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other places of Scripture there be,to prove | 


y of the Goſpe), | 


ſpect tocleQtion. For otherwiſe theEle&tof Chriſt 
ſhould have noground for their fairh;none know- 
ing _ is eleed, untill he hattibeleeved and re- 
pented.. : 16 LN 
But Chrifts righteoufnes being offered to men in 
ſtare of unregeneration, How ſhall T know it be- 
= to mee © There isno other ground bur this 
Sy 
man that beleeves: but I beleeve; therefore it be- 


to beleevers,yetit muſt beoffered to every man. 
| Agpaine, weare bound to belceve thatthe thing 

is true, before we can beleeve our ſhare in it; we 
doe not thereforemake ir true, becauſe wee be- | 


longs tome. Therefore,though it be applied only | 


leeve ; bur our belecving preſuppoſerh the object | 


ogiſme. This righteonſhefſe belongs to every 


Objett, 


Anſw. 1. 
In the miniſtry 


Chriſt is offred. 
ro every onein | 
foure reſpeRs, 


Auſs; 


of our Faith, which is this, that Chriſt is given : | 


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1. Godintends 
him only tothe 
EleR. 


2. Godgives 
power onely to 
| themtoreceive 
him, 


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. nowthe very beleeving doth not cauſe Chr / to 
be given;but heis given, & therefore we beleeve, 
-Inall ations, the obje& is in order of nature be- 


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forethe aRion it ſelfe ; my belecfe makes not a 


| rhingtrue, burir istrucin it ſelfe, and therefore | 
| beleeve it-Itbeing true that Chriſt is offered to all 


men,therefore I beleeve that I am reconciled and 
adopted,and that my fins are forgiven. 
Apaine, if. hee ſhould not be offered tg every 


man, we could nor ſay to every man, If thoudoſt 


beleeve, thou ſhalt be ſaved; but this wemay fay 
to all,eventoF#de, If rhoubelceveſt, 7udas,thou 


ſhaltbe ſaved.: TI 


- Again,ifit were not offered toall, then wicked 
menſhould. bee excluded as much as the Divels 


but Chriſt took their nature o-him,therefore it is 


poſſhble for them; if they.belecve,to be ſaved. 

But how differs this from the doctrine of the 
Adverſgries; for they alſo ſay that Chriſt is offered 
equally to all ? 


 |- Ianſwer,Inz-reſpets: (notto runthrough all) 
| Thefirſtis this, We ſay, Though Chri# bee offe- 
red, and freely given toall, yet Godintends him 


only to the Ele. They ſay, His intention is the 
ſame to all,to F#d4as as to Peter.The other is,they 
aftirme, that as Chri# is offered to all men, fo all 


..men have ſufficientgraceto receivehim, there is 
anability by that as well as a: freedome, and uni-" 


verſality in the offer. This we altogether deny. 
Though Chrift begiventoall,yetthe gift of fairh 


"154 fruit of EleCtion.. Ged gives faithand repen- 


rance, and ability to receive him,. where he plea- 
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ſeth. The gate is opentto all, we ſhut out none; bur 


none will come in; butthoſe whom God enables: 


A Pardonmay be offered to all, and yer none ac- 
cept it, but thoſe whoſe minds God hath inclined. 


Therefore thar he is offered toall, _it is without | 
- queſtion. They thar queſtion it, doe it becauſe 


they doe not underſtand the Doctrine of our Di- 
vines ; for we propound- itno otherwiſe inſub- 
ſtanceghanthey doe, onely wee differ in the me- 


thod:burit will be your wiſedome tolooke to | 


that which will be ofufe,and yecld comfort when 
you come todie. As this you may build on, The 
Goſpelis preached untoevetry creature under hea- 
ven;and therefore T have my ſhare in it. If a Par- 
don be offered to ſome,whoſe names alone are in- 
ſerted therein, you cannot 'ſay-on- any good 
ground,I am pardoned : but when the Pardon is 
generall,and offered toall, then I can beleeve the 
Pardonbelongsto.me. Were it'onely to the E- 


le&, whoſe names are written inthe Pardon, wee | 
ſhould firſt enquire whether wee beeeclector no, 


but that's not the method. Build you onthe ſure 
promile,they that are pardoned;ſhallrake hold of 


{ ir;tliey that take not hold ofir;ſhallbeexcluded. 


The next thing amanwill defire

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charge at the day of 
Judgement; as your rejeRting of rhe Son, and of 
his rightrouſnesreveated; atid freely offered ro 
you. What Chriſt ſaid;(i7 fhaltbe eafier for Sodonie 
«nd Gomorrah than for fach a City) 1 may apply 
 roevery onethat'scometo heareme this time; It 


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cafierfor Jewerattd Fwykes, for rhe Salvage at the 
Eaft-Indies,than for you. Ithad beene better for 
you thar Cri had nevercomie in thefleſh.,, that 


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deale with you, as wirhrhem inthe Goſpel), he | 


you may have him; if you will not come,youwill |. 


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youwillnot give eare tomy invitarion it ſhall be 


| Chriſt the 
greateſt lin. 


Mark.16.16. 


| his rigliteouſnes hadnever beenc'offered ro you. 


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To be worthy 
of Chriſts 
righreouſnes,- 
what. 


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| aretoſhake off the duſt of our feet-::that is,; God 


Thc tore is that added, Har.16. He that beleeves | 
not js damned:of ſuch conſequence is the Goſpel, 
When Moſes was on Mount Ebal, he ſet before 
them a bleſſing and a curſe, life and death: ſo doe | 
[ now ; It you will not accepr of Chriſt, you are | , 
curſed. Therefore, when you hearethis offer, let 
every man examine himſelfe how he ſtands affe. - 
Qed untoirt

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heart,and working ſuch an inclina- 
tiontoChr:ſt,as is in theIron ro followthe Load- 
ſtone, which never reſts untill it be atrained, 
Thus it was with the Woman of Canaer , ſhe 
would have no denyall, and, Cart. 3. with the 
Spouſe, that would nor be at quiet untill ſhe had 
found her Beloved, ſceking him day and night, 
finding him nor withio,ſhe inquires of the watch- 
men, and nevef gives over till ſhe had found him 
whom ber ſoule loved, As God puts an inſtinR inthe 
creature, ſuch a violent, ſtrong, impetuousdiſpo- 
ficion and inſtigation is in them that ſhall bee ſa- 
ved, and belongto Chriſt : God purs intothem 
ſuch a diſpoſition as was in Sampſmn, when hee 
was athirſt,G:we me water,or elſe 1 dye ;, ſoare they 
athirſt after Chr;/f, Give me Chriſt, or clſc I dye. 
| Andthis you muſt have; for God will put youro 
it, he will try whether you be worthy commets, 
orno. Commonly, arthe beginning, he is as a 
man that is in bed with his children , and loth to 
riſe, bur you muſt knocke and knocke againe;and 
as it was withthe unjuſt Judge, imporrunicy muſt 
docir; though your defire be ſtrong ; yer for a 
time, in his ordinary courſe, he with-holds and 
rurnesa deafecarc,totry ifthou haſt an cager de- 
/fire: forifir ceaſcth quickly, he ſhould have loſt 


ihis labour in beſtowing Chriſt on thee. Bur if no- 


thing 


Canr.z.. 


God works a 
ſtrong deſire 
in the Saints 
afcer Chriſt, 


ſtrength ofour 


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trv<th the 


deires after 
Chriſt, 


Of Faith. 


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Whar we have 


Chriſt, 


"Uſer. 
Not tod:ferre 
] the rakingof 
Chriſt. 


rogether with _ 


yore — 
thing will maketheegive over , if thou wilt be- 
ſeech him

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is , the Covenant of 
Grace, a Boord given us againſt Shipwracke. 
Now this Covenant of Grace is double ; 

Either abſolute and peculiar, 
Orconditionall. | 
Abſolute, and peculiar onely to the Ele, ſo} 
it is expreſſed, Jer. 31. 1 willput my Law into your | 
inward parts , and writeit in your hearts, and1will 
be your God,and you ſhall be my people, Solikewile, 


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| you willbeleeve, and take him upon thoſeterms 


| and put 4 
new ſpirit within you, I will take your ſtony bearts 
| out of your bodies. Here the Covenant is exprel- 
_ abſolutely , and this is proper onely to the 
Eled. Co, 

But now beſide this, there is a conditional 
Covenant of Grace, which is common ro all: | - 
and that is expreſſed inthefe termes; Chriſt hath | 
| mt a righteouſneſſe and ſalyation phat is 

is worke that hee hath donealready ; Now if 


that he is offered, you ſhall be ſaved. This, I ſay, 
belongs toall men. This yon have thus expreſ- 
ſedinthefoſpell in many places, 1fyou beleeve, 


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the Goppell to every creature under Heaven he that 
will belceve [halibe ſaved, hethat wil not belevue ſhall 
be damned, It isthe ſame with that Rom,4.5.To 
himwhichworketh not , but beleeveth in him which 


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in all things, elſe you 
rake him in vaine. a | 

Againe, this muſt be mariced, thatI ſay , you 
mult take or receive him : you muſt not onely be- 


bur'there is a taking and receiving that is ne- 


fered. Thoſe words Johy 3. make irplaine; God 
ſo loved theWorld, that he G AVE his onely begotten 
Sore, 0: Giving is but a Relative;, it implyes 
thar there is a receiving or _ required : For 
whenC& r © r is given, unleſſc he betaken by 
us, hedoth us tro 


he is that great Pliyfician that heales rhe ſoules 
| of men-;-rhere isrighreouſneſle —_ 
juſtific all the world :bur,ny Beloved, unleſfe we 


have no partinrhar righreouſheſſe : this isplain- 
ly expreſſed in-<Mar#h; #2. where it is faid; the 
King ſent fortly His ſervants to bid-men to: the 
"Marriage of his Son Arid'ſo'in Zp4. 5, the ſame 


f— e and compariſon'is uſed by the Apo- 


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good, heis nor mude ours. If a 


man'be willing to give anotlier any thing,unleſſe 
herake it, it is-not his. Itis' true indeed, there 
is a ſafficiencie in Chriſt to ſave allmen., and | 


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leeve that he is the Heſ9:45,8 that he is offered, | 
ceſſary'tomake you parrakers of that that is of- 


inhinto. 


take him, and apply him to'our ſelves, wecan 


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| le, whereheſerteth forth che union thar is be- | 
| tweene Cxn15T andthe Church, by thatunion 
| there is berweene the Husband and the Wife: 
put thecaſe that an Husband fhould offer him- : | 
 felfe to a woman to matry her; 'and the ſhould | 
belceveit , yet unkeſſethere be a raking of him =. F 
on heripart, the match is notmade : and ſouris |, he & 
here, and-inchisrhing the eſſence offaith con- | cence of = 
| fits, when Cnx15T offcreth himſelfeunto you, |faib cn6- 
|  , | youmuſtbeleeye thar there is ſuch athing , and ; 

that God intendeth itreally, burit is theraking | 
that confummates the marriage; and when the 
Wife hath taken the Husband, then all that 13 
hisis hers, ſhe hath an intereſt in all his goods : \F 
ſoalſo ir ishere, there muſt be abcleeving thar Ty] (þ 
Cux 15r is offered, that he istheMeſfSie,and | . _— 
that there is a righteouſneſſe in him to ſave us; p 
bur that is not enough , wee muſt alſo take him, j 
and when that is done, weare juſtified; theni'we } 
arearpeace with God, * 

But

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Juſtification, and Adoption, but. 
it ficſt rakes Cyr 1ST. Thediſtin andclecre | 
underſtanding of this will helpes us. muchin ap-. 
prehending and underſtanding aright whatjuſti- 
fying faith is : we muſtremember to take Chr:/f 
himſelfe ; for ir is an: adulcerous affetion for a 


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| Wifenotto think ofthe perſon of her Husband, 


but tothinke onely what commoditic ſhe ſhall 
/haveby him, what honours , what riches, what 
conveniences, as ifthat made the match, ro be' 
conrentonely to take thoſe; will this, think you, 
-makea martch,amongt men* Surely, no ,'there 


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'| your Husband : therefore remember tofix your 
{eyes upon Cnr rs r, take him for your Hu- 
'|band, confider his beauty and his exccllencies, 


{that rakes a Husband, isencouraged by the bene- 


| pel to every creaturewnder heavens Hethat beleeves 


| belecycthar Jeſis Chriſt is come inthe fleth ; and 
| that he is offered-ro mankind for a Saviour, and 


muſt bee a fixing of the eyes upon the perſon * 
that muſt doe: ir. Doe you love him ? are: you 


bargaine, but firſt you muſt have the perſon of 


( which indeed are motives to/us);as a Woman 


firs that ſhe ſhall have by him : bur ſtill remem- | 
bes that he him(ſclfe muſt be taken. ; As iris ino-- 
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hold upon them;and to applythem ro 
a mans.{clfe.. This I will the: rather cleere, be- 


doubleaR, anaRoftheimind;'and an atofthe 
will: to this'purpoſe conſider that in- R95x. 5; 17, 
For if by the offence of one,death reienedbyone,nmch 
more they which receive abundance of grace, and the 
goft of righteouſueſſe, ſhallreigne in tft by one , Fe- 
ſu Chriit. ( Marke it) you may ſee whavfaithis 
inthoſe words; Thoſe that receive the gift of 
 righreouſneſle : righteouſneſſeis given and of. 
fered by GoD, andrhoſe that receive that gift 
of righteouſneſſe, ſhallreignein life: ſothar ra- 
king and receiving beingian a of the will, it 
muſt needs be char the will muſtcome into this 
worke as well as the underſtanding. Like unto 
this is char 1:1 Job..12, Tos many 45 received him, 
&c. Thatis, 19 4r many as belcevedin his Name : 
for ſothe words afterward expreſſe. That is, when 
weeare willing torake Chriſt, which isnothing 
 clſc but the conſent of the will ; when the will is 


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cauſe itis 4 thing controverted. -Ifay, thereis'a 


What required 
of the will cou 
| chirg faith» 


Roms. 17. 


Joh. I, 12s 


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— reſolved ro rake him, being ſo apprehended as 
| hee hath beene deſcribed; as a. Lord, and as af 


"Of Faith. 


Saviour, this is faich ;this, I ſay; is anaQofthe 
Joh. 5. 44. How can ye beleeve, which receive ho- 


' were only an act of the minde,:asithe Papiſts at- 

firme,and fome-other belides; if bekeeving. were 
nothingelſebutanaſſentingtotherrachof God, 
which is an at of the underſtanding, how could 
the praiſe of men be oppoſite r@/beleeving 2 But 
the meaning is , How can you beleeve, and take 
| meefor your Husband, and yet ſeeke praiſe of 


 . | makes itevidens;{ that juſtifying faithis not one- 
{ ly an at ofthe minde;-buran a@tof-the will al: 
ſo; becauſe otherwiſe the feeking-praiſe wirh | 


meatoo? forthat willcome.in competicion wich 
me ,-and-thehn you wilt:forſake mee. -I ſay, this 


This a& of the 
will wrought 


by Gods 


Now this alſo ; afivell as the formier;-mat bee 
wrought by G 5; and Go Þ: pars anew light | 
into the underſtanding: a5 he raiferhthat up to 


ſec and beleove tlieſetruths, ſo'there-is another 
at which Godalfo works on the will, andunleſſe 
he worke ir, it is hot done : for come ro

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Beloved, | 
the lives of men expteſſe it, though they ſpeake | 
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come anddraw a man, andchange his will; the 
| worke is not done, If yourake a Bough, and of. 

ferit toa Swine ora Wolfe , they will refule it, 

and trample it under their:feer; bur offcr it to 

ja Sheepe , and the Sheepe receiyes ir, and fol. 

lowes it: ſowhen CuxrisrT is offered tomen 
upon theſe conditions that we have named, men 
refuſe him, they rejeR him and {eight him-{bur 
when God takes'away rheſe wolviſhand (winiſh 
ncarrsof ours, and rurnes our wils another way, 
(which is the drawing. the Scripture ſpeakes of) 
chen we are willing to take Chriſt, If you take 
{ other metal] chan Iron, the Load-ſtone will not 
ſtirre-it, butcurne-the metall into Iron, and ir 
will follow the Load-ftone: So,lerthe hearts of 


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they will never accept him; but when Gop puts 
iarothem fucha ſtrong and imperuous inſtigati- 
onanddilpoltion, as that of the Spouſe in the 
Canticles,, that had no-reft till ſhe had found her 
Beloved, then they willtake-Crn15T upon his 
owneconditions. Sothenwe ſcethat Faith is an 
ation both ofthe minde andthe will, wrought 
! by Go Þ , calightning the minde, and changing 


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the will; which isrhat which our SaviourChrit 


valefle Godchange him, and pur ſucha diſpofi- 
tion and inſtigation

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to puniſhment. As the Lions, towhich | 


of the thing muſt remaine.'* Well ; how whar | 


| the ſame that it was, [yet ittakes away the ſting | 
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before , they had the ſame propenſeneſſe ,.and 
diſpoſition to devaureas they had before, they 


time, G,o D tookeaway from them that fierce- 


voure him ; though they were-thereſtill:; ſo it is 


caciefromit, it. doth notcondemne ;-and this is 
that that faith doth, | 
. Even asthe Viper that was upon Pauls hand, 
though the nature of it was to kill preſently, yet 
when Go ». had charmed it, youſce it hurthim 


{fhot: ſoirtis with (inne, though it be-inus, and 


though it hang upon us, yer the: venome of it is 
taken aiway,lt hurts us. not, it condemnes us not: 
HO 97 277 ISS © « 

thus faich,by taking away the efficacic and power 
of finne, it juſtifies, as an 1aſtrument, as a hand 
thattakes the Pardon. | 


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it comes to pale that ir hurts us not, we arenor 
condemned for it. SE, 4 


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Youknow, debts ina mans booke, the wri- 


ting remaines ſtill, the lines are not blotted our, 
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had the ordinary; natnre

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even as the Wife is che Hasbands; ſo you muſt | 


things are yours : ſo'that Faith firſt makes us 
Chr:ſPr;itreconcilesvs to hiim,and makes us one 


ther, and rchen all chings are given unt6t ns, and 
 madeours. 

' Thefecond ad of Faith is to quier and acifie 
the heart ; tocomforrus, inafſuring us thatour 


is different from the former. T creare ro acts 
of taith: b 

The one isthedireR aQ ; by which we 2ppre- 
hendandtake Cunisrt, "aridtherij ighteouſnes be 
chatis offered through kim, by which wee take 
forgiveneſle. 
| nd the ſecond is the refle&iad, by which we 
know that wehave' taken Caxris rt, and have 
raken out'our Pardon ;: and thisaQ wee? hit 
renr from the former; ; we may havethe former 
withoutthis.: © 

We commonly thinks that wee are not juſti- 
fied by C'tt x ts T, unleffe wehave affurance of 
it; and when we lookefortlitt , and find it not 
preſently, all our hopes are gone; bur it ſhould 
not be ſo : It isvne-a& of Lg ro take Chriſt, 

qinfort' and'picifie 

the heart; atid that thieſe ate” two diſtin Arhings, 
conſider but this in a'word.. 


| ThcfirſtaQis conſtane,when a'man _—_ once

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upon his Word and Promiſe, and hemuſt 


herhat builds ppon it, builds upon the carner- 
ſtone, that will not faile him : But now: the ſc- 
condact, whereby I come to know that have 


| donetkis;, .that is grounded upon experignce. ' 
Indeed, wee aje belped:by the, Holy Ghoft.ro | 


know it, butiitis chiefly grounded upon our own 
experience : for it is no more but the a of a 


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Marriage, you know, admirs of no degrees:; fo | 
Juſtification is equallroevery man , it admits of q. 
no degrees, it 1s alwaies the ſame ; wee arenort | 
now lefle juſtified, andrhen more, bur we are al- |, 


times 1cfſe; and therefore: righreonlinefle 1s ſaid | 


Cnx15rT ,.andthoſe priviledges by him,as the | 
Wife rakes the Husband that is faundeg. upon | 


performe it, it cannot bee altered nor changed ; 


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done, when he confiders, Have Itaken Chriſt, | 
orno? asaLord, andasa Saviour ; asa Prieſt, | 
to ſave me; asa King, tolive by his Lawes? This 
is a looking upon ana@ of mine owne; therefore 


from expericnce. 

— ThelaſtaQtoffaithis to purifie, and to ſan- 
| Rifie. I cannot ſtand updn iratthistime,nor make 

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reſt till he have Chriſt. } 


ſafe | 


"On, 


| Chriſtmuſt be his redemption alſo, he will not ; 


JV 


ſafe and ſecure fora time , that he isable tobe a 
Buckler to himſelfe, that hee hath ſomewhat 
whereunto he may leane, and dorh nor ſee that | 


comeat CHRIST. - 


| 


|  Andſecondly,ofallabilitie in himſelfeto help 
{ himſelfe, and when faith hath done both theſe, 


becauſe he thought he could live without his fa- 
ther , he had his portion in his owne hands, and 
at his owne diſpoſing ;-and he would not come 
home to his Father, till he could live of himſelfe 
' no longer : ſothar, though we havean opinion 
of no worth in ourſelves , yet if we conceiveor 


will not care for him. 


tothe marriage, they retuſed xo come, not be- 
cauſe they thought rthat- themſelves were 'of 
worth, but they were perſwaded thatthey nee- 
ded not thoſe things to which they wee invi- 
ted. Therefore, I ſay , theſe twothings muſt be 
done, aman muſt beempticd of all opinion of 
worth in himſelfe. | 


then 1t brings a manto Chriſt; when a man ſeeth 
that there is-nothing in him why G o'D ſhould 
regard him, andthathe cannortſtand longer,nor 
bein ſafctie longer than Chriſt helps him, and 
ſpeakes peace to him, now a man. is fit to take 
hold upon Chriſt : and therefore we muſt learne 


tocometa Chriſt with an empty heart. | 
: P2._ Many 


— 


That which kept the Prodigall ſonne away, it | 
! was not an opinion of any worth in himſelfe,but 


thinke thatwee can live without CHz 1s Twee, 


This was the fault of thoſe that were invited | 


Pp” dis 


Of Faith... 


Anſw. 


Double come 
plaint inſcnſc 
of want. 


I, 


2, 
Lawh ull. D 


Pos. Þ 


Mat,10.11. 


0bje. 


| 


| dare not apply the promiſes, 


| &thim as it ſhould. Indeed, here is juſt cauſe 


Many mencomplain that they would beleeve

~294 words

ſorrow that they ſhould have, 
they want that repentance thatthey would have, 
they thinke they are not yet fic, thereforethey 


Totheſle we ſay now, that there is adouble 
kinde of complatnt:- | | 
One is, when a man lookes upon theſe things, 


he havenor, he thinkes that God will not looke | 

afterhim. Ifthy complaintbethus, itis finfull , 

for inchisrhou ſeckeſt ſome thing in thy ſelfe. 
But ifa mans complaintbethis, that he is nor 


of his ſinnes, and free Juſtification doth notat- | 


of complaint, for theſe rhings areneceſſary 'be- 
fore you.cometo take CurisT. . Thereforethat 

place in Mas. 10. 11. willexplaine this, and an- 
ſweran objeRtion that may -be madeagainſt it : 


when the Apoſtles were ſent out to preach the 
Goſpell, when they came to any houſe, they 
were biddento x iq were worthy ;, if any 
\wanbe worthy (faith Cx 1:5 rv) your peace ſhall 
come apon him : but it hee bee not worthy , 
ſhake off the duſt , &&c. A man wouldrhinke by 
this that there weze ſame worthinefle required 
in the party that comes to Chriſt,andthatbefore 


hee can apply the firſt promiſe of Juſtification, 


as upon things that make him fit, which it hee | 
have, heethinkes G o D will reſpeRhim; and it | 


yctawaked enough, that he is not yer ſenſible | 
cnough of his fias, the docrineofthe remiſkon | 


—— 


Tothis we anſwer, the worthineſſethar is re- 


quired 


quired here is:nothing-elfe but abilitieto prize 


|CurrsT, to ſet himat-@high;rate, to long af- 


terhim ,.co hungerand thirſt after his righteouſ. 
neſſe, your peace ſhall come upon ſuc h aman. That 
is, if there bea broken- hearted man that lookes 
after Chriſt, whoſe: heart yearnes: after him, 


1that he isabletoprize him aright, hie ſhall beac- 
\cepted : butif they bee ſuch men as will not re- | 


ceive you ,;ſuch as will not ſet meat befor=you, 
ſuch as willhive younoreſpect, ſhake off the duſt 
of your feet , &6. So thatT ſay:, ſuch a complaint 
wee may make, if we findea want of defire after 
CHx 1s T;forthatis required : butif we looke

~209 words

this is the moſt excellent 
worke that wee can performe'; itis the worke of 
the Saints and Angels in Heaven , wee ſhould | 
learnetocome as neere them now as wee can : | 
In Rev. 7. 11. they cryed with a loud voice, fay- | revg.r. 
ing, Salvation commeth by our God, that ſitteth up- 
on theT hroneand by the Lambzand therfore praiſe, 
and wiſdom,and glory be given to God for evermore; |The ground of 
becauſe ſalvation is from the Lord, and from the TY 
Lambe, andnotfrom 'our ſelves at all : hence ic | 

is that they fell downe, and worſhipped him; 
and for this cauſe they all cry, W:ſdome,and glo- 
ry , and praiſe beto our God for evermore, 

If ſalvation had beene from ourſelyes, if wee 
had done any thing to helpe our ſelves therein , 
there had not beene ground of giving all praiſe 
and glory to God; and it this be the worke of 
the Saints and Angels, we ſhould labour r per- 

aft & orme 


- Pim 


2 


—_— 


Of Faith. 


#ſe. 3. 
Tolabour for 
faich aboye all. 


| Gal.5.5,6. 


forme it as abundantly as we can now ; and let us 
doe it in good carneſt : for jf men could bee | 
brought to this, torejoyce in God alone, theirs 
mouthes would be filled with praiſe exceeding- 
ly, they would regard nothing elſe, and in the 
courſe of their lives they would make itevident 
to the world, that they were ſuch as made no ac- | 
count of the World, ſo they might have Chriſt : 
they would becontent with any condition ; for 


| Chriſt isall in all to them, 


Thirdly, ifitbe by faith onely by which wee

~195 words

by which we have |- 
ſalvation. + 
The Papiſts, they teach that workes arethe 
maine , and many things they preſcribethat men 
muſt doe: our doctrine js,you ſce,that fairh only 
is required : Indeed , manythings follow upon 
faith, but faith is that you muſt onely labour for, 
and then the reſt will follow upon it. 

This Doarine of ours, you ſhall finde that ir 
is deliveredcleerely in Galat. 5. 5,6. We waite , 
through the Spirit,for the hope of righteouſnes which 
#5 through faith ; That is, wee looke fornothing | 
from the Law, weregard no workes at allin the 
matter of juſtification ; that which we looke for, 
is onely that rightcouſneſſe which is taken by 
taith : and why doe wee ſo 2 For, faith hee, ir 


ce 


Chriſt Jeſus , neither circumciſion is any thing, nx 
EY MW | WICIT CUM» 


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—_— 


| ſame eye, for heregards nothing withour faith, 


| inthe matter of juſtification , but how wee may 


| 


yr TS 
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Of Faith, 


There is good reaſon why wee ſhould expeR (al. | 
vation onely by faith, becauſe nothing elſe will 
helpe us in thatworke,circumciſion i nothing, nor | 
uncireumciſion is nothing:by thoſe two he meanes | 
all otherthings ; that is ,-in the having of all che ' 
priviledges inthe world, inthe doing ofall the 
workes that can be done, faithisall in all ; but jt 
muſt be ſuch a faithas workes by love, though it 


| be by faith only,yetit is not an idle faith : there- | 


fore you are eſpecially to labour for faith. 
There are many other cxcellencies that wee | 
are capable of, many morall vertues, ſuch as 4- 
riſtorle

~483 words

if he | 


come with faith,be ſhall obtaine Cu x 15 T; the | 
other that hath all morall Verrues in the moſt | 


exaRt manner, without faith, they: ſhall doe him 
no good : therefore weeareto ſeeke for nothing; 


beenabledto beleeve, weeare principallyto ſtu- | 
dy this matter of faith. "| | 


| 
Take 


Without faich 
God regards 
not morall 
Vertucs. 


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| wncircumciſion, but faith, &c. As if he ſhould ſay, | 3 


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76 
"0! FEWER Take ſuch a one as Socrates, 2nd ſuch a one as 
eweene fairh | Saint Paul; it may be,Socrates might be outward- 
and morall - | |y as temperate , and as patient, and bee indued 
VEITUCSs . 


with as many excellencies, he might appeare in 
his carriage as ſtri& as Saint Paw! , but here is 
the great difference , The one doth what he doth 
ofhimlſelfe, and through himſelfe, andforhim- 
ſelfe; the other doth what he doth of Cur 1sT, 
and through Chriſt, and for Chriſt : therefore 
faith mainely is requilire. 

If wehadallother excellencies; yet we ſhall 
find this in them , that they do alway give ſome- 


| thing to the creature. 


Againe, if yougoe never ſo farre in them, yet | 
you ſhall finde that there is ſome imperfeRion | 
in them. | 

But faith it emptieth the creature of all things, 
it leaveth nothing ina man, ir makes him leane 
and reſt onely upon Chriſt, and upon his righte- 
ouſneſle for ſalvation. | | 

_ Apaine,faicth worketh in us a loveto God: for, 


| we having nothing in our ſelves, but allthat we 


have being from him, wee cannot butlove him 
againe. 


Againe, faith preſenteth to God a perfeR 


righteouſneſle, and therefore God onely accepts 
[it: for God muſt be juſt, andnothing can ſatisfic 
the Juſtice of G o y, butarightcoulneſſe that is 
perteR ; nothing can attaine a righteouſhes that 
15 perfect, but onely faith : labour therefore to 
beleevethis, andtoturneall your ſtudy andcare | 


2 


how to get faith. My Beloved, this is a thing 
<> {oY ; Ri that 


FREE LEP —__— 
— 


Of Faith. ; 


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—— 


that we are bound topreachto you ; this is the 
ſummeofthat doQrinethat Cn xt s r fo often 
preached when he was upon the Earth, Beleeve, 
for the Kingdeme of God i at hand : this is the 
ſumme of all the Doarine of the Apoſtles ; it 
was all they had ro doe , toperſwademento be- 
leeve. What was the ſam ofall'S. Pa»ls doArine? 


neſting bothto Jemes and Gentiles, &&c. So it isour 
part, when we cometo preachtoyou, when 'we 
come to diſpenſe to you that which is for the 


Stewards that ſet bread and ſalt upon the 


the treame of your endevours afrer the obtain- 
ing of that faith that takerh this righteouſneſſe , 
the principall thing we aretolooke unto, is, to 
ſce- from what 'Fountaine that that wee have 
comes; if a man have never fo many vertnes in 
him, if they ariſe not from thisfountaine, ifthey 
ſpring not from this root , they are nothing , 


delight, : | 
Againe , this is that: that you are to doe in 


wy is, _ ger faith; and therefore if men 
will im their ſtrength and their endeyours 
and bulle th - , 
| vertves

~1,169 words

a juſtifying faith, laying hold up- | 


ſalvation be onely by faith, then we ſhould learn 


promiſes, and toreckon them ſure tous: It ſome- 
thing elſe had becne fequired on our part, wee 
ſhould then have gone with a great: deale 'of 
doubting to G © D,, but now, ſceing there is no- 
ring required, but onely togoc andtake ir,this 
ſhould. make us to goe with boldneſſe to the 
Throne of Grace, to come with aſſurance that 
weſhall ſpeed. 540457 435 
__ And therefore in the buſineſſe of ſeeking to. 
Gop fortheremiſſion of our fines; (which in- | 
deed is the greateſt buſinefſe rhat wee have to 
doc) whatgreater comfort canthere be, than to | 
have this affurance, that if we come to God for 


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it , we ſhall not faile, nor be deceived of it ? 
| For the preſent occafion of receiving the Sa- 


wa. 


#ſ/e.1, 


Toapply = 
. . | promiſes wi 
hence to goe with boldneſſe to.God.; totake the | beldnefle, 


* cramcnits - 


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" Of Faith. 


The Sacrament | 
preacheth 
taih, 


'Toreceive the 
' Sacrament 
unworthily, 
what. 


Gods free 
promiſe ſhould 
Encourage us 
to come with 
'boldncfle, 


be” 


tl. 
—— —— 


ay are but a reſemblance of the offer of Chriſt. 


| Ordinance, ir increaſeth this grace of faith. And 
againe, there is a bond on our part,wherein wee | 


crament : Whatis the end of the Sacrament, but 

to preach faith © The Sacrament preacheth thar 
to your outward ſenſes, thar we doc to your un- 

derſtandings, it preſentethto the eie, that which 

we now preach to theeare : for what is the'Co- 

venantof Go Þ in the Goſpell, but onely this? 

Gop offers Chriſt unto you freely, as the Bread 

and Wine is given unto you. Tom 4 Sonne is 
given, &c. 

Apaine, we take him, and binde our ſelves to 
obey him , andtoloychim , to be to him alone, 
romarry him, to make him our Lord and our 
Husband. Now in the Sacrament both theſeare | 
done : when the Bread and Wie are offered, 


eed there is & bleſſing in it'; for it is Gop s 


rye our ſelves to obey Chriſt. 

Now if any-of you will offer to come, and yet 
havenor giver up your felvesto-G-o D-in good 
carneſt , you' receive your owne condemnation, 


ro the World , and this is toreceive the Sacra- 
ment unworthily. The maine end of the Sacra- 
ment, isto increaſe faith; and ſalvation is ours 
wore ; therefore we ſhould _ | _ bold- 
neſſe, and lay hold upon thepromiſes of it. 
Wee ſhould doe by this cafeas Joabdid , lay 
holdnpon the hornes ofthe Altar; thatis', take 
hold upon Chrift, and remember that'fare word 


you are divorced fromCn x 15 T, and marricd | 


f of promiſe, Tow a Sonne is given, tom 4 Childe i 


——_— 


borne, 


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||:he waters of life freely, Goe thorow the-whole 
Booke of G © D, all the promiſes therein are as 


impoſlible that God ſhould ſlay you,it youcome 
and lay hold of the hornes ofthe Altar. If you 
willtake Cyr 1sT, and receive theſe promiles, 
and reſt on them, ic is impoſhble butthat Go» 
ſhould performe them, he hath bound himſelte 
to performe what he hath ſaid : If we acknowledge 
our ſinnes , he ts faithful and juſt to forgivethem, 1. 
Joh. 1.9. As it hee were unjuſt and unfaithfull 
if hee ſhould not doceit. His Oath is paſſed ; he 
hath added an OQarh to his promiſe , that by two 
immutable witneſſes it ſhould Rand firme. | 
We ſhould doe inthis caſe as Jacob did, after 
he had once a promiſe from God, when he meets 
his brother Eſas, Lord, (ſaith he) :hou haſt promi. 
ſed to doe me good,therfore deliver me fromthe haud 
of my brother, $0, whca wee have a promiſe, and 
God hath ſaid, He chat will cake Chriſt, ſhall be 
ſaved : and Chriſt is freely given,andthe pardon 
is generall, therefore whar' ſhould hinder us ? 
Urge God upon his-promilſe, wraſtle with God, 
as Zacob.did , and let him not goe without a ble(- 
ſing : wreſtling implyes reſiſting ; it is a ſigne 
God reſifted him fora time : ſo, it may be, God 
will denie theea great while , yer continue thou 
to ſeeke him, let himnot goe, hee cannot denie 
thee in the end, thou ſhalt have the bleſſing at 


borne, And » 448 whoſoever will, comt and take of 


ſo many grounds for faith to build ypon it is |. 


the laſt : we ſhould learn thus to importune God; 
tellbim, Zord, I have a ſure promiſe, _ 
G haſt 


LO EIT q 
—Y 


Facob 
wraſtling 


- with God. 


Tm 


82 


Of Faith. 


Woman of Ca- 
NAAK. 


God anſwers 
ſome ſoFQGtr, 
&ſonc IFer+ 


| Goe and preach the Goſpel to every creature, go and 


| red to him, he isfreely given to him by God the 


him; here is a word ſure enough, if there were | 


ſt made the pardon generall, and I am ſure 1 
come within the number of that Commiſion : | 


tell every man under heaven, that Chriſt is offe- 


Father, and there is nothing required of you, but 
that you marry him , nothing but to accept of 


nothing elſe but this. Therefore learne to doe 
in this as the Woman of Canaan did, though 
Chriſt denyed her, yet ſhe would not give over: 
for ſhe had this ground to build upon, that hee 
was Jeſus, he was the Sonne of David, he was mer- 
cifull, and ſhe had exceeding great need of him, 
andtherefore ſhe would not give over; ſo, I fay, 
having this ground for your faith, goeto G o D 
with boldneſle, and never give over ; it is impoſ- 
fible (if you feeke him in good earneſt, withall 
your heart ) but that he ſhould receive you, 
Itisrrue indeed, hegivesto ſome ſooner than 
he doth to others; with ſome he deales as hee 


did withthe woman of Cazaaz ;:to ſome he gives 
an anſwer quickly, ſume againe hedefers longer, 
and he will putus tothe triall. Chriſt dealeth dif- 
ferently with his children, he doth with us fome- 
rimes as the unjuſt Judge, he turnes the deafe 
care to us, orlike the man that was in bed with 
his children,and was unwilling tp riſe ; bur what 
ſaiththe Text? Zyk.r1.6.though he would not 
doe it for him asa friend , yer his importuvitie 
| makes him riſe and lend him : ſo thou thinkſt (ir: 


[i 


-portunitie. 


maybe) Go Þ is not thy friend,yet by thy im- | 


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Of Faith. 


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portunitic hee will riſe at the laſt; therefore, 
though thou find Godto be as an enemy, though 
he be never ſobackward toriſe, yet give not 0- 
ver: Icanaſſurethee, as certainly as there 1s a- 
ny truth in the Booke of G o D, thou ſhalt bee 
heard intheend, Heaver and earth ſhall paſſe away 
before ths ſure Word ſhall periſh. Itis Gods man- 
ner to pur 1inen to thetryall, and it is his wiſe- 
dome ſoto doe, otherwiſe he would have many 
that would be forward at the firſt , yer fall off in 
 theend. | 

It was Naomies wiſedome to bid her Daugh- 
ter Ruth goe backe to her kindred, but ſhe would 
not, ſhe ſtood it out ; 7 will gee ( ſaith ſhe) where 
thou goeſt, and nothing but death ſhall part betweene 
me andihee. When Naomi ſaw that ſhe was ſted- 
faſtly minded, ſherooke heralong with her. So, 
if God ſhould receive men at the firſt, many 


and make a profeſſion of his Name, but they 
would not hold out to the end with him : But 
whenCHnx 1s T ſhalltell them, Thave not ſo 
much asa place tolay my headin, if thou wilt 
have me, thou muſt deny thy ſelfe, andtakeup 
thy Crofle, and thu ſhalt finde a great deale of 
trouble , and ſuffer perſecution, It a man now, 
notwithſtanding this, will notbe beaten off from 


him for the preſent, and prefent to him all man- 
ner of difficulties,yetif he will, notwithſtanding 


have CazisT, when GoÞ ſhallſee thathis 


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men would come in, and take hold upon Chriſt, | 


Chriſt,bur,though Chriſtturne the deafe careto | 


allthis, beconſtant ſtill in importuning God to 


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After we have 
Chriſt,look to 
the priviled- 
ges by him, 


minde is thus ſct , he will rake. him along with| 
him, he will be thine, and thou ſhaltbethis , his| 
people ſhall be thy people : this 15 it that knits 
the knot betweene you :; My Beloved is mine, and 
I ambic; his Word is paſlcd torir, he hath pro- 
miſed his conſent, now if we will give ours, the 
match is made. 
If it were doubtfull whether we ſhould have 
hisconſent, it were another caſe ; bur wee have 
aſure Word tor it, wee ſhould learne therefor 
toimportune him. | 
- Now when wee have done this, when wee are 
come wirh this boldnefle, 'and havelaid hold 
uponCuRisrT, thenltuslooke to the privi- 
ledges

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him, and that 
his people thall be our people, &c. 

Bur you will ſay, Iam willing ro doe this, to 
partfrom my lufts, and ro be to Caxrisr alone, | 
bur Tam notable, my luſts are ſtrong and pre- | 
valent, | | 

Tothis I anſwer, if thou bebut willing, Chriſt 
defires no more : 1 would but aske thee this, 


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laſts; rake a man tharis ſtrongly given tagood- 
| fellowſhip, (as wy call ir)ro company- keeping, 
that is given to fornication , to fwearing, or 
Þ aura cthe.ſfinne be, take any preyalent luſt 

at iSin any min that now hearcth me, I would 
| aske him this Queſtion;, Put the caſe thou'wert 
| able to: get the viorie over thy luſt , wouldſt 
thou be content to part with it , and to take 


| the ſweetnefſe of myluſts ſtill: Art thou not now 


would, upon condition I-were able ro overcome 
| my luſts, Iafſurerhee, Go Þ will make thee 
able, G o p requires no more but a willingneſle 
to _ andtake Cu k 1 5 r,theotheris Gods 
WOorke. 


. Ffolved topartwiththy lufts , thou+haſt not yet 
ſerdown this peremptory conclufioninthy ſclf, 
that thou wilt forſake every thing, thatthou maift 


that bis luſt briogsro him, if hee could get the 


of them : Let mettell'thee, thou muſt firſt re- 
ſolvetorake'Chrift uponhis owne conditions, 


thathimſclfe :''z. Cor. 8. 9. God will confirme you, 
] and keep you blameleſſe ; for be is faithfull that hath 
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| Suppoſe;thar thouwert able to overcame thoſe 


Chriſt? Itthouſayeſt, No, I had rather enjoy | 


worthy tobe condemned? Bur if thou anſwer, I 


I, bur I havetryed, andhave not founditſo. | 
I anſwer, it cannot bee, thou haſt nor yet re- | 


baveCrnRisr.: Ifanymanſay, he iswilling 
rotake Chriſt, andtopart'with the lweetneſſe, 
and rhe'pleaſantneſſes; and the.profitableneſle | 


 viory , if he werefreed' from the. ſolicitations | 


res the other, 'God hath promiſed'to doe.| 


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lingnefſe to 
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called you to the fellowſhip of his Sanne. As if hee 
{bould bave ſaid , Doe youthinke that God will 
call men to Chriſt, that hee will beſeech mento 
take his Sonne 7- will hee call you tothe fellow- 
ſhip of his Sanne, and will hee not keepe you 
blamelefle © he hath promiſed ir, and (worne it, 
if heſhould not doe it, he ſhould beunfaithtull : 
when God calleth you to comeunto CrxrisT, 
hee promiſerh that the yertue of Chriſts death 
ſhall kill Gnne

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ſo it.is all | 
the wealth of a Chriſtian after hee hath-taken | 
CHnR1$sT. Now when this is diſtinly- pro- 
pounded to us, and wee conceiye it aright, it 
makes the way much more eaſie tous;'burwhen 
wee goe on in a confuſed manner, becauſe rhe 
Goſpellisnot cleerely underſtood by us, hence it 
isSthat wee labour much, _—_ thething is not | 
done : therefore, my Beloved, if you have a per- 
{waſion of the forgivenesof your finnes, if irbee 


Oi ct. 


come are Chriſt's, and they are all made ours. EF 


3 . 
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Of Faith. 


| farre, andthey doe much, but t 


but a meere perſwaſton, it will alter exceedingly, 
it will goe and come in the time of temptation ; 
but when you have a ſure Word, when you 
have built your ſelves upon the Scriptures, it is 
not dependent upon your perſwaſion , but it is 
the Word that youreſt upon : For fancie, and 
opinion, and perſwaſian, it will grow ſometimes 
longer, and ſometimes ſhorter, as the ſhadow 
doth, whereas the body of thething is the ſame g 
bur when. your eye is upon the Word , when 


continue the ſame as the Word continues, In- 
deed, your comfort may be ſometimes more, 
ſometimes leſſe; but when it is pitched upon the 
ſure word, that is it that will bring you comfort 
in the working of it, to obſerve the method 
| and degrees of it, Indeed , my Beloved, 'it is a 

point of another nature toi beleeve , than the 
world thinkes of ; thereforeexamine,and recall, 
and underſtand this DoGrine that we have now 


- | taught youdiſtinQly, it willbe worth all your 


labour ; for the preſent you ſhall have a good 


| conſcience, and the aſſurance of Gods fayour, 


and when death comes, the right underſtanding 
of it will be worth all the world beſides, 

\ Itis ſaid of the ſecond ground , that they fell 
away , becauſe they had no roete in themſelves : 
| they had fomeroote, butrtheir faith was pitch- 

ed upon a generall DoQrine , upon a generall 

rſwaſton , that hath a kinde of roote, but it 
ath noroot mitſeclfe ; ſo | +1 ——_—_ goe 


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you reſt upon thar , then your perſwaſion will 


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ro | 


in themſelves , that is, they doe nor underſtand 
diſtinaly, and throughly , the grounds upon | 
which their faith is built, they ſee nor a ſure 
ground for it in the Word of Go», they know 
not kow faith is built upon the ſure corner ſtone ; 
for Cu x 15 rT is that ſure corner ſtone, he that 
| is built upon him ſhall never beaſhamed : wee 
| ſhould learnetherefore not to give over till wee 
| be rooted and grounded. It a man ſhould aske 
many people, What is the reaſon rhat you are 
perſwaded that your finnes ate forgiven * ( for 
you ought to build that upon an infallible 
ground.) If ir be no more bur becauſe youare 
 perſwaded, it isnothing ; but if you can ſay, My 
fins are forgiven , becauſe I have CHaisrT, 
and hee that hath the Sonne hath life : | havethe 


Truth it ſelfe that hath ſaid ir, and hee hath offe- 
red Chriſt to every creature under Heaven ; 
then is the ground good, thou maiſt 
take him bodly , becing within 


| that number. 


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So much forthis time, 


FINAI1S 


ſure Word of God for it ; God cannortlye, he is | 


Upon whax 
ground wee 
ſhould be per- 
faded of for- 
givenes, 


OF 


a * fourth Sarem 


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Row. I. 17. 
Faith to Faith: as it @ written, The juſt ſhall lrve 
by Fatth,'- 0 I YELL. 'T ij 


He nextthing tobe done, isthis, To. 
ax draw the will to rake the promiſes ; 


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promiſes, 


that which I deliver now , is built upon that 


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will. 


which I delivered before; and I ſpeake chiefly 


ro thoſe that underſtand the promiſes, or elſe 
you willnot fully underſtand that we are now a- 
bout, 


draw the will : But how is that doner T his is the 
worke of G © D, he onely hath the ſoveraignety

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to teach a 
thing, he boweththe will and affeRionstodo it, 

We heretofore exemplified this by the fimili- 


they are ſaid to be taught ofGod, when God puts 
a ſtrong inſtin& into themto do ſuch and ſuch a 
thing,he teacheth them to do this & this:So God 
teacheth mento come to Chriſt, that is, he puts 
a ſtrong inclination into their hearts , and when 
that is there once, they. can have no reſt, as the 


it, when he hath changedthe will, then he finds. 
ſucha diſpoſition in him as was:in the Spouſe , 
Cant. 2. She ſoughthim whom her ſoule loved, 
ſhe fought him by nighr, and by day, ſhe ſought 


when God hath drawnea mans heart, when hee 
hath inclined a mans will to embrace CuxrsrT.,. 


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of him ,. he ſhall not give over, till hebe aſſured}: 
that he is reconciled to him-: Draw ws and we will | 


tude of the 47, and rhe Bee,and other creatures; | 


ging the will andaffeQions: when Go Þ alters - 


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| Iron cannot reſt till it come to the Loadſtone , 
and as the ſtone cannot reſt till it come to the | 


he is never ſatisfied untill he hath found him. 
But, you will ſay, G o d doth this by A: 
© a het 


center ; ſothe heart of man, when God draweth | 


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and never reſted untill'ſhe had found him : So, | 


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{ryor till; but when he ſeeth he cannot have ſo 


much as huskes, he can have nothing to ſuſtaine 
him , that is it that will bring him bome : 'S0 
take a Wife, a Spouſe, if one come to wooe- her, 
if ſhe be able tolive without him, it:may- be ſhe 


will refuſe him, but if the caſc be ſo that ſhe can- |- 


not ſubſiſt, but the Creditors will come upon 
her., ſhe muſt needs have a Husband roprotce- 
her, tobeabarreanda covering unto her, now 


ſhe ſeeth aneceflitie of it

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that are next to Angels) they are 


ther it be Paul, or. Apolis,,0r Cephas , or the wor ld, 
or life , or death, or things preſent,or thing 520 come, 
all is yours , youare Chriſts, and Chriſt is Gods: all 
this is yours. As for the things of this world, if 
wetake him once, we have all theſe : would not 


mentto movea mantotakeCnx1srT, thatall 
the Angels inheaven, all the excellent Miniſters 


| all his ſervants 2 -Gop hath beſtowed thefe gifts 


hercafter-: for hethat hath not the Sonne, hath | 


Fherefore wee muſt finde ſome good, ſome ex- | 


the joy and pleaſure he can afford. We fhall have 


a man defire atttheſe 2 Is not this a ſtrong argu- | 


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are miniftrings$pivits ſent forth for the good of the 
Ele&#, for the World, as the Apoſtletaith, that. 
is, Wharſocver.is inthe World, all che good and 
all the evill in che world , eyen tharcevill doth 
him ſervice : the afflitions:, and perſecttions, 


| and tormes drive him to his haven, afvgell as 


faire gales ; every thing ſcoures him , doth him. 
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both, the mind is ſatisfied. 2: th 
_ . Now when a man confiders what wealth he | 
hath by Chriſt, and againe, that he ſhall-have 
allhis honour , now looke what honour Chriſt 
hath, the ſamehe hath by matching with him:z 
agring him wee haveall things :.if a'man could |. 
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| that heisa King ,rhar he is an beire of all things, 
| that allche promiſes doe belong to him; Do but 


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made anearthly Prince, how would you be af-|_ 
feed withit would it not putother thoughts 
into you ? Why ſhould you not belceve ſpiritu- 


all priviledges to be as reall * Why ſhould you 
not rejoyce more inthem? they are more dura- 
ble, they are more excellent, they have all in 
them the other-have : Indeed they are things 
chatare not ſcene with the eye, they are fpiritu- 
all, they are things that are enjoyed and reler- 
ved forafterward, but yerthere is much for the 
preſent, Learne to conſider this, and ir. would 
draw and move you; but becauſe theſe things 
are looked on with a generall eye, as matters of 
tancic and ſpeculation, they are looked on as 
things that arc rathertalked of, we ſeeno ſuch 
thing, we have no feeling of thein, therefore we 


to beleeve this : The Scripture often mentions 
and repcats this, Ye are 4royall Preeſtbood, Heires 


with Chriſt, Labour tocome to this disjunRion, 
if theſe things be nor fo, why doe you bekceve 
them atall? ifrhey be ſo, why doe you notre- 
joyce in them , proportionableto theſe priviled- 
ges? Ando for Joy'y ar bis rrebt hapd- thert ure 
Joyes & pleaſures for evermore, And as it is ſo tor: 
erernity, ſo the ncerer wedraw to him in this 
life, the more pleaſure we have ; for he is the God 
of all comfort, the neerer we are to him; the more 
comfort,«l!rhe wayes of wiſdome are. wayes of plta- 
fare, becauſe they leade neerer ro God who is 
the cauſe of all comfort : So, that is the ſecond 


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receive him, you ſhall 
have remiffion of all xourfins : If you conſider, 
firſt, thoſe ſpeeches in EXecbiel , 7 deſire not the 
death of a ſinner :-and, Why will zee dye ,"O'ye hoaſe 
of Iſrael? ſuch expoſtulations are very frequent ; 


10h that my people would returne + and , How of- 


| [#ew would I have gathered you; #s the henne gather- 


oe ES 2 --. eh 


and therefore if any thing hinder ir, it muſt bee 


doe you notbeleeve? If you wilkconfider Chriſt, 


y—_ 


Thar £ ſhall 
not loſe our 
labour in at- 
tempting it, 


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practice when 
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eth her Chickens : lay, theſe are the ſpeec hes of 


(hall finde by the manner, and the faſhion, and 
the figure of rhe ſpeeches, thar G © Þ deſires it 
earneſtly : Why will ye dye, 0 3ehouſe of Iſ- «el? 


fires, that a finner would returne, There is no 


the Father of the Prodigal!, that deth expreſſc 
the diſpoſition of Go Dd, herunnes to meet his 


preſſe his joy for his comming home; ſuch:is 
thediſpolition of God : 7 take no del:ghtas 7 live, 
ſaith the Lord, i the deathof a ſianer : but rather 
that he ſhould live. And therefore when G 0D 
faith it, we havea ſurer Word , you ſhould bet- 
| rer thinke of it, undoubtedly hee will receive 
you to mercy. 

Apaine, conſider how Chriſt did inthe dayes 
of his fleſh, how hee behaved himſelfe then , 
| was he notexceeding gentle toallthatcame un- 
tohim, exceeding compaſſionate and pittifull

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ready to receive him , his bow- 
els yearne within him , and therefore doubr not 
bur the Lord will receive you. : 
Apgaine, of neceſſitic he muſt receive you, or 
clle the bloodotCunisr were in vaine, his 
Croſſe and death were of none «fe :$ What 
now can makethe death of Cyn15sT tobe of 


his blood is trampled under feet and deſpiſed 
of men, when itdoth no good, when it is not 
improved for the purpoſe it was ſhed for e Doe 
youthinke that God ſent his onely Sonne from 


have his blood ſhed in vaine? Nowexcept hee 
ſhould receive poore fivners when they come; 
rhedeathot C x & 15 T ſhould beof noneeffett : 
And therefore ir canont be but G © Þ muſt bee 
ready to receiverhem. So that there is no difh- 
| cultie in him,all the difficukic is in our ſelves, we 
are notwilling to come. - 
Againe, if wee conſider what he hath donefor 
others, how many hec hathreceivedtomercie, 
| when one ſecs tuch Rebels received ro mercie, 
and confiders with himſelfe ,, and thinkes' how 


werecrying ſinnes,, and of an extraordinary na- 
ture, finnes that were of long continnance; hee 
forgave Marie Magdelens finnes, he forgavethefe 
greater finners, and why ſhould he'nor' forgive 
me? If one ſhould comeroa Phyficien, of whom 
he hath heard a grear fame, and it hee ſhould 


none cff:& , but when ir is not regarded, when | 


fs. 
Elſe Chrifls 
bloed were | 
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pardaned. 


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Of. Faith, 


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Elſe no fleſh 
ſhould be ſa- 
ved. 


REY 
God ſhould 
|" elſe bee 


worſhipped. 


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| meet with hundreds by the way of his Patients ,. 


andall of them ſhould tcll hin hee hath cured. 
them, and. healed them , it-would encourage a 
man to goe on with.confidenee. Orif one ſhould 
cometoa Well; of which he harh heard. mach, 
and ſhould meer wich hundreds of people-by the 
way, andall of themſhouldrell him, wee have 
beene at the. Well , and it hath cured vs, and 
made us whole; this would encourage a man to 
goe. with confidence, becauſe ofthe multitude 
that hayeyried the experience ot ir: ſo we ſhould 
runnetoCHur1sT; when ſo many thouſands 
have beene forgiven, why ſhould not theſe per- 


| on us thathe is ready to forgive us ? as Panl 
att 


ſaith, ke hath fhewed mercy to me, that others might 

beleeve in God. | am an example for them to truſt 
in God: therefore when we ſec he hath forgiven 
others ſo many and ſo great linnes, why thould 
wedoubt ? 


receive us, #9 fleſh ſhould ke ſaved, there is no man 


there the ſameargument isvſed ; If:thow, Lord, 
ſhouldſt marke 1niquitie,who ſhould ſtand? but there 
is mercy with thee that thou maiſt be feared, That 
is, if, God ſhouldnot be pirifull ro mankinde, 
and ready-to receive them., notwithſtanding 


bellions they are- ſubject unto, no fleſh ſhould 
be ſaved, butall che World ſhould periſh. 


not be worſhipped, mea would notregard him, 


Againe, if Cu & 1:5 T ſhould not be ready to | 


that would feare him, or heare him; Pſal. 130. 3. 


their manifold failings ,. and infirmities, and re- | 


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white, itis white, becauſe ittends to full white- | 
nefle : and as we fay watcr is hot, that is alittle | 
hot ; fo faith thar is bur ina little degree, yer it | 


may be rrue , firme and ſubſtantiall. 


aſſent, the leaſt beleefe of the promiſes, without 
which it cannot be ſaidto be faith 2 | 


brings us to Cu & 15 T, which makes us willing 
cotake him. Marke this poiar , for it will be of 
much ufetoyou, when the promiſes of G o Þ 


| are preached to you, and madeknown unto you, 


when the arguments that move youto come to 
Chriſt are declared and made manifeſt. Now 
ifa man ſtands and knowes not whether he were 
beſtto take himorno, this is not faith, ſuch a 


kenof in Fay i. (torthat I taketo be thegne: 
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Ing of that place ) a man that knowes rj whe- 
{cher hee ſhould comero C n r15T or ul, 
[ſtands in a doubt, and ſometimes he wie 
| and omicrimes he will not ; he is off anduny, 


Chrift rejeQs : but now when there is ſo much 
weight as will caſt the Ballance theright way, 
\though there be fomerhing lefr in the other end 
(of the Ballance; thatis, though there be ſome 


the promiſes, andthe Word of Go »,, as that 


band, Fam willingro reſt on him, to pitch on 


him, tobeftow my ſelfeupon him ; this is faith, 
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4 is a Suttor, that ſuch a man is of ſuch parcntage, 
{ hath ſuch honour, and ſich wealth, and is thu 

| qualified.z now, if ſhe be but ſo farre perſwaded 
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| afrerward ſhee may come to know the thing 
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1 ro cometotake him for our Saviour, and fer our 
| Lord ; that is the leaſt degree of Faith ; and 
| though there be doubting left, and thoughthere 


will producethar, iris faith. Let me excmplifie 
{itin ſore otherthing : Take Hefter, when thee 
| wa$tocometo the King, ſhee knew not what 
ſuccefle ſhe ſhould have, ſhewas fearefull, as we 
may fee by the manner of going about the buſi- 


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periſh z as if ſhe had doubred ſhe might have pe- 
| riſhed, yet ſhe reſolved rodoeit, this may be 


| worke. Take a Martyr that comes to ſuffer, hee 
. | hath many doubrs and feares, and yet if there 
be bur ſfomuch perſwaſion as will produce the 


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{ asto bring them:to doethething, here was faith 

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| leaſt degree, other degrees there are, that may 
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| ro-be beleeved. 


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bringusto Gop andtoCuR15 T, thatis the 


thou have but ſo much as will produce ſuch an; 
fe, thou maiſt be ſure that thou haſt faith, | 
Secondly, faith admits degrees iti regard of- 
che difficultic and hardnellc of tlie thitgs chat axe 
As forexample, Harthaand Mary, both be: 
teevedin Cnr IsT when he feaſted with them, | 
butwhen ZaJ#r4 was dead, and had bcene in 
the grave fourediyes, that pit them roaſtand : * 
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a' great degree” of faith, becaulc there was 


© Hoſts, wee ſee, when hecame to belceve the 


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F/ fleſh, and that they ſhould bee'ſo fed a. whole 
| moneth together , ivſer Moſes ata and;de knew; | 
not wharto lay; Notone day;(lauh he)-natten: 
dayes, not twemmy dayes:, but a whole moneth 
rogether,, and {ix hundred thouſand people! 1f 
allthe Flockes and Heards fhonld be killed, and: all 
the Fiſhes in the Sea ſhould be gathered together how 
| ſhonldyhis be done? T his was agreat thing to be- 
|leeve : andthereforc G 0D pityed Moſes; 'Gop | 
 (eeth when thipgs arc hard to be belecyed , and 
Pities man, Gop beares with Moſes in that 
caſe,-becautethe thing was ditfficulr' and high: 
there are ſome things which are above hope, 
and inſuch caſes God is willing that his people. | ;, +. cc : 
ſhould aske him a ſtzne,he knowes their ſtrength; | Godis willing .—Y 
they hadnecd of ſomerhing [to 'confirme them. | 287<2 "8ne | 
And thereforcin ſuch acaſe, when G 0 comes | *® | 
ia.ſuch manner, if.they aske him a-figne, Gor: 
iswilling to give them a ſigne: Indeed, when|, 
men,will aske a ſigne rotempt, God: 4» adeite-:;| | 
rows generation askes aſigne :thatis, for tryall or | 
temptation,not for loveof CHr1sT,andto be. | | 
perſwaded he is fir forthem., but an adulterous | EY 
gcneration., they did it. notout of love'; but, 1 Ln © HON 
ſay , wheneyther the'thing is higb, orelſe when I 
the meanes of perſwaſion is weake and (lender; | 
As, weeknow,, Cx k 1 5:7 ſaidunto Nathandel; | Joh:s. 
Docſt thou belceve forthis.e as.if heſhoyld ſay; | 
This ſhewes thy faith is great, that forſo ſmall a 
{thing as this thou belecyeſt; I ſaid no mare but 
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belceve, unlefle he might put his fingerinco the | 
intof Cxa1s T's wounds, andhishand into |. 
his ſide : ſothart when a man belkeevesby lender 
meanes, or when he belceves things of a higher 
nature\, which is more above hope,whenthereis | 
great dithculric ;.ip this. ſenſe: taich- admits- de- }. 
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you have, the more love, | 
' Againe, you ſhall doe the more worke, when 
once you arealſurcd that your labour ſhall not bee 
invaine inthe Lord; as 1.Cor.15. ult.It willmake |. 
you abonwad'in the workes of the Lord. 


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ſhall acyer hold out and be conftanr, rill he come 
to have afſurance thar hee ſhall not loſe his re- 
ward, I cannot ſtand on this point : I wiil name | 
w_ Uſes, that ſo I may not leave the point unfi-- 
tihed. . - | | 


The ficſtis a Uſe of much comfort: If there be j 

ſuch degrees in faith, then letus nop be diſcou- | 

raged, though wee come not tothe higheſt ; if 
we havebur alitle, yer fince there aredegrees, 
this is enough to make us partakers of rhe righ 
reouſneſſe of Chrift,and of falvation. Theend ot 
| this is ro. comfort thoſe which are apt tobedif: 
couraged. A lirle graine of true Muske is able 
[ro ſweeten agreat deale: So if taith be true , a 
lircle true faich will perfume all the heart and| 
ſoute, it hath influence intoevery thing, and it} 


puts a good tinure upon allthar a man doth, 


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chough irbe bur lictle, yet the influence is2fear. | 


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Therefore ehoughthon have noragreat meaſure | 
of faith, it thouhavealitfe, comfort thy ſelfe 
with that z we-know , the leaſt bud drawes ſap 
from the'roore , as well as the greateſt bratiches, 
as rrucly ; ſo they that budde, thatareburyerim 
che beginning of faith , yer they are as trucly 
orafted into Chriſt , and receive life frem him , 


fore be not diſcouraged becanſe rhou haſt nor as 
yet a great meaſure of Faith , fay not, Becauſe 
Iam nor as ſtrong as ſach, therefore I am no | 
body, reaſon nor fo , if thou have but as much as 
will bring thee wirhin the doore , wichin the 
Covenant, within compaſle once, It is trace, 
| when a man is within the doorc,, there are grea- 
tex degrees; he may goe farther intothe houſe ,. 
or alittle way in, bur all is well when hee is in 


aman within the Covenant ,'to put one within 


ſo farre : bur, if cthoubein atalt; comfort 
inficmiricthallbreake the Covenant'when thon 
artin:; No, tharwhich mals aivorce betwixr 
Go Dd andyou, will docit ; burevery infirmitie 
dotiinot chat, Take heed therefore of robbing 
Goo Þ ofhis glory, andyour ſelves ofcomfort ; 


youknow what a Father he is; hee is 
parents, when 


ſclte with that, and thinke not that rink | 


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and a wiſe Father: wee reckon it is wifedome in | 
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2'Father will bearc with his ſonne, and recclve 
him againe and againe, though he have infirmi- 
ties ;: So.Go d isthy Father , what though hee 
ſee many failingsin thee, what though hee fee 
wee have . little grace, or little faith, yer wee 
areſonnes, Go D will ſpare us; and therefore 
caſt not away your bope , but labourtoknow , that 
though you be but as ſmroaking flax, yet there is 
fice there, aſwell as if it were all on a flame, 

Now it is Satansend indeed to diſcourage , 
and remember but that , that the thing hee la- 
bours,is to perſwade youthat you have no faith, 
and that aliccle will not.ſervetheturne, and that 
becauſe thou art not ſo ſtrong as the ſtrongeſt 
Chriſtians, that therefore thou haſt a falſe hearr, 
and art no body atall : hisend is to diſcourage, 
labour to reſiſt him. And we that are Miniſters ot 
Chriſt, wearec in this caſe to comfortand encou- 
rage you,as S.Puulſairhgwe were gentle amoJg you, 

as a Nurſe among her childrewz we ſhould beren. | 
der oyeryou, and comfort, andencourage you, 
we arexet Lords of your _um And therefore in 
f Eekiel 33. it was the fault of the Shepheards,. 
| they ruled overthe people with rigour , hut wee 
are helpers of your joy 5 for what have wetodoe, 
{| but what our Maſter hath ſet us about to doe? 
as heedid; how did hee behave himſelfe ? rhe 
| ſmoaking Flax, hee did blow it with-a tender 
| breath tokiadle it more, hee dealt inot roughly | 
| with. it : Sothe Miniſters of God ſhould labour 
zo build men up, to draw them on-; Indeed 
| ſometimes the Miniſter muſt be ſharpe, to wake |. 
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and temporizing profeſſors ,"to teach thoſe to. 
know themſclves, that have a forme of gadli-- 
neſſe without the powerthereof: here the Word. 
preached muſt be 4-1wo-edged ſword, that maſt 
prerce betweene the marrow audthe joynts; herethe 
Word muſtbe as'the Thunder and Lightning, . 
icmuſt haye terrour in it : So 'Chri# comes with 
his Fanne in hs hand' ;and with his Axe in his 


hand, hee will burnethe chaffe with wnquenchable | 
fire and hew'downe the gafruitiall Trees: bur |, 
this is to: be undeiſtood'of. thoſe that are falſe- | © 


hearted, thoſe that are not ſound, that have 
Chriſt offeredthem,burdoenor reccive him, In- 
deed}, tothoſe our Minifterie is ſharpe; but for 
othets'it is nor fo : Ahdrhercfore in ZFek;24.we 
areto:docastheShepheards do there with their 
Flocks; ſome Sheepe are. weake; and arenota- 
ble rogoe the pace of the reſt ; ſomeare broken, 


thoſe that arc loſt, to drive on accotding:to the 
paceofthe weakeſt, to binde upthe broken, to 
carry them in'ourarmes; thus-Chriftdid,/and if } 
wefaile in this, Chriſt; who 4 the grear Shep- | 


heardofthe ftocke,:heſces it; if we goeaſtray, | 
he:ferches-us in ;'if-wee! be- broken ,, and have 
loſt our. wool! , and bee:norin right order; hee 

bindes us up, he feeds us; tandrenders us ;/thus | 


Chriſt deales with you: Andtherfore benotdif- |. 
couraged, though thou benotfo ſtrong as the |. 


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is able to make thee partaker of this righteoul- 
neſſe, alchough thou have nor the bigheſt degree, 
though thou have notthatexcellencic that others 
have. | 1 
TheſecondUſe is, toexhort youto grow in | 
faith(and ſo I end). Content not your felves with 


tanding a little will ſervetoput youin the ſtate 
of ſalvation , yet it ſhould be your wiſedome to 
get a great degree, as the Apoſtle faich,, 1. Per. 


revelatiow of Chriſt - ( Matke it, for it is an excel- 
lent place for this purpoſe ; ſtudie it , and thinke. 
wellof it:)Trult pertely in the gracerevcaled; 
that is to ſay, doc it not by halves, let not there 
| be ſome odde reckonings betweene Go Dp and | 
thee, ftand not m diſtance frombim , bur truſt | 
| ypoa him = Aly , belceve fully and afluredly 

that your finnes are forgiven you, belceve fully 
the gracethat is given you through CunisrT, 
doc it perfeRtly, throughly ; truſt perfe&ly in 
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more conſolation we have. * 

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is able to make thee partaker of this righteoul.. 
neſſe, alchough thou have not the bigheſt degree, 
though thou have notthat excellencie that others 
have. ; | | 
Thefecond Uſe 1s, toexhort youto grow in | 
faith(and ſo I end). Content not your felves with 


tanding a little will ſerve toput youin the ſtate 
of ſalvation, yet it ſhould be your wiſedome to 
get a great degree, as the Apoſtle ſaith, 1. Per. 


revelatiow of Chriſt - ( Matke it, forit is an excel- 
lent place for this purpoſe ; ſtudie it , and _thinke : 
wellof it:)T ruſt pertealy in the gracerevecaled; 
that is to ſay, doc it not by halves, let not there 
be ſome odde reckonings betweene GoDp and | 
thee, ſtand not-m diſtance fromhbim , bur truſt | 
| upoa him p_ , beleeve fully and afluredly 
that your finnesare forgivenyou, beleeve fully: 
the gracethat is given you through CunisT, 
doc it perfetly, throughly ; truſt perfeRly in 
the grace brought inby CHn1s Tr, that isour 
fault that we doe itaot infuch a manner; hence 
it isthatour Joy is weake,, our grace is weake, 
truſt pertcly, #443 your joy may be fell, that you | 
may have full communion and fel ip. with 
Cu rtsr: the benefirisexceedinggreat when 
wetruſtperfeaty , andwhy will younats why 
ſhould you limit the Holy Once of 1frecl ? It was 


| powerandall-fficicacy,as ifhe were notableto | 


doe 


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Of Faith 


doe ſuch and ſuch things, and is it not as great. a 
Gane to limit him ia his mercy and goodneſle ? 
- Why cannot he forgive finnes and tranſpreſſi- 
ons , that in all circumſtances are the greateſt 
fines , in what nature ſoever 2 Tothinke other- 
wiſe, is to limic the holy One of 2þ-«e/; truſt per- 
 fecly therefore. I is not a litele that will ſerve 
.the turne,.as the Apoſtle faith, 2, Peter, 3, uit. 
| grow ingrace, Thereis necd of it; you ſhall find, 
that as you wade further in the profeſſion of 
Chriftianitic, ſo you ſhall have need of more | 
ſtrength, you ſhall have greater imployment, 
therefore you have-more need of growthto goe 
forward and perſevere, , 2 
Againe , you ſhall meet with greater temprta- 
tions and aſſaults; if you be not more ſtrong than 
atthe firſt, youare notableroxeliſt, 


Mortives to 
grow infaith, 


b 
We necd more 
ftrengrh daily, 


3+ 
We meer 
greater 

allaults, * 


 Againe, if yougrow in faith, you ſhall grow 
likewiſcin Joy z and that is a thing which wee 
 have'continualluſe of, that is. of hourely uſe to 


inthe workes ofthe L o x Þ, that helps us to goe 
rhorow all varicty of conditions, that cnablesus 
roabound and to want,to paſle #horow good report 
andevill report , toſuffer andendure perſecution, 
Now the more yougrow in faith, the more you 


T he God of peace fulfillyou with all joy by belecving : 
Sothatthe more we belceve, the mote joy