and fo 1 comes. So that tolid1ill and fee .no:hing, and do nothing, isi1orFairh, bur floarh. No, Chri!t cannot be in rlur foul that is.yet in hi!llfelf. Therefore Faith is nor apatfive poffibiliry ofrhe foul to receive 'ehrift, though rhat may pre7 / p~ re fo r hi ~1 , bur rhegoingourofa mansfelfunto Chrin. · _ Burma) not a motn rometo Chrif!, thatneverJhflll ha1:1emerc7from Chrift? ~ft· z , Ye~ , there may be many ltghrer nroaks, a~ in 'temporary Believers. The Anfw• World is at rbis da y.fu\1 of F,_irh .: Every man thinks and faith he believes, though his F.1ith be 1Ye,1k. ' 'Tis mens Buckler again(bllmeans, they knmv thefe fins, · but as long as rbey believe all is. well. , And 'ris their comfort in .all their troubles, though the Lord kills, yet rhey will believe.- · And I fay, fome men have deparred indeed fro'i1 rhe Lord ·: ·_The Gorpel h:uh been o)'eacbed, and rhey .have m~de our of the·nfel-ves ro Chrifl, bur miffed of htrn. There is aBramble-Fairh that. carcherh and -fcr ,it-cherh ChriH, kilfeth aMl oetr.1ies btm. That coming eo <;hnfl therefore wh!ch none elfe have the full me_afure of, ir appears in rhefe particulars. · Dd 3
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