Butmyheart waketh. have wakingfo~le.s, and prefe1·ve them ina•ight SEa. IIII. temper. . T,he·fd'Qle is as the objeCt: is that is prefented to ~. Ufle~nu. it, and as the certainty of the apprehenfton is of ;::::~~atth that .objeet. ltconduceth much therefore to the ~ awakening of tbefouleto keep faith awake. It's not the greatndfe alone,but theprefence ofgreat things that lHrs us;now it is thenature of faith to · make things powerfully prefent to the foule;for b it fetstbin.gs before us in the word of Iehovah, He ' 11 • r that made·all things of nothing, and is Lord of his word, togivea being to whatfoever he bath fpoken. Faith is an awakening Grace, keep that \ awa~e,and it will keep all other graces waking. Whennmanbeleeves,thatall thefethingsfhall . be on fire ere long, that Heaven and Earth fhall fall in peeces, that we thall be called to give an accounr,before that time.we may be taken away. !· Is it not a'wonder we fiand fo long,, when Ci- 1 ties, fione wals fail, and Kingdomes c0meto I fudden periods ~ When faith apprehends, and l fets this to the eye ofthe foole,it affects the fame marvelloufly ; therefore let faith fet before the foul fome prefent rhoughts according toits tem- (per ; fometi mes terrible thiflgs to awakenlt out 1 of its dulne:ffe; fometimes glorious things,Pro– mifes,nnd Mercies, tow~en itoutofits fadneffe, &c. Whenweare in a profperous eflate,let faith ·make prefent all the finnes and temptations that · · ~fually accompanyfuch an eftate,as pride, fecu- ~ J nty,felfe-applaufe ancl rhe 'like : Ifin advedity, j. thmke alfo of what linnes may b~fet us there, ; I this l / ---------=~,~~--~----------------~---
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