Chap.i7. 4ccording to S"MATT H E vv, hurly -burly he can : but out he inns, though nevér fú ill-wil- ling. and the childe was cured] By his Fathctsfaith. What won- der then , that the parents faith be bencñeiall to the baptized infant ? Verfe t 9.Why could not we raft him out ?]They had heard why be- fore, but either heeded it not, or were not willing to hear on that ear. Loth they were toyeeld that it was any fault of theirs, that the cure was not etht t d by their, but by fumeother occafion (the fathers faithiefueffe, the peoples per verfcreffe, &c.) which what it Nit as,here they makeenquiry. How unwilling are we that our peny fhouid be held other thengood filvei?How ready to fhtft mu rTti orb. offhim that fpeaks from heaven, and to miftake our felves in the caul s of our mifcarriages ? Verfe so. Becaufe of your unbelief] q. d. That's the naked truth ofit, never deceive your felves : there's no f onfiding will ferve turn : be content ( hard though it be) to hear your own. Veritas affxra eft, verism amaritudo ejes utilior , & inteVris fen- J oh, S jte rugis A curiatiuoatìb.3Pits gratior, quÀm meretricentis difîiians favu. (mart truth takes better with an honeft heart, then a smooth fupparautation. ifye havefaith au agrain of, &c.] TheDsfciples might obj.ed; Ifno faith, but that which is entireand perfed can do Inch cures as this,. thenwemay defpair ofever doing any. Our Saviour an- flyers, that the leaf} meafure oftrue faith ( fitly compared to mu- [lard-fed, for it s acrimony and vivacity ) ifexerted and cxerci- fed, will work wonders. Neither is jollitying faithbeneath mi- raculous in the fphear of its own aAivity, and where it bath war- rant ofGods Word,to remove mountains ofguilt and grief.A weak faith is a jc7,int poff.il'our, [[lough no faith can be a joint purchafer of fins reals lion : And a man may have faith enough to bring him tohe+ven, though he ant this or that faith, as to rely upon GA . wit,ioutfailin<, Luk18.t,8. without feeling, T¡âl.ss.t;ltc. as refialved,that Gad neverth lcffe will heat him, in thatvery thug he praics for. yeife a t . Thiskindegoeth not out ] Some, devils then are not fo potent, politike, vile villainous, as others -: fo neither are wicked men all alike wicked ; Some fligmaticall Belsali is face theheavens, burden the earth, pleafe not God, and are contrary wall .men. Othcrs aremere tame and tradable, as the yona t Theft tS;
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