What Wesley Left Out

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not ſuch'a 
faith as conld produce-and' bring forch in them 
a conjugall affetion , which is the Wedding 

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|garmenr. So two of the foure grounds had faith, | Mar.13. 
{rhey brought foorth! ſome. truit:, thar faith 
ſtrengthned and enabled them to doe ſo much 
as they did ; but yet it was not true faith, itwas 
not the faith which the fourth ground had. 
And-not onely in the New Teſtament, but 
inthe Old Teſtament alſo, there is often menti- 
on made of ſuch a faith, and of ſuch a trult in 
Go D», asenabled men todoe much , but it was 
not an unfained truſt, it was not cffetuall, but 
as it is, Jerem. 3. 10. Treacherows Judah hath 
ot turned to me with her whole beart , but fainedly, 
ſaith the Lord, Therefore certainely., faith the 
Lonp,theirturne of cyill and milery ſhall come: 
they truſted ia Go D, but not withtheir whole 
heart. | 
{ So likewiſe Dew, 5, 25. the. people there de- | Deurs 25. 
| fire Hoſes togoe and receive the Commande- 
ments from God forthem, and whatſoever God 
| ſhould ſay to them, that would they doe : here 
was a faire profcfſion , it is likely themſelves 
rhought it to be ſound and good, yet eMoſestels | 
them they were deceived in it : 04 (faith hee ) | verſe 29. 
that this people had ax heart to doe this-indeed. 
So, wee ſce, thereisa faith that is not effety- 
all, and therefore wee

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it was to follow him ; whar 
a Mafter hee had betiken himfelfe unto : fairh 
he, If thon wilt be my ſervant, goe ſell alt that thou 
haſt. As if hee ſhould haveſaid ; Miſtake mce'| 
not , if thou wile be mine, thon muſt be mine al- 
together ; thou mult take up thy Croflce, thou 


| muſt part withany thing. Now, if the yong man/ | 


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Of Efettel Faith. 


not underſtood Cx 157; he had become a Dif- 
cipte of Chriſt, as well as others, but it had beene 
upon amiſtake. TLLT EN | 
And fo likewiſe that Seribe, to whom Chriſt 
faid , The Sonneof man hath not whereonto lay-hu 
head : As if hee ſhould have ſaid'; It may bee 
thou lookeſt for caſe, for Bed and Boord with 
me; thou lookeſt for a pleafant life, but it will 
not be fo ; 1leadenota pleaſant life my ſelfe, I 
| have not whereon tolay my head : I am not in 
ſo good a condition as many Fowles are, as m2- 
ny Beafts are, I havenota ref, Ihavenotaden; 
] that is, I have not that which ſhould be in ſtead 
of theſero me, and therefore know what thou 
doeft,beforethou betake thy ſelfetomy fervice. 
Now men, not conſidering this, they put them- 
ſelves apon Chriſt, they take upon them the pro- 
feffion'of his Name, before they enter into a fe- 
| rious-confideration; and rhis'ts it that catifeth 
| fairhro be uneffeQuall ; as one ſpeaking of falle 


| Many (faith he) are valiane for want of experi- 
| ence: tharis; theyknow nor what the wars are , 
1 they know-not whathardnes they muſt endnre, 
| and therefore whenthey come to feele it, when 
| they come to ſee what paines they myft take , 
_ | andwhat they rauſtendute, they ſhrinke : foir is 
| inthis; many'men cnrerupon the profcffion'of 

Chriftianitie, vupon that warfare, (for ſa-our pro- 
feflioo iscalled) Fay, many enter upon it out of 
miſtake; they underſtand nor what it is ; they 


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had gone away withthis miftake, that hee had | 


fortitude , names this for one amongſt the reſt; 


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The Scribe” | 
Mars. 20, 
opened. 


Cauſe of falſe 


'foititude, 


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f Bfefluall Faith | 


Wha: Chriſt 


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followers. 


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haye not-experience of it, they: know not -how 
many will come againſt them., they know not 
that the force of their enemies is ſo great, they 
know not that they have ſo many thouſands to 
meet them,therefore they undertake the buſines, | 
they goc about-cheentetprize, and itcomes to 


did. Therefore, ſaith Chriſt , lex hizs chat build; 
a Houſe, ſet downe

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Of Efefluall Faith. 


formed. 


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Simule. 


Ifa.58. opened, 


Promiſes made 
inſickneſſc, 
ſcldome pcr- 


Men in extre- 
mitie would 
faine have 
Chriſt,burnos 
out of love. 


chat their faith proves uneffcuall, So many 
men,. when they arein fome great calamitic ; as, 
you kaow, Phareth, 'when he was 1n the preſent 
ſtrait, then he would doeany thing : ſo many 
men uadecr great crofles,afflictions, and diſgraces 
ia the World, then they will be religious, but 


1 let them have peaceand proſperitie, let them a- 
| bound ia all things againe,, and they will forget 


G o D. Such ſay complaines of, 1ſay:58. they 
hang downe their beads for a day + That is, when 
che ſtorme is or; them , when they have ſome af- 
fiaion, for ſuch a time they will docany thing ; 
there is nothing more uſuall than this. When 
men come to have fickneſſe, and toapprehend 
death, what will not a man doe for his ſalvation 
atſuch atime ? and therefore you finde by expe- 


ſes in their ſicknefſes , when they apprehend 
death,doe keepe them afterward : for they come 
from feare, and therefore they laſt not. 

' Take any man, the moſt ambitious man inthe 
world, when he comesto dye, the praiſcof men 
isrhen nothing to him, then hee will part with 
any thing. Take a covetous man, to ſave his life, 
what will not hee doe £ A Merchant that Joves

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reaſon for.it. When men 
takeCHr1s T onthis manner, when they are | 
perſwaded their finnes are remitted , and yer 


| have no good ground for this perſwaſion and 
| peace, 


Of Efettuall Faith. 
peacc,: it holds not our, it continues nor, There- 
tore to ſuthas theſe Saint Paul ſpeakes, Eph. 4. | Eph.s. ro. 
10. Be not children (ſaith he) in underſlanaing, to vpcncd. 
be carried about withevery winde of dodtrine, ASif 
he had ſaid, Indeed youare ſuch as have embra- 
ced Cur 1s T,but you muſt not docaschildren 
doe, that bcing notable ro uſe their own judge- 
ment, they ſce what other men doe, and they 
heare whar they ſay : but, ſaith he, you muſt 
| learnetobe men, that you may uſe your owne 
under{tinding, that you may [ce with your owne 
eycs,orclſc you will be /ike a Ship toſſed and carri- 
ed about with every winde. That is to ſay, it was a 
falſe perſwaſton thatdrave youto Ce r1sT, and 
another winde will drive you from bim : there» 
fore bee not children 1a underſtanding. So, I 
[ſay, when you h:ve a per{wafion ofthe remil- | 
fioa of your fannes, of belceviogin Cyr1sT, 
benot children in uaderſtanding, ſe that it be 
ſoundly grounded, Thar isa condition required | 
by the Apoſtle, Colo. 1.23.CH RIST hathre- | Col.1.23- 
conciled ust0 G 0 D the Father,to be blameleſſe,and | 
witbout fault, But ( ſaith hee) I muſt putin this 
condition , If you continuegrounded,and ſtablifhed 
inthe faith , that you be not moved from the hope of 
ebe Goſpell, As it he ſhould haveſaid, There is a 
certaine faith,by which you inay takeChriſt,and 
ſo you may be perſwaded ofreconciliation ; bur, 
ſaith he, thatgvill nor doc, unleſſe you be groun- 
ded and ſtavliſhed in the. faith, The word inthe 
Originall fignifierh, Except you be fo. built as a 
houſe is builc upon a ſure of A 3 aS a Thee 

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Hoperhar is 

not well 
ounded, 

Folds Rot out 


Deut:13.1,2,3. 
opcncd, 


thar is ſoundly rooted, when you are fo pitched 


{toathat their fi4nes are forgiven, and thinke jr 


Of Efeftuall Faith., 


upon Chrift, that when new objeRs come, new 
temptations come,things that you neverthoughr 
02, yet nothing can move you from the hope of 
the Goſpell: If you benort grounded , you may 
take a hopeto your ſclves of reconciliation, and! 
ot being without fault in the fighrot G o Þ , but 
it will'never hold out, unleſſe it bee ſoundly 
grounded. Hence you ſee therefore, thatif a man | 
be not well rooted, if he be not built nponthe |. 
Rocke,. if this perſwaſion of the remiſsion of his 
finnes be not well bottomed. that cauſeth him 
not to hold out, but to fall off againe. Whereas 
it is required of us,that we keep ſo cloſe to God, 
in ſuch a caſe our faith ſhould be built on-ſo ſure 
a-ground , thar nothing in the World ſhould; 
move us, no not the moſt probable arguments 
that may be broughtin : as wee ſee, Det. 13. 
Saith Moſes, If a Prophet, or a dreamer of dreames 
come,and grue you ſignes and wonders,and the thing + 
that he forctold come to paſſe, that youcould nor 
anſwer any thing, you canſee no reaſon but that 
he ſhould be atrue Prophet ; ſaith he, Go Þ will 
put you to ſuch tryals, to prove youto ſee if you | 
be ſoundly grounded. All thatare ſaved; he will 

havethem ſo fixed, he will have them take their 
ſalvation upon ſo good a ground, upon ſuch in- 
fallibilitie, chat whatſoever ſhall be brought a- 
gainftthem, they ſhall keepe them cloſe to God. 
This is thar that wee ſhould labour for, and for 
want of this, when men have a confuſed perſwa. 


Ee ns _ : enough, 


|andnever examine whatthe grounds are : Iſay, 
for want of this it is, that in-rempration they fall 


Of &feftnall Faith. 


enough if their hearts be quiet, if they bavereſt 
intheir conſciences , that they be not troubled, 


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away ; when other men come and preach othgr 
doQrines, then they are plucked away with the er- 
rour of the wicked asS. Peter ſaith 2.Pct.3.17.Be not 


in knewledge. As if he ſhould have faid, If you 
have but ſome perſwaſion, but ſome good opi- 
nionthatCnn1srT is yours, and thatit is beſt 
for youto cleaveto him, this will not hold, you 
will be plucked away withthoſe errours that 0- 
cher men are plucked away with. This is the firſt 
thing which wee have done with, to ſhew the 
cauſes of the uncficualaeſſe of faith. 

Inthe nextplace, I am to declarewunto

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though there be ſome doubtings and waverings 
in him, yctifthere be ſo much faithastodothe 
thing,this 1s.properly effeuallfaith,though it be 
not perfitfaich ; For you muſt know,that there is 
a doubting mingled with the beſt faich:Therfore 
when we ſay effetuall faith, we do not mean that 
it is ſucha faith as is without doubtings, 8& with. | 
out feares mingled with it:bur,if ir be ſuch a faith 
as doth the thing it felfe , for which faith is ap- 
pointed , itis properly {aid to be effteuall faith. 
It is a point neceſſaric for you to--underſtand ; 
b and 


Ld  Am———__ 
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& Of &feflnall Faith. 


cerning this deſcription of this firſt cxplication 
of cftcQuall faith) withthat in_ Jam. 1.7, 8, wee 
ſhall ſee whar the meaning is. Hee - ſpeakes 
there of doubring, and tels you, that thoſe that 


fo, and in the end they vaniſh away. Saith the 
Apoſtle, Let not ſuch a manthinke to obta'ne any 
thing at Gods bands , for he is a double-minded man, 
and & unſtable in all his waies. The meaning is, 
that there is ſuch a faith that makes a man 
doubr, when he knowcs not what he ſhould doe, 


tolſed to and fro, hee is ſometimes going to- 
wards Go Þ , ſometimes from him againe, and 


a man ſhall not receive any thing, Why 2 Be- 
cauſe hee is a double-minded man. Now by 
a double-minded man, is not meant aman that 
hath one thing in his face, and another in his 
heart ; onethat pretends one thing, and intends 
another, (though the word be ſometimes fo ta- 
ken, yer in that place it is not ſoto bee under- 


objects, that itknowes not which to chuſe, but 
ſtands as one in b/4v:8,that hath two waics before 
bim, and knowes not wherher togoe this way, 


knowes not whethertotake Cu Rk 15, or the 


and if you camparethis that we have ſaid ( con- | 


doubt, they are like awaveof the Sea,toſſedtoand | 


bur is unſtable , as a wave of the Sca, that is | 


in theend he gocs quite away. ( Saith he) ſuch | 


ſtood) but by a double-minded man , this is | 
(meant, whenthe mind is divided between, two | 


or that way ; a man. that is 'diſtracted-.in- his | 
owne minde, heknowes not what toreſfolve on. | 
Now whena mans fauh comes tothis, that hce| 


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world; 


Double-minded 
man, who, 


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all faich- Burt now, if a man goe beyond this,and | 


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world ; he doubts whether he ſhould chufe God, | 
orthe world, there 1$anuncertainty in-his mind, 

that itis divided: ſometimes hethinks ir is beſt, 
and ſfomrimes he thinks it not beſt, a/rad tans, lr. 
ud ſedexs,when he thus wavers,this is not effcu® 


pitch upon Chriſt reſolutely , when he gocth (ſo 

far, as that herefolvestorake him, alchough he 
have many pluck-backs, although there be many 

things that may difſwade him from it, though 

there be ſome reluQancie in his mind; ſome feare 
whetherit be the beſt way or no, yertifhe pitch 
on Chrift,he chuſeth him rather than the world, | 
chough hee have ſome inclination to the world 
ſtill, though there be ſomewhat offenſive in his | 
heart, though, as I ſaid , there be ſome doubts, 
ſome feares whether it be the beſt way orno, yer 
if faich comeſo far as topirch on Chrift, to chuſe 
him,totake him, this is properly cffeuall faith, 
Indeed, itis farre from perfeR faith, bur it is ef-- 
feuall faith, and ſuch as ſhall ſave you. Therfore 
you ſhall fiad this rale among the Schoole-men, 
(I name them, becauſe they were Papiſts , and 
their dorin of faith 15 contrary to this)they ſay, 
it is not faithexcept it be afull perſwafion ; they 
ſpeake not there of reſting on Chrift, that is not 
the thing , but of the full perſwaſton of thetruth 
of the thing to-be heleeved; yct notwithſtan- 
ding you ſhall fiad this rule-aamong ſome of the 
Schoole-men, Fides now excludit omnem dubita- 
t:onem + faith doth not exclude all donbting, but 
that doubtingthat overcommeth, that doubtin 

that 


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thar.caſterh the ballance the contrary way ; if it | 
bee fuch a doubting as doth not overcome, it 
may ſtand with trucand ſound faith. So, Tay, 
if you would know now , what tis to pitch on 
| Chrift,and ſo to take him, t hrhere be ſome 
rcluctangie, fome doubt, ſome feare, you ſhall 
| know ir

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this : if a man have fo taken him, 
| thatſtill he isgrowing , till his faich is prevai- 
| ling , ſtill his _ overcomming thoſe doubts 
| and feares from day to day, hee is better and. 
| better reſolved ; 1 ſay , though his faith bee 


Whar doubt- 
ingitisechat 
faith exclu- 
dcth. 


| norperfe at the firſt, yet if ir be ſtill thus on 
| the growing hand ,. it is ſaving and cff-Quall 
faich. Whereas another man, that is not ſound- 
ly rooted , that is dividedthus, he takes Chriſt, 
bur it is notuponany good ground , but as the 
| Weather-cocke ſtands ſuch a way, while the 
wind blowes that way ; not becauſe the Wea- 
ther-cocke is fixed, (for when the wind turnes , 
the Weather-cocketurnerthroo : ) ſo, ſuch men 
cleavetoC un x 15$T, not becauſe they haye any 
200d ground , but becauſe they want remptati- 
| ons to acontrarie way : let temptations fromthe 
World come; kt therecome reafons that they 
knew not before; let there come new objeas, 
new allurements , which they knew not of be- 
fore, they will forſake Cnx 15s rT againe: but 
when the heart is fixed; when there is an An- 
| chortharholds the ſoule, though the ſhip wa- 
ver; When there is an Anchor to hold ir faſt , 
though it be much toſſed to and fro , though 


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Some men 
cleave ro 
Chriſt for 
want of 
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there bee much doubting , thou mayeft = 
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Of Effefluall Faith. 


. True faith nor 
without doubt- 
ings and fearcs 
ſometimes. 


Note. 


Doubring a 
1 figne ot a good 
| heart. 


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ſure it is.true and effeQuall faith. 

This poiat you muſt marke ; when Iſay it is 
effeua ir is no more but when it thus pitcheth 
onCHx 1s T, though there be ſome doubting : 
[cis ſo farre

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that which is but a name, a-ſhadow of it,"but 
is not ſuchathing indeed. Sozfaith is ſaid to be 


| effeRuall, when ir is true, reall,and ſabRanriall ; 


you know, there be empty clouds , wee ſee the 
heavens many times full of clouds, but there is 
no: rayne followes, they'are driven away with 


| rhe windes, they are empty clouds, they are not 


clouds indeed : ſo there is a great: ſhew of faith 
ſometimes ,” that makes a mari ſhew like theſe 
clouds, and yet it is vaineand'empty , norayne; 
followes. A counterfeit Piece, although ſhew 
to be good money, yet when wee finde itcoun-' 
terfeit, when we finde it clipr, we caſtit away :/ 


ſotrucfaith is ſaid robe effectiall, whenitisvp-/| 
Jam,2.17,26, 
the Chapter, the Apoſtle ſpeakes ro: that /pur- |** 


pofedto vaine faith ; In Jam.2; the latterend'of 


poſe, to ſhew the difference betweentrue faith, 
and dead faith, which is but the name of faith', 
but is not faith indeed; . 1 
Thirdly, athing is ſaid to be effeuall, when 
it lycth not idle-and till, but-is doing fome- 


2, 
| A thing is ef- 


fe&uall, nop- | 


poſition to 


that which is 
vaine and 
empty. 


Smile. 


Similts 


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A thing isfaid 
ro beeffeRu- 


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operative, 


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all, when itis |. 


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Of Effeftuall Faith. ; 


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When it goes 
thorow with 
the worke in 


hand, 


ching : asa Pylot ina Ship, hee ficceth nor ill 


there, if he doe fir ſtill and doe nothing, we may 
fay, he is an uneff:Quall P ylot, hee were as good 
not bee there ; ſo when faith lyes ſtill in the 
heart, aad is not ſtirred and moved, norſhewes 


 \ir(elfe inthe fruits of ir, this we ſay is uneffeRu- 


all faich ; whereas faith ſhould be inthe ſoule, 
as the ſoule is ia the body , which is neverthere 
in vaine, but till ic is ſtirring, and ſhewiog ir 
(clfe by motion , by ation, by doing ſomewhat 
or other. And in this ſenſe f4ih is faid ro bee 
effetuall, when it isa ſtirring faith , when ir is a 


inthe ſoule of man, 


Laft

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faith is ſaid to be effe. 
 Ruall, that goes thorow with the workeit under. 
takes ; that is , when it ſanQificth the heart 
thraughout in reſpec of parts, and throughout 
in regard of time ; when it brings a manto the 


{end of his falvation , when it carries a mantho- 


cow all impediments, when itleapes over all dif- 
ficultics ; ſo that a growing, prevailing, over- 
comming faith, that is ſaid to bee an effeQuall 
faich, ſuchafaichas leaves not the worke halfe 
| done ; ſuch a faith as leayes not the buildiog in 

the beginning, in the rudiments, bur ſetsitup, 


and puts the roofe upon it : ſucha faith, which, 


A _ thovgh 


lively and fruitfull faith, that is,doing ſomewhar- 


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though it may ſinke , asa Corke, fora time, yet | 


| perfeQs the worke of our ſalvation ; in this 
ſenſe faith mnſt be efFcQuall , and this differs 
from the other three : ſothat in theſe foure fen- 
ſes faith 1s faid to bee effednall

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wrath of God is, he isnot fit forthe Kingdome 
of Go Dp: butit hedoecometo Curisr, if 
he doe beginto belceve, he will goe back againe. 
Soa man is properly ſaid not to be fit for the 
Kingdomeof G o Dd, tillhe bethroughly hum- 
bled , till he have taſted the bitterneſle of finne , 
till he have felt what the Divels yoke is. As it 
was With the 1ſraclites ; put the cafe they had 
beene carryed out of Ezypr beforethe time that 
' they were, indeed they had not been fit for the 
Land of Canaan, becauſe they would have been 
ready to have turned backe in their hearts into 
' Egypt, and though the Lox Þ layd loade on 
them ,; though their yoke were hard ; though 
he cauſed them to wander up and downe long ; 
yet all was little enough ; ſtill they were linge- 


| ring after Ezypt * andif they had been taken out 


of Ezypt beforethe tale of Bricke was required of 


them , 


I, 


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them , without giving them ſtraw , beforethe 


, 


| would they have done 2 Might it not truely bee 
ſaidof them , they would not have been fit for 
Canaan? So inthis caſe, if a man will take Chrift, 
it is a laborious worke, as laborious as husban- 
dric ,. as laborious as putting the hand to the ; 
Plow, as taking the yoke. Now beforea man | 
| have felt how hard the yoke is that he bath al- 
ready, ( forthere be many that wearethe yoke 
of Satan, and ſcenohardneſle in it, butgocin a 
faire comſe, their conſcicnces are not wounded 
| with the ſenſe of their finnes, they never had af- 
| litions wherein they taſted the wrath of God ) 
alas, ſuch men may come to put their hand- to 
che Plow, but when they come to ſee what work | 
they have in hand, they goe backe , they arc not 
fic tor the Kingdome of Heaven. Tifl a man bee 
weary and heavieladen,with rhe burden of Satan ; 
tillhe ſec S.itans yoke to be intolerable, he will 
never continue under the yokeof CyuR15ST: 


ts + 2 * TIO 


a0 : this fitneſle is firſt required. 


but he wonld not continue there,, when hee was 
chereatthefirſt ; and lived as theother ſon did , 
becauſe he had not been abroad in the World, 
to finde the miſcrie of being away from his Fa- 
ther, he was never pinched with affliction, with 
want of meat ; till hee was from his Father, he 
never knew what it wasto beat his Fathers find- 


Taske-maſters had dealt hardly with them, wha | 


| 


Many weare 
Satans yoke, 
andfeelc it 
not heavie, 


cherefore lct us conſider whether we be fitted or | 


 Soagaine, wee may take cxamplefrom-the [17 che Prod 
Prodigall ſonney hee was in his Fathers houſe, 82 


— 


PV. | ing, 


ade k abit ws ale 44 - "" A 
#\ * ” id 
— _— "v5" 


20 Of Efetuall Faith. | 
ing, till he had his ſtocke in his owne hand ; hee 
was.not fir, and, we ſee, he continued not there : 
$6, takea man that is brought up in his Fathers 
Houſe, as it were, that hath taſted nothing but 
the ſweetneſle of the promitſes, and all is well 
with him ; he hath druake in the truth of the 
{| Menholdnor | Goſpell with his education ; you ſhall find , that 
| vihoncoun® | his will not uſually hold out : becauſe hechath 
| not found, what miſcrieit is tobe out of his Fa- 
thers Houſe, therefore he prizeth it not, ſuch an 
one is not fic to continue, heis unfit for the King- 
domeof Go D. Therefore the firſt thing that | 
| is required to make faith effeRuall, wherein the 
effeualneſle of faith conſiſts, by way of prepa- 
ration , to make way forir, is, when a man is 
ſoundly humbled and prepared, when it is fuck 
as will make him continue : you have a phraſc 
uſed, Rev,2.25. Hold fait till Tcomethat which 
thou haſt already, As if hee ſhould ſay , Many 
have hold of the Truth, they have hold of Crit, 
| |rhey have hold of the promiſes, but they hold 
them not faſt, they hold them a while, but they 
hold them not faſt till I come : To him that over. 
commeth, ec. and, himthat continueth to the end, 
| wif I make ruler over the Nations, &c.$S0, Ifay, 
till a man be thus made fir, he may take hold for 
a while, bur he ſhall not hold faſt till C&r:zff come, 
| but he will let goc his hold, becauſe he is not 
prepared with humilitie. This is thatwhich ts 
requizbd in that place I formerly named, Math. 
IO. 6

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his faith will not 
be effeuall. Therefore the ſecond thing where. 
intheeffeualneſle of taith conſiſts, is to have 
{ic well built in the minde and underſtanding of a | 
man, when he cleerely ſeerhthetruth of the pro 
| [miſe z thatheecan build upon it infallibly, For 


M your 


——m.. ] 


MM 


ME 


II, 
Whenthe un- 
derſtanding is 
clecre. 


1 
; 
(| 


3z 


Of EfettnallFaith,.. 


cl 2:7 


When a man 
is ſaid to be 
ell built. 


I. 
When he be- 
leeves the 
Scriptures in 
generall. , 


Do 
The promiſes 
in particular. 


A 


Application of 


{the offer of 


Chuilt, 


your better underſtanding of this, you muſt 


know that then a man is ſa1dto be well builr, ro 
be rooted and grounded-in faith , when hee hath 
the firſt groundright, that ſo hee proceeds from 


| oneto aaother,, that it isnota confuſed ſuperfi- 


cial{ knowledge, toalſenttotherruth, and pro- 
miſcs that are-delivered in the Word, butwhen 
heharh a ſure ground, the firſt ground, and che 
nexr, and fo he proccedsalong. As,forexample, 


| che firſtthingthara man muſt doe, is robclecve 


the Scriptures, to know that they arctruc and in- 


fallible, tharchey arethe ſure Wordof God, 
| whena man can ſay,thisI know, andthis I build 


opon. And beſides that, then we lookeupon the 
promiſes which the Scriptures containe, where- 


m Chriſt; andforgiveneſl: of finnes is offcred:; | 


Now ifthe firſt ground faile you, thatisthe bot- 
rome upon which the promiſes ſtand ; therefore 
havethatſure, when that is ſure, you muſt have 
the promiſes ſure; that is, you muſtconſider the 
ptomiſes, and examine them, and ſee if this be 
the ſenſe 'of the Scriptures, if there be ſo much 
light in you, as to ſay, I findeit fo, Ifindethe 
Scriptures true}, I bcleeve them , I finde theſe 
promifes in the Scriptures , I finde Chriſt 'of. 
fered to

~374 words

every creature under Heaven, I finde 
that I'have a warcantto take him ;- when a man, 


out of himſelfe, our of an inward principle, out | 


of his owne proper judgement ſeeth this, and is 


| convinced of the truth of this, rhatthe promiſes 


arc fo, and that they belong unto hin, thar hee 
may juſtly, upon good ground; appropriate the 


— ——Y 


Of EfeAuall Faith. 


———_— 


| cohimſelfe; ſorhat when he lookes round about 
{ him, and conſiders all the objeRtions that may 
| be made, yet he can anſwerallarguments; when 
| he fals downe,, andis fully convinced , and per. 
| fealy perſwadcd in his owne mince, when a 
{ man thus apprechends the promiſes, when his un- 
| derſtanding is rooted and grounded in the faith; 
[that is the ſecond thing wherein. the effecual: 
| neſſe of faith conſits : And we ſcethat deſcri- 
{ bed Epheſ: 2. Saiththe Apoſtle there, Tow are wo 

longer flrangers and forraizners, but Saints , of the 

| houfhold of God, and are built upon the foundation 

| {of the Prophets and Apoſtles , Jeſus Chriſt being the 
|-biefe corner fone. Marke, (ſaith be) youare built 

[upon the foundation ofthe 4poſiles and Prephers; 
| that is, you thatare Saints, muſt conſider what 

[ground you have to take that name to your 
| ſelves : Saith he, you are built upontke founda- 

tion of the Apoſtles and Prophets z:that is, you 
{are not built upon the foundation , upon the 
wordofa man, you are not built upon this Do- 
| Qrine that I teach, meerely becauſe I reach ir, but 
you are built upon the foundation of the Pro- 


| phers and Apoſtles deliverthis Doarine.- I, bur 
one may ſcekea further ground than that : What 
foundation have the Prephets and Apoſlles ? 
Saith he, CxarsT is the chiefe corner ſtone on 
whichthey arc built. So that when you have this 
tract of conſcquence, I ſee the promiſe 1s ſure: 
Why? Becauſc it is builtupon the foundation of 
the Apoſtles & Prophets, they have fares! 6: 

; M 2 ut 


{ phets. and Apoſtles: that is, you ſee the Pro-" 


To be buileup- 
on the founda- 
tion of the A- 
poſtles and 
-Prophets, 
what. 


—— 


SIE W_— = 
_ : 


4. HP "Rs "Wi ; > 
a "= 


Of Efetuall Faith... 


Particular 


But how ſhall I' know that they are ſure 2: Be- 
cauſe C un 15 r. himſelfe hath ſpoken by them, 


knowledge. 


hee is the chiefe corner ſtone :. when faith is thus 
as the Samaritans (aid, Fob. 4. 44, Webeleeve, not 


6&5 the Meſrias, and Saviour-of the World, Now,if 


Cunx1s Tthemſclves,when they ſaw him with 
rheir owne eyes, when they could ſay, in good 
earneſt, our of their owne knowledge , we know 


is ſuch a faith as will hold our. So, when a man 
doth onely rake aperſwafton cut of the gererall 
preaching of the World , without a certaine 
ground, it proves unefectuall faith ; but- when 
men beleeve, becauſe themſelves have ſeene, and 


| out of that knowledge can ſay, they know Chriſt 
to bee the Heſs/as ; when they know Cuxrsr 


ro bee theirs; when they -know CunrrsrmT to 


' [be the Saviour of the World; and fo, by conſe- 


quence, ofthem whichare a part ofthe World; 
thenthey may be truely faid to be built, tobee 
rooted and

~198 words

a thing that is before 


| hiseyes ; asa man knowes a thing of which hee 


doubs not : wee know, that although all tbe 
World bee againſt us ; though all the World 
runne another way z though all che World con. 


are of God, andthatall the World Iyeth in 
wickednefle. I fay , when a man holds out thus, 
when hc is put tothe triall, when a man knowes 
11 his owne knowledge , thatit is ſo, asS. Peter 
(ach to CHnnisrT, Jjoh.6. 68. many had taken 

Cuxr1sr, that went away againe. Saith Chriſk 
to his Diſciples, Wil you alſo goe away? Marke 
the anſwer that S. Peter gives : Noyſaith hez/41- 
ther ſhould we go? T hou haſt the words of eternall life, 
1 know and beleece that thou art Chriit, the Sonne 


impoſſible that I ſhould goe away, for I know 


[ haveanother manner of groand than they had : 
If I had no more ground than the reſt, I ſhould 
gocaway as well as they ; but I know and be- 


ſhouldever forſake thee, alchoughall ſhould for- 
ſakethee. This is to bee rooted and grounded 
in faith, in this ſecond ſenſe, when we ſee an in- 
fallible ground, a fare Rocke upon which our 
faich is built, and we are willing to adventure our 


| : M 3 our 


ſwaded of, butir is athin g that we know as cer- 


demne us for vaine men, idle men, fortrulting | . 
jlaCHnTsrT crucified; yer wee know that wee 


of the Lving GO D. As if he ſhould ſay ; Ir is, 


and beleeve ; thatis, I know upon good ground, | 


leevethat thouart Cnm 15s T, the Sonne ofthe | 
{living God, therefore ir is impoſſible that 1 


ſelves upon ir,to adventure our goods,our tiame, | | 


Joh. 6.63, 
opened, 


"_— 


Of Effeftuall Faith. 


| (werallarguinents, and all objeRions that may 
| bee brought againſt ir

~144 words

ſuch a manner, as that wee are knit 
and unitedto him. Thatthis is required: X 

" Firſt, I will ſhew.ir ia the generall : it-1s a 
point.that wee have often 1entioned. hereto- 


M 4 fore, 


—cK«. 


when weetake him ſo as to hold him, when wee 


| The third 
thing,wherein 
the efficacic of 
faith conhiſts 2 
rwotake Chit, 


T8 
( = | | 


—_ 


| 40 Of Efteltuall Faith. 

| {ore , but to all that Thave ſaid, I will adderthat 
Heb.ro2s, | in Heb, 10, 22. Let ws draw neere withe true heart, | 
opcacd. and full aſſurance of faith. Markit, ficſt there muſt | 
' ]beanaffuranceof faith, that is inthe underitan. | 
ding and mindeofa man, aad to that mult bee 
26ded drawing ncere, and thatis an act of the. 
will : for when wee arcaſſured of the truth of ' 
the promiſes, and have appropriated them to 
our ſelves, then followes rhe act of the will; } 
cherefore in verſe 38. of that Chap... it is ſaid, 
The juſt jball live by faith : but if 'eny-man draw | 
backe , my fonle ſhall have no pleaſure in him, Thar 
Ancitheſis , that oppoſition, that is madcin rhar | 
withdrawing of a mans ſelie fromGoDÞ, is op- 
poſcd to faich, ro drawing ncerc to him, when 
ama onely beleeveththe promites, bur ac- 
cepts ahd receives them. Now to doe this in a 
right manner , is thit whercig rhe cthcacic of 
farch doth piin« ipolly conſift. Now what is 
that? Iris rotake Chriſt, to draw neere to him 
inaright manner ; and then it is done, when 
you ſo take him, thatyou bring CHrisTinto | 
your hearts, ro dwell there

~450 words

That Chriſt may dwell in jonr bearts 
by farth : Tinat is, when there is an union made 
berweene Chritt and us, when hee comes into 
che heart, when hee dwels in us, and wee in him, 
when Chrift is ſo brought into our hearts , that } 
hee livesthere, and when weeare fo uniced to 
| him, thatwelive in him ; whenhe growes inus 
\ as the Vine inthe branches, and wee grow in 
hier, asthe branches in the Vine « when _— 
| ; at 


mM En 


——  w___ 


mm 


PO ks ——————————— 


Ms. 
ns. —— 


_ 


| rule over him, | 


{ inthe originall, z24/fgnificth toglew:if there 


—_— 


0 fi Fa 


will continue with him, Lwill live in him , and. 


Now when Chrift is intheheart, hee is not 
there tone purpoſe z bur, as S. Paniſaith, 7 hve in 
Chrift , and he in me. I ſay, when our taking of 
CxR-srT ſhallprocced ſo far, asro makethis | 
union betwixt us, therein this cfhicacie lycth ; 
when the heart is knit to him, as the ſoule of Jo. 
nathan wasto David, and whenCn x 1s 7 ſhall 
be knitto us againe, that wee ſhall bee content 
rolcave Father and Mother}, and to become one. 
ſpirit with him, as itis, Epb. 5. 23. Itisa fimi- 
litude exprefling the union betwixt Chriſt ape, 
the Church. 4 mes fball forſake Father and. 
Mother , and fhelclheevero bis Wife, The Word: 


bee avy conmnRtion-thar is neerer than other, | 
it is fignified inthat word * there is not a word 


rer conjunaion, than 't::e word there uſed for 

cleaving or glew ing, When a man ſhall forlake 

all, even Father and Moxlier, the deareft things 

inthe world , and ſhallcleave ro Chriſt, (& is a 

repetition of har is ſaid Gev, 4. 24+ concerning 

 Adaamand Zve,) when faith harhdonethis work, 

it isancifccoait faith. | 

. Bur yer adde this agzine, 4 man may take 


| 


Chriſt, aad teemeto draw neere to him, when | 


in altthe Greeke Language, that fignifietha nee» | 


4:5: it is done ouoffeare, & wiay —_— | 


- 


hath done this, then ir- is an effeQuall faich, 
when ir knirs and unites usto Cnnitt, as hee | 
faith, [will come in, apd ſap with him : Thi is, [| 


Rev. 3.20. 


Whar caking 


of Chriſt is 
effcAuall. 


Eph.s 23. 
opcucd. 


= 4 


-- 


4 


—_—_—C— 


_ 


"Of Effetluall Faith. 


i. 


"en _ii. i 


| 


We muſt draw 
necre our of 
love ta Chriſt, 


The fourth 
thing whcrem 


the cfhcacie of 
faith confiſts, 


- 


of tove to his, and nat aut of love to him, it may 


 bedone out of mi(-information, and miſtake; 
'\ but when wee draw neeretoGoD, anddoe ir 


out of love, ( put theſe two together ) that wee 
ſo take Chriſt, as that there is an unian made be- 
eweeſic us and him; and when it 1s done out of 
love; as that concirior. is putin, 1.T:m.1.5. The 
end of the Commandement ts l,veont of a pure heart, 
and a: 700d conſcience, and faith urftiencd. As it 
tce ihould ſay, There is a double kinde of faith, 
a falſe faith, and a faith that is not hypocricicall, 
, that is the word uſed in the Originall. Now, 


{ faith hee , the end of the Commandement is 


loye, 8&c, That is, allrhat God lookes for is ſuch 
a love as comes from a faith thar is unfeigned, 
that is not counterfeit. Herein. is faith ſcene not 
to bee counterfeit, if it beget love, and our of 
that Jove:weecleaveta Chrifte So thar this is the 


{ chird thing that ibakes fatth.efteAuall. 


Fourthly, faith is thea {aid to bee cffecuall, 


when it hath not onely done all this, when 


there isnot:onely a good preparation-made for 
it, Whenit is well built in the underſtanding, and 


| when the will hath thus taken Chriſt ; but there 


mult bee a further a, and thatis the turning 
ofthe wholeſoule , and aſeconding of it

~170 words

that repenteth ſhall be ſaved : fometimes , hethar 
beleeveth ſhall be ſaved: ſomerimes, he that obey- 
«tb (hall bc ſaved : you ſhall finde they promiſ- 
cuouſly , becauſe that when faitbiseffeauall ; it 
hath allthefe with it , ir purifieth- the-heart,, and 
bringeth forth fruit worthy amendment of life;Ther- 


fore this muſt be added, to ſhew' the efficatie of | 
faich; and;it this be wanting; tairh isrioveficau- 


ont 


all ; northar it can bedisjuyned from the other, | 


. | bur 


0&7 og roger 


5 Of Bfelluall Faith. = 


Y 
_——_ 


———_——.. 


God rryerh 
mens graces. 


<< — ——___——_——_@_—__—____ 
or 


| 


-:} whenmea leeme to take Chriſt, and to belceve 


| they will doe, whether rheic faith will worke or 


' | fearedtobe caſt outof the Synagogue, that is, 


| his Name, when they cameto endure bur fuch a 


| mandof Gop, when 


bur chat it is thar wherein it conſiſtcth with the 
reſt, | 
And therefore it is Go 0's uſuall manner, } 


inhim, hee putschem tothe tryall, ro ſee what 


no. Thus be did with 45r4bam,when he would 
prove him ; hc was a faithfull man before, Gop 
hadexp:rienceof him before, bue yethe would 
prove Abraham by offering his ſoane, and when 
he aw he did ic, he concludeth that he had faith : 
indeed it was a ſtrong faith, for it indured the 
tiyall. Iſav, Goo p willputmento it. So like. 
 wiſethole in 704.1 2.42. Many of the chiefe Ralers 
 beleeved in him, but they durſt net confeſſe him for 
feare of the Jewes , left thiy ſhould bee caft out of the | 
$yuagegee, There wasafaithin them, a taking of 
Chit ;bur when it came to thetryall, icheld not 
| our ; they durſt not confeſſe him, becauſethey 


when they came to ſuffer a lictle for Chriſts fake , 
| when they came toſuch an aQion as confefling 


thing as ta be caſt out of the Synagogue, c 
 forſooke him , which ſhewed that their 20 He 
was uncfieQuall, So that, let a man feeme to 
' have allthe otherthree, yer when thepraiſe of 
| men ſhall 990 199 8 7 area Com- 
_ ow him tadoe 
any to part any is dearce to 
him, hedid {brabom, Ares, Jer workenot, 


if his faith hold notont in therryall, her fart a- 


frat, 


f 


{ 


\- 
| 


"Of Bfeftuall Faith. 


fide , Like a brokes Bow, it is not eff ecuall faith.So 
you ſce the things whercin the efficacie of faith | 
conſtſterh, Bens : | 
| Firſt, mtheſoundneſſe of the preparation. ' 
_ Secondly, when the minde apprehends the 
promiſes , and ſecs good ground topitch upon 


them. 


bring Chriſt intothe hearr,(ſothar Chriſt lives 
us) and that out of love. 


conclade that your faith iscffeRuall. 


It is made cffccuall by the Spiricof Go Þ, it 


Thirdly, when the will ſo takes.Chriſt, asto | 


in 


| 


And fourthly , when faith worketh , and that 
in the time of tryall, when God ſhall putus ro it. 
I ſay, when you findtheſe fonre things, you may 


The laſtthing I propounded, is to ſhew how | 
this is wrought, how our faith is made effeQuall. 


is 


not 1a eur owne power, wee are not ableto be- 


againſt it, the ſpirit in us reſiſts it ; ſothar,, 


no man is able ro beleeve. | 
You may thinke, when you ſee ſach 


leeve, nay, weare ſo farre

~213 words

with the things that I: ſhew | 
you, andthis istheteaching of G.o-D. There is 


thatis, when Go » ſhall enable a man to ſee 
things in good carneſt; otherwiſe it will be:'but 
as a manthat ſees a thing, when his minde is 
upon another matter: : ſo , wee ſhall ſee, and 
not ſee + but when the Holy Ghoſt ſhall fhew 


our hearts will bee minding other -matters ; 


- —_— I —_o_— 


feQts you. And ſoin Job.14.21.ſaithCunisr, | 


you theſethings, youſhall fee indeed; till rhen |, 


One heare oft enough of theſe things , bur 
| 


Joh#4-31, _ 
opened. . 


Jer.31-33, 
opened. 


Teaching of 
God;whar, 


--- — — ____ ſome - _ 
. 


- 


"Of EfeluallFaith. 


chart rheſe 


a. 


This alſo muſt 
foc wrought by 
che Spirit, 


of rhe Spirit 
rought rwo 
WAayCS. 


he 
By cleari 
Ithc promiſes, 


| ſomeabour their profits,,and ſore their plea-- 


3 
By aſſuring us . 


chings arg oury. 
4 


The reftimony » 


 fures, &c. but when-the Holy Ghoſt ſhall.ſhew 
you theſethings ; that is, when heepreſenrs them 
cous, that draweth the heart from minding 0- 
cher things, to ſecke after C uz 15.T, to longat- 
terhim , andnotto content your ſclycs, till you 
be uaited ro him. | 
Bue,. beſides this, there is-a-third 'a&-of the 
Holy Ghoſt, by which hee workesit, and ma- 
keth this faicheff:uall, and that is theteſtimo- 
ny that the Spirit givesto our ſpirits,.telling us,. 
chat theſe things arc ours: when the heart is pre- 
pared

~383 words

ſpeaking to your hearts, as wee 
doe to your cares, and faying ; Come and take 
Chrift , no man will come. Wee ſee, Chriſt ſaid 
ro his Apoſtles, Follow mee : and preſently they 
followed him ; (for it was not the outward 
voyce that did it, there was a ſecret voice 
within ) ſo when Gop ſhall callmen to take 
Cunr1sr, then they doe it , butnot before. 


AQ, 3.59. 


Thar word that is uſed, Lsk, 14. 23. Gor and 
COMPELL them to come in, that my houſe , 
may bee full , it intimates a great backward- | 
neſſe in us. When men are compelled , ir 
ſhewes, that not onely the argumentsare ſtrong. 
and forcible , burthatthere is a greatbackward- | 
neffe in men, that they muſt (as ir were) bee 
conſtrained, that they muſt be pur on it by force , 
and againſt their will ; ſuch is the unaptnefſe 
thatis in men. Ry 

So, ſaith Or tsT, no man comes tome, except 
the Father draw him, That phraſe of the Holy 
Ghoſt ſhewes, that there is an extrewe back- 


(as it were) they will not doe it : notbur that 


wardnefſe, that, if they be not forced to come | 


Luk. 14-23, 
opened. 


Thatmen are 
compelled to 
come in, what 
ir unplies. 


What is imply- 
ed bydrawing, 
Joh. 6. 44+ 

: opened, 


when a man is once wronght upon by the Hhl 
is ufed onely to ſhew that backwardnefle "far 


ms 


N3 


CO 


Ghoſt, he commerh of himſelfe; butthat pM 


r 


0. <A © &- AAS Fs nd. 


Of Efttluall Faith, = 


How the Holy 
Ghoſt draweth, 


SRI ons clonal Fa. & + namely, 


hath Wrought upon the will, and hath turned 
that, then a man commerh upon his owne legges, 
and is moved from an inward principle of his 
owne; therefore menare ſo drawze, that withall, 
they runne after bim, as it is, Cant, 1. but it ſhewes 
this ching, for which I have uſcd ir, that rhere is 
a wondrous backwardneſle inall of us by nature, 
and chat this mult be done by a great work of the 
Spirit. 

Therefore the Apoſtle Paul, in. Epheſe 1. inall 


isin man by nature. For when the holy Ghoſt | 


the former part of the Chapter, tothe 1.8. Verſe, 


having declared the great myſtery of ſalvation, | 


he takes himſelfe up onthe ſudden,. and begins to. 
think with himſelfe, though, I ſhew youall this, 
it is ro no purpoſe, if G 0 D ſendnot the ſpirit of 
revelation, &c» Therefore he lifts up his heart ro. 
God,beſceching him to give thern the ſpirit of reve-. 
lation,, toopen the eges of i heir undcritanding, that 


they might ſee the hope of their calling, and the riches.|| - 


of their inheritance withthe Saints.,S9.ſhould Mi-., 


| nilters.learne to doe, to-pray.for the people, thar 


G © D wouldinfuſe, and ſend his Spirit into their 
hearts, that they may bee able to perceive theſe 


. [things effeQually, with a right appreheaſionto 


ſcethe ſecretsof G6 O D inthem : you alſo ſhould 
gocto G OD, andbeſeech him to help you with 
his Spirit, that ſo you may bee able to apprehend 


theſe things, and that they may be powerfull, to 
woxkthe ſame thing, for which wee deliver them | 


to you :. and ſo wee have ſhewed youthelſe three 


m 


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VP 


a 


z 


—— 


Of Efetinall Faith, 


in ſhewing you why ir is called effetuall faith. | 


Secondly,wherein the efficacie of faith conliſts : 
azd thirdly

~137 words

for them that love | 


| him. Now if faith bee not effectuall, there will 
-| beenolove ; andif love bce neceſſarily required, 


God cannot accept that fairh thar is incffectuall. 


N4 Apaine, 


01 
s 
DE — — 


4- 
Why God will 
acceptno faith 
but that which 
is effeRuall. 


I. 
Becauſe elſe ir 
is not faith, be- 
cauſe itis dead. 


- Smile. 


2 
Becauſe ſuch 
faith hath no 
love. 
Rom.$.292, 


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56 


tt. 


" Of Effetluall Faith, | 


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3+ - 
| Becauſethe Di- 
vels haveſuch 
a faith. 


4 
Becauſe it 
works no mor- 
rification, 


Fo 
Becauſe elſe 
Chriſt ſhould 
loſetheendof 
his commin 
into the world. 


E. 
Good works 
| arethe way to 
falyation. 


| Againe, if G@ D ſhould accept ofa Faith that 
is incffetuall, the Divels have ſuch a Faith, by 
which they apprehend the Word, anda Faith 
| chat briogs forth effects: for they feare and trem- 
ble; but this is not the Faith thar purifyeth the 
= rt, itis-not an effeCtuall, itisnot a purging live- 
wes 5: 7. 

Againe, Chri#' receives none but them that de- 
ny themfelves,and are willing to take up their croſſe | 
and te follow him, that mortifiethe deeds of the bady 
by the Spirit, Now an incffectuall faith doth nane 
of theſe, and therefore that faith that ſaycth,muſt | 
be a working faith, orelſe theſe things ſhould not 
be neceſſarily required. 

Againe, it was Chrifts end in comming into the |. 
World, That he might deſtray the workes of the Di- 
well, and for this end hathtbegrace of God y—_ 
that men ſhonld deny ungodlineſſe and worldly *” : 
and for this end did he give himſelfe, 70 purifie to 
himſelfe a people Fealews of goad works, He comes to 
beaKig, as well as a Saviour, to ruleamong his 
people, ro have men obey him, which could nor 
| be,if faith werenoteffeQuall,ifirdid nor purifie the 
heart,and enable mentodeny all worldly luſts,4»d 
to live faberly, righteouſly, and godly inthis preſent 
world, 

And laſt of all, good workes are required of 
neceflity

~1,514 words

make ſome Uſe of what hath beene 
aid, 

Firſt, if God accepts no faith bur that which is 
effectuall, ir ſhould reach us not robe deceived in 


a matter of ſo great moment ; It ſhould teach us to| , 


look ta our faith,to conſider whether ir be a right 
faithor no. If amanhave Evidences upon which | 
his lands,and whole eſtate cependeth,if one ſhould | 
come, and tell himthat they were falſe Evidences, 

it would affet him;he would,at the lcaſt,be ready 
tolooke, and to examine them : and yet theſe are 


matters of leſſe mament, 
If one bee told that his Corne is blaſted, that 


all the Trees in his Orchard aredead, that all his | 


money is counterfeit , a man would looke even 
ro theſe things ; aman would have that which 
heehathto be ſound, and not counterfeit : and 
ſhallnot wee then looke to the faith that we have, 


ſeeing 6G O D acceptcth none unleſſe it be ſound, 
wry des there is ſo much counterfeit fairh in 
the World. It ſhould teach ustolooke abour us, | 
and conſider what our faith is : For as S. Jemes | 
faith , Faith without workes cannot fave = | 

What 


4 


Mar.26.35,36. 


#ſer. 
Totry ourfaith, 
whetheric be - 
ound. 


Simile, 


Su 


"Of Efeftnall Faith. © 


Exod 34 6,7. 


what availethit, my Brethren, if a'man ſay hee hath 
faith, and hath not workes, can his faith ſave him ? 
So1 ſay toevery man, in ſuch a caſe'; thouthar 


thinkeſt thou haſt faith, if there -bee not workes 
roo, if it bee not cff<Ruall, if ir bee nota lively 
faith, will ſuch a faith ſave thee © If a man 
ſhould come and ſay to one thar-bragges of the 
Balſome or Drugges-which hec hath, (that are 


| dead, and have loſt their cfficacie) Will ſuch a 


Balſome heale thee * If a man have a guilded 
Target, made of Paper, a man may ſay to him, 
"Will that Targer defend thee 2 And ſo I ſay, 
whena man hath acounterfeit faith, Will ſuch a 
faith as this ſave thee £ It will not ſave you ; you 


ſed with a falſe dreame, but, whenyou are awa- 
ked, you will finde that youaredeceived. Learne 
therefore to conſider of your faith, to ſee if it bee 
effcQuall. | 

When the Lord proclaimed himſelfe to bee a 
mercifull G O D, forgiving iniquity tranſereſsion, 


and ſinne.,, yet it isadded, Hee will not hold the 
wicked innocent. So, when we have ſaid ſo much 
of faith, and that faithſaverth ; yer know, thavir 
muſt beea working faith'that faveth us': Itmuſt 
bee ſuch a faith as-purifyeththe heart, ir muſt bee 
ſuch a-faith that may ſhew it ſelfe in fruits wor- 
thy amendment of life. And thercfore ' Saint 
James raketh ſo much paines in thiscaſe, as you 
ſhall finde in his firſt Chapter, and-the begin- 
ning of the ſecond ; hee layeth downe rules, and 


| tels them, that if they 'keepe the whole _—_ 
L and j 


| 


— mtr O_o 


”_—— "TO Go cw — 


_— - 


may pleaſe your ſelves init , as a man is plea- 


| 


i As firſt; fairh he,if 4man ſhould ſ toon; Bee 
| warmed, or Be filled ; as this is-butvaineliþerality, 


| faith, and Ihave workes, jbew mee thy faith by thy 
| workes.. - That is, if a:man have-faich;«hee will 


| vertue,- let it ſhew it, by attraRting the-yronto it: 
| So,if thy faith be effeuall, ſhew irby thy works : 


| O— 


” Of 8fecftuall Paith. by: 


59 


and yet faile 1n one point, they are guilty ofthe 
whole. BET 

Now. having dealt ſo ſtrictly, ſome might bee 

ready to obje&; Godis mercifull, and I ſhall be ſal 

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vedrhrough farth, : . | 
It is true, (faith hee) if you have a right fairh, | 
you ſhall be ſaved by-it3: bur yer know this, thar 
unleſſe your faith bee ſuch a- faith as enableth you 
to doe what I ſay, it isa faith'that will doe you 
no good, itwyl not: fave you-: for though faith 
ſayerth you, yet 4t muſt. bee ſuch a faich as wor- 
keth : And that he; proveth by many arguments; 
( it is a place worth the'conſidering,and fit for this 
purpoſe) I ſay he uſeth ſome arguments to prove, 
on thar faith which: is not effetuall ; will :nor 
Javeus. ..'/ *: tn V2: 2110" 


whenas yet a: man doth nothing ;. ſo,;for a mano 
profeſſe that he beleeveth in Chriſt, and yerdoth 
nothing for him;icis a vaipe faithi: ,-/' 17 '-- 7 

--- Secondly, Some man might. ſay,. Thou ha## 


ſhew.it by his workes. As if he ſhould have ſaid, 
If the Sunne beethegreateſt-lighr, ler ir. give the 
greateſt ſplendor ; . If rhe Load- ſtone be of ſuch a | 


that is? if thy faith bee a truefaith , it muſt beea | 
working faith, or elſe it is nothing, Ge#will not 


accept Its þ 


Thirdly, 


05je. 


Anſ*y. 


Fivearguments 
of Sainr 7ames 
againſt work- 
lefſe faith, 


2, Truefaith is 
working, 


Note. 


i@.--4 . 
<4 ner OE ARA. ds hs worry 


| 


| GO 


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3 
The Divels 
have ſucha_ 
faith. \ 


| 


4. 
None were &- 
ver juſtified 
without works, 


n 
Itisa dead 
faith. 


| Thirdly; unleſſe itbe a working faith, an cffe- 
cuall faith, The Divels have the ſame: T how belee- | 
veſt that there is one Godz the Djvels do the ſame,and 
tremble, FS 

Fourthly , if any man could bee juſtified by 
faich without workes, Abraham might have been 
ſo juſtified ; but CA4brehamn was juſtified by his | 
workes ; that is, by ſuch a fairh as had workes 
joyned with it. And not Abraham only, but Ra- 
hab, (that is another example : for ir might be ob- 
jeted, Abraham indeed beleeved, and was juſtifi- 


cd by workes, - but Rabab had no workes, ſhe was 
: a rs and therefore was juſtified by | 
aith : 

To this therefore he anſwereth, that) ſhze had 
works,or elſe ſhe could not have bin ſaved, unleſle 
ſhee had ſucha worke as thatin ſending away the 
Meſſengers, ber faith could not have juſtified her. 
Indeedthat was a great worke ; for ſheadventured 
LEES ob cre 

And laſtly, faith he, «s the boay withont rhe 
ſoule , is « dead body, a ſtinking carrion, there is no 
preciouſneſſe, nor no excellencie init ;-ſo f4i#h 
without workes is dead. Therefore looke to your 
faith ; doe not thinke thac afaith that meerely 
taketh CHRIST, and beleeverh in him, thar it 


isa faiththar ſhall juſtifie you, Ler all rhefe ar- 
guments perſwade you, that if it bee not awor- 
king faith, ir ſhall doe you no- good. Therefore 
let this be the firſt Uſe, to conſider your faith, 
| . | - 

whether it bee effeQuall orno, by the working 


) of it. 
| The | 


0 fetal Fanb. 


' 
at x 4 xx et ed 
—_ - 
6 e, 
g 


* The ſecond Uſethat _ may wakeotf it, is 
this ; Hence wee-ſbonld learne to judge: of-our 
eſtares and conditions, by the efficacie of our 
faita: for, if no faich be received, but that which 


| working of our faith. | 


Agence, if God acceptno faith but that which | 


| fecyeall chat ſay they have faith, nor to beleeve. 
all thoſethar ſay chey havenone. As for thoſe: 
| tharfay thry have nofaich, yet if we ſcethe fruits | 
-of faith in them, that they have thoſe things thar 
faith brings forth : If -youſec a man that com- 
planneth hee bekeeverh nor; yet if hee love the 
[Saints ; if hee cadevour to keepe Ga Ds com- 
mandements z4fheecontinuenct in aty knowne | 


nor. £0 ſleight them ; certaincely, thisman hath 
 þfaith z for wee fide the effects of it there : al- 
\thaughbce have loſt: oneaRtofihis faith; which 
1s the comfortable aflurance ofa good eſtate; yet 
\if the ficſt at, by which-he reſteth 


t5cffcuall, then x behooves-us to looketo the 


is cffaull, hence wee may learne alſonottobe=| &1.hey hve 


finne , if heedoc notdare to-omit holy duties , | 


upon Chraft, |< 


#hſes. 


To gadge our 
conditions by 
the efficacic of 
our faith, 


Not to be- 
leeveall that 


faith, nor all 
that ſay they 
have none, 


ARof faith 
double, 


and by which becakath Chriſt eohimſclfe 4, b 
there , wee may: conclude there is faith, WW 


theſe fruics in aman, wee meyboldlyfay, hee 
hath faich, thoughihehathnot-ſuch a refleRac, 


weeſceſmoke , and feole heat, weelay , thene is | 
. [fare , thoughwee fceeno flame : ſo,whenweekee | 


as co iknaw- himfclfe that hoe hath it , and {lo —_ 
{to have a comfortable afſurance: of his condi- Q 


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. Ontheotherfide ;.5f aman faith, heeknow:; none 


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| 62 


"Of Efettuall Faith. 


Siavile. 


a te 


eth and-is perſmaded , that hisfinnes are forgi- 
ven, his conſcience is at reſt, and yet for all this, 


"4 wee fiade no workes, I ay, this man hath not 


faith : for there wants the efficacie of it : Sothat 
as the two ſonnes-in the Goſpell-; one ſaid hee 


1] would goc into the Vineyard, anddidnor; the 


other faid, he would not goe, yetafterwards he 


| repented, and went: ſoit is with theſe two , the 
.| one ſaith, kee hath no faith , and yer for all that, 


we fee, hee doth the things that faithrequireth, 
weſcethe efficacie of faith in him. Againe, the 


| other ſaith, he hath faith, and yet doth not bring 
'| forth the fruits of faith, he doth not ſhew the ct- 
| ficacie of faith ia his life , the one hall bee juſti- 
'] fied, the other ſhall be condemned, 4 


As: when wee take two. Drugges , or two 
| Pearles, &c. the one hathloſt his colour, ſeemeth 
witheredand dead, ſothat to the outward view , 
it hath loſtall, yer irhath irs efficacie ſti}, that 


| fuchathing ſhould have; the other lookes very 
4 faire, and hath a right colour and ſmell, but ir 


hath no efficacie in it ; wee ſay,, one is alively 
-Drag.,; anda good one, andthe other acounter- 
 feitz ſo, when one man complaines, that he hath 


| nograce, thartheeisan hypocrite, and yet hee 
brings forth: fruit worthy amendment of life, 

_ - ' -þ and wee ſeethe working of his faith ; Tay, this 
”*., Fiscuefaith : Onthe otherfide,, hee that makes 
1-- - | aſhew offaith, and yer wantsthe cfficacicofit, 

_ -/ | heethathino faich. Wee ſhould learne-thus to 
-::,1.--| judge, when men profefle they have faith, and 
fs NE ivnotbyrheir workes. Ic ſhouldreach 


both 


—_ ——_— _ _— 


— 


OO ———_—_ 


Of Effetluall Faith. 


both civill men and Hypocrites-ro know their | 
eſtates : for it diſcoverethr both. For when the 
civill man-commeth;,. and fecth that hee: doth | 
much of the ſecond Table, and little of the firſt ;, 
and the hypocriteagaine, doth much ofthe firic, 
andlittle of the ſecond , let them conſider thar 


Commandements : it workes a generall change. 
And as this istrue, for the ſubſtance, ſo it is alſo | 
for degrees: for, if Go Þ accepts oncly effeQu- 
all faith, then ſo-much efficacie, and ſo much | 
| workingas you finde inany man , ſo much faith 
there is. Ii chere be no workes, there 1s no faith ; 
if rhe workes be few, the faith is a languiſhing 
faith , if the workes be many, the faith is grear 
and ſtrong. Thatis the ſecond Uſe wee ſhould | 
_ | make, tolcarne to judge aright of eur ſelves and 
others. | 
Thirdly, if ic be onely an effeuall faith which 
Godaccepteth, then this juſtifieth our DoQrine 
againſt che Papiſts, that ſay, we teachthar onely

~316 words

They ſay that faith and workes | 
| bothare required tajuſtific z wee ſay , that no- 
thing is required but faich, and that workes fol- 

low faith : we ſay, faith indeed is working , and 


produceth- ſuch effes , ſo that, whereas they 
ſay faith and workes ; wee ſay faith onely, but ir 
muſt bean cff:uall faith, a working faith. | 
If they objz<rhat place of S. Fames, Wee are ner 
Jait;fied by faith , but by workes. | 
I anſwer, that there is adoublec juſtification ; 
there is a juſtification of che perſon ; ſo was 4- 
braham juſtified by faith, as S. Pawlexpreficth it, 
Roms. 4 But then there is a ſecond juſtification, a 
juſtification of the faith that 4br<ham had , hee 
juſtified his faith by his workes, he ſhewed that 
he had not adead faith, a liveleffe faith, a faith 
without workes, but that he had a lively effeu- 
all faith : forhe added workes to his faith, his 
works wroughttogether with-his faith. So that, 
if the queſtion be , Whether Abraham was an 
hypocrite? His workes juſtified him that he was 


| zfinner-e His faith juſtificth him , and'ſhewes | 
that he was made righteousthrough faith. So, 

| there isajuſtification of the perſon, anda juſti. 
fcation-of the faich of the perfon : as when a 
manisſatdto juſtific ſuch an ation, or' fich a 
cauſe, rhemeaning'\is not, thathe will make that 
juſt; whichwas unjuſtbetore, but he willmake ic 
| appeatctobrjuſt ; ſo -Abrehow was declared to 


| haveajubtifyingfainh;byetat powerand efficacie | 
LPT; 365 | Mi 


— . ©. 


——_—_—_ 


4 Of Efettuall Faith, 


it wrought in him,in offering up his ſon. 
Againe, itis objected our of that place,thar by 
works faith is made perfed , therefore it ſecms that 
faithis nothing alone, ifworkes bce not joyned 
with it. | | 
I anſwer, that when it is ſaid that faith 'is 
made perfe& by workes, themeaning is , thar 


| faith is made good by workes ; the perfection 
of faith is declared by workes. As one that 
profeſſeth that hee hath an Art, and that hce 
is able to doe this and that; if he doe the worke 


artificiall worke , by that hee maketh good 


wherein his Art is ſhewed, if hee make any | 


his Art. Or, as when wee ſay, theſe Trees are 


not dead Trees. Now, the Tree is made perfect | 
by the fruit ; fo faith by works is made perfect. | 
Not that workes put life into faith ; the ſappe 
mult bee firſt inthe Tree, and then ir bringerh 
' | forth fruit : ſothere muſt firſt bee a life in faith, 
and then it bringeth forth workes. So that, 
when we ſay that faith is made perfe&t by works, 
the meaning is, that workes declare faith ro bee 
right, as the fruit doth declare the Tree to have 
appe. 
Againe,ifitbe objeed,(asitis by them) thar 
| workes and love, 8c

~200 words

expreſſion of life in it, ſucha faith is 


ofno worth. 

But you will fay, If wee bee not juſtified by | 
works,to what end are good works required ? 

I anſwer, there is end enough, there are mo- 
tives enow : is not lovea ground ſtrong enough | 
ro bring forth good workes £ Whenthis obje- 
&ion was made to S. Pasl, Rom, 6. If Grace a- 
bound, why may wee not finne the more ; for 
Grace aboundeth, as ſinne aboundeth - hee 
might eaſily have anſwered ; Except you doe 
good workes, you cannot bee ſaved : bur he ſaith, 
How can wee that are dead to ſinne, live any longer 
therein? Thatis, when a man is oncein Chriſt, 
there will- bee ſuch a change wrought in him, 
thar hee ſhall finde CHRIST killing finne in 
him, and hee ſhall bee raiſcd againe to newneſle 
of life, inſomuch, that he muſt of neceſſity doe 
it; there will be love in Nis heart, that will ſer 
him aworke, that will conſtraine him : there- 
fore ſaith he, are you not baptized into Chri##s 
death * That'is, whenamanisin CHRIST, he 
is deadto finne, as CHRIST died for him: ſo 


| that, | 


"I 
ear ot 


{ Notin you, 


Of Efteuall Faith. 


67 


that though there bee no ſuch motives, as for a 
man to get Heaven by his workes ; yet upon 
the taking of Chriſt, there isa love planted inthe 
heart,there isachange wrought in the heart, ſo 
that there is an aptneſſe in it rodoe good workes ; 
ſo that now a man delighteth in the Leawof G O D 
concerning hi inward man : hee defires nothing 
more than tobeimployed init, it & his meat and 
drink to doe the willof God. Is not this enough to 
move us ? 

Againe, though good workes bee

~244 words

or elſe you cannot be ſaved; ſothar except | 
you haverepented, except you havelove as well 
as faith,except there bea change of heart,Chriſt is | 


| 
2, Godrewards 
according t9 
our works. 


3.Good workes 
necellary, 
though nor to 
Juſtification. 


0 2 | wel 


66 


Of Effetluall Faith. 


—_—_ 


. Aafw. 
What meant. 
by theſe words 
Faith without 
works is dead. 


- 


OvjeA. 4. 


Anſw. 
Why good 
works are requi= 
red, ſceingthcy 
juſtifienor. 


I. They evi- 
dence our right 
in Chriſt, 


miſſe: for the ſcope of itis this; as a ſouleleſſe bo- 


deth it ; ſoisa workeleſſe faith : The meaning is 
not, that workes are as the ſoule, and faithas the 
body ; but, as a man, when he lookes upona car- 
caſſe,and ſeeth nolife in it,no pulſe,no motion,no 
ſenſe,ſuch abody isnothing worth : ſo when wee 
ſcea faith without motion, that hath no pulſes, 
that hath no expreſſion of life in it, ſucha faith is 
ofno worth. 

But you will fay, If wee bee not juſtified by 
works,to what endare good works required ? 


tives enow : is not lovea ground ſtrong enough 
to bring forth good workes £ Whenthis objc- 
ion was made to S. Panl, Rom. 6. If Grace a- 
bound, why may wee not finne the more ; for 
Grace aboundeth, -as finne aboundeth 2 hee 
might eafily have anſwered ; Except you doe 
good workes, you cannot bee ſaved: bur he ſaith, 
How can wee that are dead to ſinne, live any longer 
therein * Thatis, when a man is once in Chriſt, 


thar hee ſhall finde CHRIST killing ſinne in 
him, and hee ſhall bee raiſcd againe to newneſle 
of life, inſomuch, thathe muſt of neceſſity doe 
it; there will be love in Nis. heart, that will ſet 
him aworke, that will conſtraine him : there- 
fore ſaith he, are you not baptized into Chri#s 
death * That'is, whenamanisin CH RIST, he 


is deadto finne, as CHRIST died for him: ſo 


| 


To this Ianſwer z they take the compariſon a- | 


dy is nothing worth, it is dead,and no man regar- 


| 


IL anſwer, there is end enough, there are mo- 


there will: bee ſuch a change wrought in him, , 


that, [ 


Of Efteuall Faith, 


67 


that though there bee no ſuch motives, as for a 
man to'get Heaven by his workes ; yet upon 
the taking of Chriſt, there isa love planted inthe 
heart,there is achange wrought in the heart, ſo 
thatthere is an aptneſle in it todoe good workes ; 
ſo that now a man delizhterh inthe Leawof G O D 
concerning his inward man : hee defires nothing 
more than tobeimployed init z it i his meat and 
drink to doe the willof God. Is not this enough to 
move us 2 

Againe, though good workes bee not required 
for Juſtification, yet this may beea motive : God 
rewards us, he chaſtens and afflits us according 
to our workes: 1 Pet.1-15. Wee call him Father, | 
that judgeth every one according to his workes : 
Thatis, if our workes bee good, hee is ready to 
reward us; if weefaile, hee is ready to chaſtiſe | 
us, as a Father doth his children : therefore let 
us paſſe the time of our dwelling here withfeare, So 
that the Saints, after they are in the ſtate of grace, 
they may contrad a kinde of guiltineſfe unto | 
them, ſo that they may make their Father angry, 
they may- fecle many effects of his diſpleaſure, 
though they ſhall not loſe his favour for ever: and 
the more our good works are, the greater is our 
reward. 

Againe,we require good works of neceſſity as 
wellas the Papiſts: we ſay, you muſt have good 
works

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you have repented, except you havelove as well 
as faith,except there be a change of heart,Chriſt is | 


{ notinyou. | 
| -" F49 | We) 


2, Godrewards 
according t9 
our works. 


3.Good workes 


I I— Eng —_—  ECECIFET 


—_— — 


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68 


— 


Of Effetluall Faith. © | 


—— 1 


Different riſe 
of good works 
in 1'apiſts & us. 


An hypocrite 
cannot dac 

things out of 
love to God. 


Uſt4. 
Tolabour to 
grow infairth 
and afſurance. 


Rs MG As ed ef ae OI", 


1becofno worth. For, take any naturall man, he 


| from love,if it be not a fruit of faith, 1f'a maz give 


Werequire good works with the ſame neceſ- 
ſity, onely they have a different riſe, they riſe 
from different grounds. When the Papiits arc 
asked; What ſhould move a man to doe good 
works? They ſay,it is by way of merit,to gethea- 
ven ; and that is it that maketh all their workes to 


that hath the moſt impure heart, may not hee, to 
eſcape Hell, and to get Heaven, doeall the works 
the Papiſts require,and for the ſame end that they 
require them © May heenot give Almes, &c. 2 
Bur to doe it outof love, that is a thing that no | 
hypocrite is able to reach unto: And therefore 
wee ſay, that the meaneſt worke,even thegiving 
of a Cuppe of cold water, is a good worke, if it pro- 
cced from love : whereas, take the faireſt work, 
that harh the greateſt glory and ſplendour, 
though it bee a Martyrdome 3 if it come not 


his body to bee burned, aud give all that he hath to 


_ God accepts it not, So much for the third 
Ule. FP 

The fourth Uſe that wee ſhould make of it, is 
this : If nothing bee accepted, bur that faith 
that is «ffecuall, wee ſhould learne hence, that 
if wee will grow inability to worke, if wee will 
grow in obedience, wee

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hold, and till then, they 
areinvaine. - | | | 
And ſo againe, this ſhould teach us, ſeeing all | 7,10 rofith 
depends upon faith, when weecome to ſearch, | inour ſearch. 
to conſider what aſſurance we have, that ſo wee 
may goe the right way to worke. For common- | 
ly, when we conſider our eſtates, we looke what 
fruits wce have, what ſincerity hath appeared in 
our life, and if wee finde that weake, wee com- 
monly conclude, that our faith is weake alſo ; 
and fo the weakneſle of our ſanRification weake-! 
ncth our aſſurance ; but wee ſhould goe another 
way to worke : When we finde a weakenefle, we. - 
ſhould goe to the promiſes, and ſtrengthen our 
O 4 aſſurance | 


TIES HIER A AI TERS. 3 A MEAL D_— CO EAI 


72 


"Of Effetlvall Faith: 


I In "CE 


Two wayes to 
increaſe aſſy- 
rancc. 


Smile, 


——_— 


aſſurance : for there be two wayes to increaſe aſ- 


ſurance : 


One is by the promiſes,the ſure word,on which 
ban 
The ſecond is by the fruits of ſanctification in 
our ſelves. © | 
Now, when we finde theſe languiſhing, wee 
ſhould goctothe firſt; and the other will be in- 
creaſed by ir. Faith worketh in you ſanctificati- 
on,and maketh youtobeleeve the promiſe. As ex- 
erciſe begets health,and wearc made fit by health 
for exerciſe: or asadts beget habirs,and habits are 
means to exerciſe thoſe adts : So afſurance,groun- 
ded uponthe promile, it enableth, andinlargeth, 
and increaſeth ſanctification,and ſanRification in- 
creaſeth afſurance : but firſt ſee faith,and then the 
other as fruits of it : If you finde a weakenefle in 
* anRification, labour to ſtrengthen your 
faith,and that will increaſe it: for 
that is the ground 
__of all. 


S. - 


FINIS, 


| 


© 4) OI 4s. eto abi. Bott + IDES. Lat AS vs oo os 


—_ 


| Of fill Fath © 


EFFECTUALL 
FAITH, 


The third Sermon. 


1 Taz J-Þ 
Remembring your effectuall Faith, &c. 


2 Nthe fifth place ; If nothing 
I 5% pleaſe GOD, if he accepts of 
wv nothing but what' comes 


273,45 wee ſhould -learne hence

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no higher a price 
than hee findes faith in them : hee weighs by 


| that : ſo much faith as is inthem, ſo farre hee 


accepts 


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| Of effluall Faith. 75 


accepts them, ſo farre hee regards them. Looke 
in Hebr, 11, you ſhall inde many glorious works | 
ſet downe. All the great workes that Sampſon ' 
did, all the workes that David did, the workes - 
that Gedeop did, the workes that Baruch did, the 
workes that Moſes did, and fo along, you ſhall ' 
ſee there, that there was nothing in all theſe | 
workes that was regarded, but their faith : all is ' 
imputed to faith. Andtherefore, when you goe | 
about any thing , labour to ſee faith ſer youa- 
worke ; and know, that as much faith as there is 
 inany worke,ſomuch G 0 D regards it, and no 
further. Facob had done many good things, that 
pleaſed G O D, yet G OD, whenhe would pur a 
marke of his favour upon him, when hee would 
call him Iſrael, when hee would change his name, 
it 'was for that great worke' of faith, when hee 
prayed all night, when hee would not give. over, 
when'he would not let him goe, when hee pre- | 
vailed with G 0 D by faith; now, faith G O D, 
T hy name ſhall beecalled Iſrael, (As if hee ſhould 
ſay) Now I will pur a name of honour upon 
thee. Why ſo 2 Not becauſe there was more in 
that work, ſimply conſidered, as it was a work : 
but becauſe there was more faithinit. And it | 
muſt needs bee ſo: for G6 O D doth notas men | 
doe, whoaccept the giver for the gift. (Itaman 
come to you with a great gift, you will accept 
his perſon for it.) Bur G 0 D accepts the 'gifr | CE 
for the givers ſake: thoughthe gif be, never ſo |S 67 

| ſmall, ifthegiver be ſuch as beleevesinhim, if 

his affections be right, if he doe it outofa = | 
ground; _ 


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| 76 Of Effectuall Faith. | 


Ot —_— 


ground; that is, if hee doe it out of aground of 
faith,he is accepted, whatſoever it be. Indeed 0- 
| therwiſe, wharlvover we doe, we may call it by 
our owne name z wee may ſay, hee is a patient 
man, or hee is a temperate man, or theſe are 
; workecs of juſtice, or workes of temperance : But 
wee can never call it godlinefle, except it riſe 
from faith except it come from this ground , be- 
cauſe indeed it is not done to G 0 D. (Marke 
it) I ſay, further thana man doth a thing out of 
Todoathing | Faith, he doth itnot to God. For, to docathing 
by faith, what. | out of faith, is nothing elſe, but when our of per- 
{waſion of GODS love to me, Idoethis thing ; 
meerely for his ſake whom I have choſen, to 
whom I give my ſelfe; one that I know loves 
| mee

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the common opinion of 
men. : 

Every man thinkes, 'that Almes-deeds, doing 
good to the poore,and doing glorious things, &c. 
thattheſe are good works, whenas common aQti- | Wemuſtrec- | 
ons they exclude,as ifthey were notgood works: | kn commen 
But it is not ſo ; we may doe the greateſt workes | callingstobe 
of this nature,and yetthcy may have no excellen- | 899d works. 

.cy inthem ar all. 

Againe, the very ordinary workes of our Cal- 
ling, ordinary things to men, ordinary ſervice 
from day to day, if it come from faith, if it bee | 
doneastothe T0 R Dyhe accepts them,and rhey | 
are good workes indeed. This uſe wee oughtto 
make of it: if G 0 D regard not any thing but | | 

faith | 


== — 24 >. EY ONT II = ad.” 


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ry 


Of Efettuall Faith, 


m—_—_— 


uſes. 
Totry ifwee 
havefaith. 


1.Tnall :A ſe- 
crer perſwaſion 
of the Spirit. 


| 
Hidden 2Mat- 
aah. 


faith, wee ſhould not be deceived in our workes 
which we doe. 

Againe,If faith bec ſuch athing

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of humiliation, as perhaps he expects, yet know 
that the promiſe 1s made ro that. And if you 
have that which the promiſe is made unto, is not 
thar ſufficient 2: Itis true; as ſaid; you nut have | 
itreally, younniſt have it ingoodearneſt, there 
| muſt gocalwaies a worke of humiliation befoxe 
| the teſtimony - of the Spirit. Bur miſtake not: 
that turbulent ſorrow, that violent diſquiet of | 
theminde goes not alwaies before. For exam- 
ple ; Take two men, the one is arreſted, and 
condemned, and brought to the point of death, 
hee-makes account: of nbrhing elſe z A Pardon | 
comes to this man, and hee is ſaved z there was 
| great trouble- went before, and hee was won- 
drouſly affeted when the: Pardon came: Bur 
- now 


Simile. 


———— 


_— __———C _ - —<utrtrous——Ww oe 
_— D--< << << hs. i ee HE. DD DYC ee 


—_ 


1 puttotharcxtremity offorrow, though hee bee | 


| ſame offence, and heknows cerainlyrharthehall 
{becalled inqueſtion,and/heis-farecodoſechis.life, 
| unlefle his peace bemade, Nawbeforothis.bee 
| acted,before that indeed he be patpralon, be- 


|headbebrought to the block,he iscerrified thara 


upon tt: Forit istrue, thar God before hecomes 


tn dt. EIT” 


_ Of Effellnall Faith, 


now there is another man that is guilry of the | 


fore thatindeed he be condenmed,.amd before his 


Pardon is come out for him. This man knows his 
eſtate as well as-the other, and-he:knowes thathe 
had-perifthed without aPardon, as well as the 0- 
ther; and he makes as muchaccount of his Pardon 
asthe other, and will-not.kcritgoe for his life as 
wellas the other. | 
Now, both-cheſe are-pardoned, bothare ſure | 
ofife': butthere- is a differem:manner | 


1 ir. Theone manwwas affected and much firmed | 


before, he was put mtoawondrous affrightbe- 
fore :: Theorherman is convinced ofthedatger 
hee'isin, as well as hee, although heebee not 


not broughtto foneerean exigent as rhe other ; 
'Soifaman beconvinced of ſinnc, ifa man know 
in goodexmeſt, throughly, what the dangers, 
that hee-muſt periſh, if hee have not his Pardon: 
Now, I ſay, itthou have ſuch a teftimony, build 


intheſoft voyce, heſendsa Winde before, that 
rends the Rocks 4owne, that brings downe the 
Mountaines there, ſo much as makes the'way' 
plaine, before bee can come in'the ſoft voyce, 
I fay, if the 'Mountaincs bee 'broken :downe, 


tafter whatmanner ſoever:ttbee) thats enough; 
P | oC 


Of Effefluall Faith. 


Soft yoice,whar 


r. Partofthe 
ſoft voice,a 
clearing of the 
promule, 


Though the 
promiſes are 
neere,unlefle 
God clear them, 
weſe:them nor. 


{ usnow, and cleare

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is faith indeed ; when 
this warke is done, amanmay truely ſay, This 


know:-wherherthou have faith or no, looke back, | 
reflect upon thine owne. heart, conſider what |, 
ations .have paſſed thoraw. there : for that is 


the: next. way to- know; what faith. is, to looke | 


what ions have paſledthorow a mans heart: | 
amanmay know. what the-dctions of his ſoule | 
are; .for that is the benetic afa reaſonable-foule., | 


ther it:is ableto rewrne uponic ſelfe, rgiſee what || 


COT whichthe, ſqule-of a beaſt cannor | 
Naw let anan-confider whether ſuch aching | 
have paſſed or no.; that is, (marke.i:)- whether | 
anGHRISTS part, there: hath, beene ſuch a | 
cleering of che. promiſe, that thou art ſo built, | 
that , if an Angell, from. Heaven: ſhould | 
camtand; preach; anather- Goſpell, if Saint Paw 
himſelfe; ſhould. bee living. an- the earth ,, and 

-pxeach the cantrary; Se wonns not 
| | eleeve 


re” wane - - on” > 5 
CONT... \ i 
"1p E Jae? Wy 43: 6 MIC WRIST TEE TIAEN. SOS... 
» OLE; ae oo te ot 5 uy 
GENIE ook 


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| 


beleeve him. Doſt thouſet che Word ſo deare- ] 


in Rom. 8. I know that neither principalities, nor 
| powers nor things preſent nor things to'come,nor any 


Faith conſiſts) other ſignes ; andrhey are five in 


mumber. 
AD 


Of Efeflnall Faith. 


ly.art thou ſo ſetupon the Rocke(2s it were)that 
thou canſt ſay in good carneſt,asthe Apoſtle ſaid 


thing in the world, ſhall ever ſeparate mee from the 
love of Godin Chriſt, and that becauſe I have his 
ſure Word ? 
Againe,when thou haſt ſuch a ſecret impreſſi- 
on of aſſurance from his Spirit,which willnor fail 
thee, whenthou findeſt this on Gods part, and a- 
gaine when thou findeſt this a& on thy own part; 
when thou ſayſt, I have refolved to take him,(for 
a man may know whathee hath done) I havere- 
ſolved totake him for my husband, I havereſol- 
ved to preferre him before all things in the 
world;to be divorcedfromall things inthe world, 
and to cleave to him : This I know, theſeaQts have 
palled on Gods part, and this I have done on my 
part; whenthou findeſt this wroughtin thy ſelfe, 
be aſſured there is faith wrought in thee: when | 
the Law hath beena Schoole-maſter tothee, and 
when Chrift hath ſpokenpeace,and when thou art 
built upon him againe; conſider if this hath beene 
wrought. 
 Thisisthe firſt meanes to try thy

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but 
becauſe this may be anambiguous meanes,a man 
may be deceived init-; therefore faith doth ſhew 
it ſclfe by many other effects; Andtherefore we 
will adde tothis (which is thevery thing wherein 


F3: Firſt, | 


The match be- 
tween Cimiſtand 
the ſoule reci- 
procall., 


Fiveſignes of i 


effeRuall faith. 


a 


| 


Of Efetluiall Faith. 


| 1, Hypocrites 
| nay bavegreat 
{ joy and ſtrong 


they are for. 
| given, 


= - evo aboo nn. ec _—  — 
n 


I. Signe, Ttuc 
{ faich purifieth 
the heart, 


perſwafion that |. 


| ao difference betweene us and them, after that by 
faith he + cm —— in 4@.26.18. 


rj 


take as a ſure rule: If thy faith bee true,. it pac: | 


Firſt, a niah muſt know that there may bee 
many deluſions in this kinde,”*many Hypocrites 
may. have. great raptures, . they .may have great 
joy, 'as if they were lift-up into-the third heaven, 
they may have-a- great and ſtrong perſwaſton 
that theireſtare is'good.. Saran 4s very apt tode- 
lude us in. this kinke,. ro puta counterfeit upon 
us in ſtead of true fairh 5 Thereforewee willnot 
content our» ſelyes with this , but give other 
markes, that will not deccive. Ar this time you 
are to conſider, you that come tothe Sacrament, 
Is irnot a maine-thing .to-confider whether you 
have faith or no * Whardoe you-heteelſe © you | 
havenothing todoe with-C.H R ST, you have 
no intereſt in him 3 and: if you have no. intereſt | 
inhim,. whar doe you with the Elements which 
repreſent his body'and/his bloud © And has 
fore you have cauſe to attenultoir. ' Firſt, there-' 
fore,if thou finde ſuch a worke:inthy hearr, (for 
ifrhouconclude that thereisno:ſuchwork; thou 
needeſt not: examine further, thou maiſt beeſure 
that thou haſt not- fairh; -Bur'if chou haſt ſich a 
work)ifthou wouldſt know whether it be really 
and truely, or whether itbea fancy, ordcluſion, 
conſider : | GT 
Firſt, if irbe true, ieparifies the heart: in 4. 
15-9. faith the Apoſtle Peter there, 'God hath put 


Andthouſbolt ntngs of (ins to theſe 
that are ſantified by - faith. So that this you mnſt | 


es }- 


VOY" WE 


6 


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Of Effeftuall Faith. 87 | 


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fies thy heart, it fancifics thee. And therefore | ph angie | 
you ce faith and repentance are alwayes put to- f pentance pur 
gether, Repentand beleeve © for they are never (om nteem 
disjoyned. Ifrhou findethe worke of repentance | Trucfaith hat 
be not wrought throughly and ſoundly inthee, if | *ePenrance. 
thoufinde thy heart nor purified, if thou bee not | 
fandtified, if there beenota ſandified diſpoſition ; 
inthee, be ſure it is adeluſion, it is not faith : or, if | 
faith be .(as you heard. heretofore) a taking of Faithgvhariris.) 
JEARIST, not as a Saviour onely,. but as a | 
Prieſt ; and not asa Prieſt only, bur as a King too, "ol | 
| 
| 


[ 
q 


| it muſt needs be that there muſt be reall obedi- 
ence,or elſe it is notfaith,thou haſt nottaken him: 
If there be nothing but a meereaſlent,as the Pa- | z.0vedicnce, 
piſts affirme in another caſe; Forfaith is a taking 
of CH RIST,andagiving of our ſelves to hima- 
{ gaine ; ſo that there is a match,rthere isa Bargain, 
|a Covenant berweene us, as he ſaith in Hebr,$.8. 
I will make a new Covenant with them. Now a Co- | A Covenant, 
venanthath two parts: If 6 0D. dothis for you, | Wh 
you niuſt-doe ſomewhat on your part, you muſt "=n 
love him,aud obey him. As ina marriage,the Huſl- 
band doth not onely take the Wife, but the Wife 
alſotakes the Husband. If faith be ſuch athing as | 
| this, there muſt needs be a generall reformation | ;. Generall 
o the life, or elſe it is certaine thou haſt not taken | reformarion. 
im-, | | 
Therefore knaw: that as there is a /zvely hope, ' 
| ſothere is alively faith: and when it is ſaid tobee 
a lively faith, itintimatcs, that there is another, 
thatis adead faith ; that is, There is a kinde of | 
beleeving, a kinde of taking CHRIST, akinge | | 
& 5 5 T4: of \ | | 


] 


= 


"* 


Of Efelluall Faith. 


Chriſt dwels in 


the heart, asthe 
foule in the bo- 


dy» 


Gal.2.20. 


— 


| 


| 


ſin,and live torighteaufuefſe? That thou haſt wor- 


| the while, 


— 


of giving a mans ſelfe to him : but yet, ( marke 
it)-{aith hee, it is ſuchan one as breeds no life in 
thee. Marke, ifthy faith bee ſuch a faith as hath 
brought CHRIST todwell in thy heart, ſoas | 
the ſoule dwels in the body, ifitbee ſuch a dwel- 

ling inthy heart, that there bee life inthee : for 
Chri#t, when he dwels inus, heeacts the ſoule, | 
as the: ſoule as the body : As the body now, 
when the ſoule is there, is able to move, is able 
to ſtirre, is able to doe any thing : So the ſoule of 
a man, it falsto the duties of podlineſſe, and new | 
obedience, toall good workes ir is ready (as the | 
Apoſtle faith) to every good worke , it is nimble 
and ready to goe about them, you are «live to 
righteouſueſſe. Hath faith ſo brought Chriff

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body by the Spirit ? that thou 

ndeſt another life working inthee 7 except thou 
canſt find this, it isnot rruefaith : for true faith is 
ſuch as brings C H KIST todyell inthy heart, 
and hee dwels there when hee revives thy ſpirit ;; 
asitis, Tay 57.13, 14-.1dwehl inthe k gh Hea. 
vens, and with him alfo that is of a contrite Spirit, 
to revive the Spirit of the humble , thatis,he never 
dwels,buthe gives life. And ifthou finde not ſuch 
a life inthy ſelfe, conclude that thy furh is not 
good. And this you ought the more to marke,be- 
cauſe many ds Gems torake Chriſt, and to 
do much, and yet for all this,they have not life all 


__ _ Take) 


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Of Efeftuall Faith, 


| grafted: for if thou werr grafted aright by faith, 


Take two grafts, it raay bee there is inciſion | 
made in both, both may be planted, as you often 
ſee in plants, after they be planted, if you would 
know whether the grafting be true orno, if you 
come a while after, and fee one of the grafts dead 
and withered, you fay this grafting was not 
good, or the ſtocke was not good, fomewhat was 
amiſſe: and if you finde it to bud, and that there 
be life in it, then you ſay it was grafted indeed, 
the grafting was good and right. So whena man 
comesand takes CH RIST, ifthou ſee thon be 
grafted, if thou findethy life to bee the ſame, if ' 
thou'finde thou art no more able to pray, nor 
nomore able to doe any duty than thou waſt be- 
fore, that thou hveſt in thy luſts asmuch as e- 
ver thou didft, thou haſt not that new heart, 
that new ſpirit, andthar new affeQion whichthe 
Scriptures ſpeak of; be ſure then that thou art not 


2 it is that which grafreth) there would bee | 
C 

When as the graft is taken out of the former 
Tree, it beares no more thar fruit, but it lives,and 
beares another fruit : Therefore conſider if 
this bee ſoorno , and that is the reaſon of that 
anſwer of Philip tothe Eunuch, in the 8. of the 
Ads,Ner. 37.The Eunuch profeſſed tobelceye, 
and would have beenc baptized: Saith S. Philip, 
thou mayeſt, if thou bekeve with all thine heart. 


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ving from time to time to give up thy ſelfe tobe 


How to know 
if Chriſt dwell in 
the hearr, 


Faith grafreth - 
us into Chr; 


. Thoumaiſt thinke it is nothing ; but itis areſol- |. . 


Chrifts ſervant;totake his yoke, to weare his Li- | 
very. 


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gow 


Of Effettuall Faith. 


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| Baptiſmc,whar. 


{ Taking, Chit 
. deceitiully, 


Totake Chriſt. 
with the whole 
heary, what. 


Whcntheun- 
derſtanding is 
throughly con- 
vinced,the will 
and affe&ions 
follow. 


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very and his Badge. Now Baptiſme is bur a 
ſeale to confirmeand teſtifie this to thy ſelfe, and 
rothe Worki, that thou: haſt given thy ſelfeto | 
CH RIST : ſaith S.Philip,take heedto thy ſelfe; 
ifirbce a falſe taking, thou maiſt not have him ; 
bur if thou belceve with all thy heart,thou maieſt 
bee baptized. So I fay to men, there is a kinde 
of taking CHRIST : when a mantakes him | 
with ſome part ofhis heart, when he reſolveth, I 
confeſle it is good, I have a preſent diſpoſitionto 
it, it will ſerve mee for ſuch aturne; I am affraid 
of Hell,it will deliver me from that;in ſuch an ex- 
igent, inſucha crolle, in ſuch a trouble that will 
comeupon me ; it will free me from that : but this 
isnot enough ; burif thou beleeve with all thy 
heart ; that is, when thou haſt ſummed and recko- 
nedall together, all rcaſons, andall objections to 
and fro, thou reſolveſt altogether to take him in 
all reſpects. 

., :Againe, when all thy heart ſhall come in; 
that 1s, whenthe underſtanding ofa manis fully 
perſwaded of theſe promiſes, that they are true, 
and thar ic 1s beſt for him to take CARIST  itthe 
perſwaſton bee good, and the Will follow : 


for that you may take for a ſure rule, there isno 


man that is fully perſwaded, and convinced eve- 
ry way,thart ſuch athing is beſt, butthe Will will 
follow. If the minde be right, the Will will fol- 
low ; and if the Will follow, be ſure the afteions 
will follow. For, if a man wils a thing in good 
carneſt,and reſolve, I would have it indeed, then 


| his defires will come and bee carneſt ; and if hee 
be 


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' Of Efeftuall Faith. 


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beein doubt, ' feare will come ; and ifany thing 
hinder, anger wilt come annd thruſt away the 


low; and then certainly ation andendeavour will 
follow. . There is nomanthat deſires athing ear- 
neſtly, bur where the affections are ſtrong and bu- 
fie, ation and endeavour will bee anſwerable. 
Now,ifthou take CA & 1ST with all thy heart, 
that there is no-reſervation, thar it is not done by 
| halves, thenthou maiſt have him, and the fruits, 
and all the.priviledges by him, ſo as thou ſhalt be 
favedby him. Conſider whether this bee done, 
or no. 


| is ins 26,17, 18. Marke what themeſſage 
was that Chri# ſendsro'SPanl; nothing butto 
preach faithz. but what was that *-'Saith hee, -t0 
turne men: from the power of Satan; to God, to tarne 
men from Aarkneſſe 10 light::'That is;tocauſerhem 


'they havebeen led into by the Divell;and to turn 
.themto G. 0.D, to ſeekehim.: Sorthatthenaman 
is ſaid truely tobelceve, when his heart is turned 
to GOD, thatis, whena man before was given 


ty, his heart was wedded toirt, hee would have 
| aneſtateinthis world, and heewonld havecredit 


.| men, and he would bee ſome-body inthe fleſh ; 
his heart was ſet on theſe things, he would fol- 
| [low:them « | 


umpediments ; and if he get therhing, there will | 
bee rejoycing zi and ſoall the affeions will tol- 


. When we preach faith, you may ſee what it | 


roforſaketheir fotmer wayes.ofdarkeneſſe, that 


tothis pleaſure or to that pleaſure and commodi- | 


| in; the world, and hee would have place with | 


XHo 


To turne to: 
God,whar. 


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PR_ HY a 
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Of Effeflnall Faith, 


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Fanh,&thede- 
fire of ſatisfying 
lufts, canner 

ſtand together. 


Men deceived 
inthe definiti- 
on of faich- 


Now faith is nothing but this, wee come and. 


rell you that Chriſt is offered ; if you will be con- 


tent tolet all theſethings goc, and to turne your 
hearts to him,that the whole bent of a mans mind 
is turned the contrary way, and ſet upon C#rift, 
this is ſuch faith indeed, whenthercis this gene- 
rall turning of a mans minde from theſe things. 
Therefore

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as will not deceive thee. But 


effecuall faith, | 

Before I come to the ſecond thing, know this, 
(by the way) you that receive the Sacrament, 
That if you bee unworthy receivers, you cannot 
doe your ſelves a worſe turne, than to offer to 


| ELL DDS OC 


| God more, to eate and drinke your owne damnation. 
| Now examine your ſelves by ſuch rules as this : 
; If you have changed your life; it you have re- 
ccived it heretofore, and continue {till in your 
ſinnes. If you ſay, it is truc, I have done it, 
I have returned againe to-my gaming , I have 
returned againeto my ſwearing,to my looſeneſle, 
to my company-keeping ; but yet I hada good 
meaning, T intended it atthat time : well, that 
is not enough, If thou hadſt faith, thou-woul- 
deſt doc it indeed :- doe not ſay, I had a good 
meaning 3 for, if thou hadſt faith, it would nor 
' onely worke a good meaning in thee, bur ir 
; wonld worke power-in thee to doe-this, that 


' thou: wouldeſt tbe able to mortifie theſe affei-. || 


he gives power | 


; ons, it would make a reall and an effeuall 
change in thee. Confider , how faith doth it: 
faith takes'Chri#, whenyou have taken Chri#, 
asToonc'asever youhave' him, hee ſends his Spi- 
ritints your hearts, and the Spirit is ableto doe 


I cannot ſtand upon this. This is the firſt ſigne of | 


come to the Sacrament without faith,to provoke | 


| 


all this, and doth, as Saint Pas/ faith, whenhe had 


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;\CHRIST once, 1 am able to doe all things 


| through Chriſt that ſtrengthens mee. So certainly, : 


' when thou. haſt Chriſt, as, thou commeſtto rake 
, the e:ements of Bread and Wine, ifthouhad(tta- . 


: ' kenhim indeed, thou wouldſt be' ſtrengthened to | | 


doe all things, thou wouldeſt finde thy heart able | 
to.doe this, .thou ſhouldeſt finde a change in thy 
heart,thatthou wouldſt doe it without difficulty, ! 
; thou 'would(t finde thy ſelte turned and changed, | 
; thon wouldeſt have new affections,and a new life. | 
4 | And ifthou doe not finde this, know that thou | 
| hzſt nothing ro doe withrthe Sacrament, know it 
| | before hand, .and. know that thou haſt had-war- | 
| ning given thee, that thou receiveſt unworthily, | 
| and art 2uilty of the body and bloud of Chriſt ; that | 
is,thcu commirteſt ſucha ſinas thoſe did thar kil- | 
led Chriſt, 
_ What was their finthat killed him 2 > 
' They deſpiſed him, they mocked him, they 
knew him norto be Chr:ſt, they made no account 
of him; their greateſt worke inkilling him, was, 
they deſpiſed hun, they mocked him : So thou 
commelt and arr bold with him here; it is a deſpi- 
ſing of Chriſt : if thcu didſt reverence him, ifrhou 
didſt fear him,if thou didſt tremble at him,if thou 
did{t know him to bee ſuch a one as hec is, thou 
wouldſt not bee bold to doe it. {And therefore,if 
thou wik venture upon ſmall grounds to go-onin 
| 11n,and yet come and receive = Sacrament, the 
Apoltle ſaith, 7 how art guilty of 
| of Chrift:that jis,thou committeſt a ſin of that na- 
ture,and therefore look tot. '' - | 
| Secondly, 


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he body and bloud 


P hil 4. 4 Ss 


To be guilty of 
the wh. and 
bloud of Chriſt, 
what. 


Duſt, 


Anſwy, 


What was the 
catfinne in 
illing Chriſt. 


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[96s Of Efettuall Faith. 


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2, Signe. A Spi- 
rit of prayer, 


Spirit of Adop- 
ton,what. 


The Spirit af 
' 4 Adoption ma» 
| | keth us, 
' | 1-Earncſtin 
Prayer, | 


| confident, 


| rhisconſequear of it, the: Spirit bf Prayer : for 


Secondly, ifchou

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ſay, How ſhould I know thar 2 

Thou ſhalrknow it by this,as I ſaid before,Do- 
eſt thou come tohim as toa Father 2 Another 
man prayes to God, it may bee, all his life, but hee 
comes to him asto a ſtranger z yea,ſomertimes he 
may bee very earneſt, when it is no prayer, but 
when hee is put toan exigent,he may be earneſt, 
asa Theefe is earneſt with the Judge to ſpare 
him : there may be much carneſtneſle, although 
this may be farre off from prayer. Bur canſt thou 
cometo GOD astoafriend *Canſt thoucome 
to himasto one whoſe favour thouart aſſured of! 
Canſt thoucome to him as toa Father 2- Except 
thou canſt doe this, know that he regardeth not 
thy prayers.. 

And this me thinkes now, when wee confider, 
wee ſhould not deferre our repentance, and 
thinke with our ſelves. ,. I will repent whenIam 
ſicke, I will goe to. GO D in thetimeofextre- 


mity. Well, it may be thou maiſt doe it; but a- 


las, canſt thou come to ſpeaketo-G O:D now as 
afriend, when as thou haſt- beene a ſtranger to 
him, and hee to thee, all thy life 2 Certainely 
thou canſt-not. And when thoa commeſt -and 


prayelt earneſtly, when ſome great crofleis on: 


thee, j 


| 


Of Efefluall Fanb.” 


thee, in ſome grear exigent, inthe day of death, 
inthetime of thy ſicknefle ; know, that tl:ough 
thou pray never fo fervently, although thou adde 
taſting toquicken it, yet it is doubtfull whether 
it bee acceptable prayer ar all in that exigent. 
The Scripture gives it another terme, in Hof. 7. 
14+ ſaith he, Towprayed not to me with your hearts, 
but you howled upon your beds : ixcame not out of 
any love to mee, nor from any change ofhearr, it 
came not out ofa holy diſpoſttion in you. There- 
fore you prayed not tomee, when you howled 
upon your beds: that is,as if hee ſhould fay, they | 
were nomore but howlings. Will nota Dog, or |: 
a beaſt, or any other unreaſonable creature,when 
|they are pinched, when they are in extremity, 
will they not cry, will they not mone for helpe 2 
Your Prayers - were no more, they were but 
howlings upon your beds. And what were they 
for They wereto beedelivercd fromthe pre- 
ſent affliction, they were to have Wine and Oyle 
inthat grear dearth that was upon them : And 
ſo in thoſe caſes, your carneſt Prayers are but | 
howlings upon your bed. And therefore thinke | 
not that this is Prayer,be not deceived init. And | 


thereforeir is the manner of the Saints, if you 
would know it, when they come to pray, they 
come boldly ro God, they comet boldly to the 
Throne of Grace,as the Apoſtle faith, Eph.3+7. | 
By faith we haveboldneſſe, and emrance with confi.- 
dence. Another man he prayes carneftly, but ex- 
amine his heart, and hee muſt needsfay, Indeed, 
GOD ——__ | 
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Of Effeuall Faith. 


3- Signe of 
; faith : peaces 


 Objedt. 
Anſw. 

Tru: peaceis 

that that com- 


meth after 
|; Wairc. 


it may be he heares mee, it may be he heares mee 
pot. Whereas we are required to {;ft up pure hands 
74 every place, without wrath or doubting , wee are 
required to come with boldnefſe. And know this, 
that if -otherwiſe thou pray morning and night, 
ifthou make never: ſo many prayers fromday to 
day, if thou be. never fo conſtant inthem, GO D 
regards them not, hee takes them by weight, and 
not by number,nat by labour,not by carneſtneſs, 
which is.a thing:that may come from the fleſh. If 
thy prayercome from his.Spirit, he accepts of it, 
if not, be ſureitis no prayer, and iftherebeeno | 
prayer, thereis no faith, | 
Thirdly, if thou wouldſt kgow whetber thou 

haſt faith or no, configer whether, thou haye

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eſcaped the danger, but becauſe hee never 
ſaw the danger, becauſe hee ſaw nor what dan- 
gcr there was. Hence it is, that many men, yea, 
many thouſands of men, live peaccably all rhcir 
lives, and dye peaceably. Alas, the reaſon is, 
becauſe they were never acquainted with rhe 
Doctrine of Juſtification, and of Santification, 
they are ſtrangers toit ; and hence it is tharthey | 
dye with as much confidence as the beſt Chriſti- 
ats, they have no more trouble than holy men: 
for this is afl one, to be ſure that Tam free from a 
danger,and not to know it; both breed a like con- 
fidence. | 
Againe, . know thatthere may bee peace built 
in a pleaſant dreame, he is as ſtrongly perſwaded 
as the waking man : So, many Hypocrites that 
have had ſometrouble before, and come to have 
ſome peace after, they thinkeir ſure, whenitis 
built upon a falſe ground, and not uponthe ſure 
Word. Therefore conſider whether ir bee fneh 
2 peace as is well built, wherher it bee fach a 


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| on fancy, ſuch contentments asa manmiy finde | 


peace indeedrhar cafts our Satan, andthou findeſt | 


Why many in ; 
an evill eſtate 


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live and dye : 
peaceably. 


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Note. \ 


Unſound peace 
built on fancy, 


pO IIS .a —_— 


OY 


Of Efieluall Faith, 


| ſome aſſaults made by him againe., For, be thou 
aſſured, . ifir be true peace,if Satanbe caſt our, he i 
will notlet thee alone, thou ſhak be ſure to have 
True veace is | FB Pace troubled

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is.the heart will be 
| atreſt,it will be quiet, there will be a certaine ſe- 
curity in God. Dn.” | 
Secitinother things.. Take faith inany thing 
elſe, and you ſhall ſee ſo.much faith, fo much 
- | quietinyou. Forexample, Hannab, in 1Sem.1. 
18. when her- petition 'was:granted,, that ſhee | 
beleevcd it ; ſaith the Text, - fhee went away,| 
and tooke meate,. and /avked no more ſadde. That 
was an Argument thar:ſhee beleeved, ſhe tooke | 
meate, and looked no more ſadde. Take Moſes 
atthe Red Sea, Exod. 14. you: finde thatthe 
people were all troubled and diſquicted,- and 
| that they knew not what to doe : Bur (marke 
| how Aeofes cartieth himfclfe) Aoſes was quiet, 
and ſtood ſtill ; he was not troubled : And why ? 
Becauſe hee beleeved, and they did not ; if 
they had belecved as wellas hee , they would 
haye beene. at: reſt as well as hee. (Marke what 
hee faith). Stand fill, and ſer the ſalvation of ithe 
Lord - and,the Z'0 R D' will fight fos you; and 
therefore feare not : As if hee ſhould ſay, If you 
did bfit beleeve, -you'would bee at quiet, you 
woul 


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would ſtand {ill , you would nor feare, you 
| would not have your ſoules troubled. So, Lay, 
{ſo much faith., -ſo- much-quiet. -Looke-upon 
David, in?fal.z. whenhe fled before wbſalom; 
faith he, Thom art my Buckles; &s. and therefore 
[1 /ayd mre downt toreſt and fleepe ; that is, I was 
as a man thar ſlcepes quietly. *One would thinke 
that that was a matterthat would breake a mans 
ſlcepe,when he lay inthat danger, that if Ach1o- 
phel's counſell had taken cffeR, hee had beene 
deſtroycd : and yet now, faith hee, Ilayd mee 
{ downe and flept : as if he ſhould ſay, Thisis an 


argument of my fairh , my hearr is ar reſt and 


quiet, ſo that ]can flecpe quietly without ſtir- 


he behaved himſelfe, when G 0 D told himthat 
hee ſhould appeare at'Rowe before Ceſar, hee 
knew that hee ſhould bee delivered from Ship- 
wracke : andthough forty men had boundthem- 
ſelves with a curſe, that they would deſtroy him, 
and hee was told of it, yet hee made no great 
matter of it,but ſaid,Goe and carry this young man 
tothe Captaine. So, conſider whether thy heart 
bee quiet,and reft upon God orno: for o much, 
faich, ſo much peace. Asin particular, ſo in ge- 
nerall, for matter of aſſurance, know, that there 
isa double peace or affurance : One peace that a- 
riſeth from the confidence inthe creature, when 
aman thinkes hee js ſtrong in his wealth, when 
hee thinkes hee is at reſt. The other is from 
aſſurance in'G O D , I know that hee will bee 


| ring. and ſo S,Paal, ſee how hee accounts it,how | 


as good as bis word; 1 know whom I have iruſted : 


G4 | Let 


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Ler ſecurity bee built on this ground, and the ! 
more ſecurity, the more faith. Therefore 
examine thy faith by peace. I ſhould 
adde ſomewhat more in this, and 
ſomeother ſignes, which 
Imuſt reſerveuncill 
the next time. 


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EFFECTUALL 
= PAITH: 


The fourth Sermon. 


hs 


1 Tn rs. 1:3 
Remembring your effettuall Faith, &c. 


FHE third character of Faith, 
Fe which I named in the mor- 
a. fing', bnt- did not fully fi- 
% 2h, is this ; If weehave ju- 

» ſtifying faith, thenwee have 
= peace. Inthisweefhould take 
heed. As it is a great mercy 

| to haye 2 trae and found peace ;-ſoto have a 
peace not well bottomed, is the greateſt judge- 
mentin the world; when 6 0 D givesupa man, 


that hee ſhall bee ſecureand ar reft, that hee fhall 


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Qt; IS 


The third 


marke of faih, 


it brings peace, 


" or WrT) ooo THT er 


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How to try our 
faith and peace 
inthe maine 
pronuſes, 


106 Of &ffelluall Faith. 
not have his mind occupied about finne, or about 
Unſound peace | MALLErS of ſalvation I ſay, ir is a figne that ſuch 
a great judge» | an one God hates : if it continue ſo with him, ir 
ment, 


is afigne God will deſtroy him. But yet peace of 
conſciencc,upona good ground,is a ſigne of faiths 
as I ſhewed in Moſes, Hannah,David, and the reſt. 
So farre we went in the morning. 

Now you muſt know, tharall thoſe inſtances 
that wee brought you, that where there is faith, 
there is peace and quiet z they were not onely for 
reſemblance, roſhew you, that as ic 1gin thoſe 0- 
ther things wherein wee-beleeve, fbiths inthe 
maine ; (as you doe not: beleeve any particular 
promiſe, except you have ſome quiet in your 
minde after it ; ) but likewiſe to ſhew you whe- 
ther thar peace be good or no, whether thar faith 


tainly you will beleeve the lefſe. Therefore con- 
ſider with your ſelves, (wee will calarge this 
ſigne ſo farre: ) If thou wouldeſt know whether 
thy faith be good or no, wherher thou have peace 
indeed concerning the main2 z- conſider with 
thy ſelfe, whether thouart able to belceye thoſe 
promiſes which concerne thoſe particular things 
which thou haſt daily uſe of. For there are ma- 
ny promiſes whigh thou haſt uſe of continually 
in thy courſe : thou haſt every day ſome occaſi- 
on or other of truſting G 0 D : See intheſe how 
thou doſt beleeve, whether thou haſt peace ; 
and know. 'that ifthou have not peace in theſe, it 
iS a ſigne thou haſt not peace inthe maine, I will 
name but one place forit : Looke in Ph11.4.6, 

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In nothing be careful, but in all things tet your re- 
yurſts bee maze unto God 5 CAnd then, ſaith he, the 
peace of God which paſſeth all anderflanding, ſhall 
preſerve your hearts & mindsin Chriſt Jeſus, Mark 
the oppoſition faith hee, I»-wothing beecarefull; 
when matters of trouble- come, when croſles 
come, when great bufinefſts come, 'whercinthou 
knoweſt not which way to turne the, (ſaith hee) 
in ſuch a caſe be not thoucarefull ; doethe thing. 
thou muſt have ſo much care as to ſet thy head a- 
worke, as to deviſe-what to doe; and tofer thy 
hand aworke to aQtir:; bur let there hc no ſolici- 
tudetodifturbe and difquiet thy affe&ions with- 
in. Let thy requeFt be made knowne to God ; then,the 
peace of God which paſſeth 4M under flanding, ſhall 
beepe thy heart and minde inChrifÞFeſus, ASifhe 
ſhould fay,Ifthon benor tblerodoethis;'itisan 


| intefruprion of that peace, it is 4 contradidtion to 


char peace which paſſerh all vnderſtanding; that 


| keeps thy heart in'communiort with Clriſifchou 


bee notable'to caſt thy care on' him for other 
things, that peace belongs not tothee.” Where 
there isa ſecret intimation, Not bur-that menmay 
have this peace, and bejnordinately carcfyll; bur 


mites as the Saints are fubze& unto by diſtemper, 
but of an ordinary.courſe, © oo 
Conſider now, what ithoydoſt forthe things 
of this life: faith CH R1ST, Matth.6. 0h youef 
little faith ! Why fo 2 What was'the figne of a 
little faith * Saith C HR 1ST, Doeſt thouthinke 


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is,endto morrow is caſt into the Oven ? Doeft thou 


that cal{ upon him, and wilt thou not beleeve thar 
he will doe ſo for thee 2 If thou doe not beleeve 
this, thy faich is _—_ If thou beleeve little, 
thy faith is little. Conſider that, conſider how 
you carry your ſclyes for the things ofthis life : 
doe you thinke that G © D will doe the maine, 
and will not doe thelefle £ Doe you think that he 
will give you Chri#, and will he not give you 0- 
ther things « The ſame faith that takes hold of 
the maine promule, i it not ready to take hold of 
the leſle, and ro depend upon it 4 6 0 D isable. 
to doe the greateſt, and is hee nor able ta doe | 
the leſſe..; Thercfore,'I ſay, in ſuch a caſe, as 
CHRIST ſaith, John 3.12: to Nicodemus, If 
(Gith hee) I come aud tell you of earthly things, and 
you beleeve me net how wonld you belceve,if I | 
tel you. of heavenly things t So 1 ſay, if you 
will nprbeleeve GOD concerning carthly things, 
when hee promiſeth theſe, how will you be- 
leeve him for the greateſt matters of ſalvation 2 
How: will you' beleeve in him for the giving of 
CHRIST? How will you belecvein him for 


Inſtances of 
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the raifing of you upar the laſt day 2 Therefore, 
conſider wherher you bee able todoe this or no : | 
and know, that if there bee faith, if you have faith | 
forthe maine, you will have faith in particular | 


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Iſaac ,; ſaith.the ſervant, Suppoſe the woraan wall | 
not come with mee + See now what Abrahams | 
anſwer was : That God which tooke mee from my 


fore, (tharis; G 0 D that hath done the greateſt 
matters for mee,that hath promiſed mee the ble(- 


ſhall bee bleſſed ; doeſt thou thinke hee will not 
helpe mee in ſuch a particular 2) hee will ſend hz, 
Angel before thee, and will certainly give thee good, 
ſuceeſſe. we | 

Coalider what you doc in ſuch caſes as theſe : 
theſearethings which you have continuall uſe of; 
you are put many times to ſuch exigents that you 


betryedinit. | EE 
Solikewile S.Peter,that truſted G 0 D for the 
majne , when it comes to the particular caſe, 
that hee is bid to /anch ont intothe deepe, when he 
is commanded. to draw out the Ship and to-goe 
a fiſhing, ; although hee had no hope to doe it, 
hee truſted in thoſe particulars, that. CZ RIST 
would not. faile hing : When bee bade bim Ei 
upon the water,] hee truſted that hee would ſup- 
port him, Take David, ſee how, heermitcd ins 
GOD, how many occaſions had hee to. truſt on, 
him - As it is true for the maine ; ſo forthe 


particulars. SS, Pawb, gdidngt hee truſt Gofor | 


leffe hee was that way. $9 it js. with al the || 
Saints, Conſider what you doe intheſc ings: | 


_ whether your hearts beg at' peace, in, the | 


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things : whether you truſt in God, orno; ſothat 

your hearts areart reſt, that you can fic ſtill, and 
commir your care to God; if fo, it is a goodargu- 
mentthar you reſt in him for the maine. Somuch 
for that. 

The fourth ſigne or Character of faith is, To 
hold out : and that you ſhall ſee intheſe three 
branches. 

Firſt, when it ſhall cleave to CH RIST con- 
ſtantly. 

Secondly,when it will take no denyall. 
Thirdly,whea it is content to wait in prayer, 
and not be weary and give over. 


beeffecuall, you ſhall know it by your holding 
out, wherherit cleave conſtantly ro Chriſt. If thy 


| faith bee ineffeuall, (as you have heard the laſt 
day) itcomes cither from miſ-information, (you | 


know not what CHRIST is, nor what itisto 
when you ſee what iris, if your faith bee not cffe- 


him out of feare, or out of love to his, andnot 


Now if you would know whether yourfaith bee 
ſuch cv or no;confider if it hold our, if it cleave 
to him. | | 

If thy faith come of miſ-information; when 
thou haſt e . 
whar he requires at thy hands, when thou conſi- 
dereſt and underſtandeſt what hee puts thee to, 


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Ifay, if you would know whether your faith 


to him ; or elſe our of falſe and ſlender grounds. 


xperience of Chriſt, when thou ſeceſt 


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| grounds ; when ſtronger reaſons and objefions 


1 cone, that faith ceaſerh likewiſe. But now then, 


1 made, when all the objeQions are' made- that 


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If thy faith come of feare 4 as ſoone as the 
ſtorme 1s over, as ſoone as thoſe rroubles in 
'minde, thoſe diſquiers in conſcience are paſt, 
[there is anend, thy faith cleaves to CARIST no 
longer. | 

If faith come out of loveto his, of love to a 
kingdome, nothing but hell and heaven, and ſome 
preſent commodities that move thee z when ber- 


modities,there isan end of it. 
Againe, if it be out of falſe, ſlender, and ſleight 


whenthou findefſt that thy faith holds out, when 
all theſe are paſt, when all theſe are takenaway, 
when the feare is gone, when ſuch-anoffer is: 


can bee, this argues that faith is ſound and good. 
Conſider therefore whether thy faith cleave 
faſt and conſtamly to CHRIST, orno; whe- 
ther it hold out, when thoſe Aaſhes and good 


moods will not ; whether it overcome, when it 


2.Our of feare. 


is aſſaulted by the gates of Hell comming a- 


ts built uponthe Rocke, upon ſuch aRocke, that 
if the Divell himſelfe, and Principalities and 
Powers come, with all rheir ſtrength, and all 
their wit, with all their temptations, and devi- | 
ces, if faith bee ſound, it will hold out, the gates 
of Hell ſhall not prevaile againſt it; The Woman 
of Ca#aen, ſhe had aſhrewdtryall, when Chri# 

maine rexmes, and 


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; whenitcamefrom CH RIST himſelf, and yet 
| whenher faith was good indeed, ſhee could not 
chuſe but ſhee muſt cleaveto him,ſhe would not 
give over, there was a ſtrong faith that did knit 
her heart ſecretly unto CHRIST , there was 
the ground that ſhe held out, notwithſtanding all 
objections; although, it may be, ſhee knew not 
how to anſ{werthem,yet ſhelet nor goc,and. that 
. was a figne her faith was good : So, conſider 
whether thy faith hold out when thou art put to 
ſuch tryals as theſe. 
2. To takeno ine, conſider whether thou wile receive 
denyalle no denyall when thou commeſt and ſeekeſt to 
| him; when thou commeſt to ſecke favour ar 
GODS hands,whenthoucommeſt to ſeeke for- 
givenedle of -ſfinnes ; conſider whether thou art 
able to hold out, though hee deferre long before 
heegrantit. There is no grace that GOD gives, 
buthee hath cryalls for it afterward : Hee gives | 
thee the grace of Patience; hee will puttheeto 
it, _ ſhalthave ſome croſle, ſome afflitionor 
other. | Z 
Ifhe givethee Love, he will doas he did with 
' David, hewill ſee whether thou wilt forſake him 
| or no; he will make thee anoffer of pretermentr, 
'anoffer of wealth, of praiſe,” of ſamewhat or 0- 
| ther,to ſeeifthou wilt part with that for his ſake, 
or no. oh 
If he gives us faith, hee often tryes usin this 
ale, he denycs us long, he wreſtleth withas, as 
hedid with Jacob, he makes many ſhewesofgo- 
ing away. Thus,we know, he dcalt with Darzet, 
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| perhaps Ged intends thee good, but hee will 'put 
| thee tothe tryall, conſider therefore ifehy faith 
| holdour in ſucha caſe. | 

|  Againe, whenthou haſtgottenan anſwer, per- 

| haps, after thou haſt gotren thincanſwer, thou 
| muſt wait long before the thing it ſelfe bee given 
| thee: Therfore conſider if thou be contentto wait 

1 for it ; for rhar is the property of faith, to be wil- 

| lingto wait,as Devid often repeats it, [ waited ap- 
ou the Lord.Y ou know, AIbrahaw,how Godtryed ! 
him that way ; when he made hima promiſe of a | 


| forthe performance.So 7ſa«c,he waited long be- 


| himſclfe, he will not ſpeake peace unto thee, hee 


{ working of faith. And ſo for matter of fanRifica- 


that his requeſt was granted ; bue'Gog would not 
lechim know ſo much ; he lets himgoethroough 
with the work,he lets himſcekeareftly,andrhen 
hee reveales and makes it knowne into him.” So 


3-To bE con- 
rent to war, 

Inftances of 

waiting. 


ſeed, ofa Sonne, you know how long hewaited 


fore he had thoſe two ſonnes, Jacob and Eſas. So! 
God will put chee to it, ro wait, it may bee for 
matter of juſtification ; that is, hee will not ſhew 


will not give thee a good looke ; but yer he gives 
thee a ſecret trength thar thou ſhale wait, thou 
ſhaltnotgiveover, thou ſhalt ſtay till heeſpeake 
peace; thatis, till thou have comfortable aſſu- 
rance,tillthouhave the full teſtimony ofthe Spi- 
rit, as thou haſt a ſecrer teſtimony of the firſt 


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tion; It may be, God will ſuffer ſome ſtrong luſt to 
wreſtle with thee, to contend with thee, as hee 
ſuffered in S. Paul: he willputthee CC — 

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he will give thee victory overit. If thy faith bee 
ood now,thou wilt conſider that he hath ſworn, 
hath made an abſolute promiſe, that hee will 
givethe Holy Ghoſt to thoſe that are in C 4ri#t, | 
| that no fin ſhall overcome them, or have domi- 
nion over them. If once thou come under grace, | 
ifrhou have faith, thou wilt never giverover,but | 
wilt bee content to wait and continue, (till Gri- 
ving and wreſtling withit, thou wilt never lay 
down the waſters, as a manrhar is overcome, as.a 
man that is diſcouraged, as a man that is weary of 
the fight,. 9-13':6 | 2 
And ſo for matter of deliverance ; perhaps God 
willletacroflzlye long upon thee : if rhou have 
faith,thou wilt not make haſte, thon wilt be con- 
tent to-wait. Hab.z.The viſion is for an appointed 
timeatwill not ye: Therefore, ſaich heyyarr,oe will 
come it will not ſtay. That is,there is a certain time 
that God hathappointed for thy deliverance, be- 
fore hce will give thee -ſuchy a particular meicy z 
conſider whether thou bee able to waitinſucha 
caſe : for, if there be faith, (marke it) a man: will 
be ſure to wait, and-not to give over: asin Z4m.1. 
iris, given there;as & ſigne thar fairh is unſound ; 
they ſo.much fiithas tg cometo Chr/F-;'bur 
that wasa ſigns that their fairh-was faulty, and 
|unſoundfaith, that it was- not able tq wait tothe 


lend, bur gave over.. . tor wut rh 
Ifaman were ſare:now., that fucha man were 
in the houſe that hee muſt ſpeake withall, hee 
willwait till heecome our, ifhe bee ſure hee bee 
theres If thou be fare of 6 0 D,, if thy faith bee 
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ly,in many particulars, yet thou'wilebee content 
to waite upon him. Therefore this willſhew that 
many a mans faith is-unſound, fleight,and uneffe- 
cuall, that they haveſoſoonedone, that they 
are ready todo: much.in flaſhes, in ſome good 
moods, ona Sacrament day, it may bee, or in 
the time of fickneſſe, or when they are affeted 
with ſome Sermon, or upon ſuch an occaſion ; 
bur,ifthy faith were right, it would hold our, ir 
would-cleaveto CHRIST, it would goe thorow 


it would continue waiting uponhim. This is the 
fourth figne.” Pe: 


fourid, though hee doe not anſwerthee preſent- | 


with alltryals, thou wouldeſt receive nodenyall, | 


| mirants of it ; atid'they- are foutre ; Love, Hope 
Joy, and Humility. Ifrhere be Faith, ifthy Faith 


it,as the Apoſtle S. Peter ſaith, in 1.Pet.1.8.Wbow 


by love': That is, Faith which begets Love ; and 
ſuch a love as fers a man on worke. But itisa 
thingthat needeth no proving :' you cannot deny 
it: youktow hewiteſhns joyned togetherinthe 
firſt rothe Cor:#1hians, Chap.rz. Faith, Hope, 
and Love - And it muſt needs beſo, that if thy 
faith bee good, itwill have love joyned with it. 
For;ifthy fairhbe right, thoulookeſt on G0 D' 
as upon 2 friend, as upon a Father ; now thou} 
lookeſt upon CHRIST, asonone thatismarried| 


Laſt of all, you ſhall know faith b the conco- 
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tothee' ; thou lookeſt on him A 
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though yd have wot ſeen, yet youlove him. And you| 
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Objeft. 


Anſw. 


Tryals of love. 


1.-By the uick- 
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'thou love in good earneſt 2 


 -| Love: wee will ately ſhew at preſent, that Love 
.-»* .: | tsafirecampanionof Faith, andrhar Faiths not 
goad.if Love bee not there: But yer Iſfay,ifthou | | 


loves thee, and hath given himſelfe for thee. Now 
ifthou ſee rhis, and art perſwaded of this indeed, 
ifthouthinke , andart perſwaded indeed thar hee | 
lovesthee,love willbeget love,as fire begets fire. 
Therefore, ifthou wouldſt know whether thou 
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is no =_ queſtion of that. _ ot 

Salomon ſaith, Every man will make ſhew for 
faſhions ſake,of goodneſle, but where can you finde 
a faithful man ? So may I ſay of Love : Every 
manſaith he loves, but where ſhall one finde one 
that doth love indeed * Therefore confider,doeſt 


'Youwill fay,How ſhall [know it * . ._ + _. 
. Iris-nota place nowto ſtandto givenotes of 


love him; thou. ſhalt finde chat in thine; owne | 
heart, thou needeſt not goe farre a for tryall of 
 \'Loveisthemolt ſenſible, the moſt quick, and 
moſt active affeftionof alb athers,. Conſider if 
thqu love any-creature, or any thing, any man 
ot woman, doft thounor feele thy affections ſtir- 
ring intheee doſt thonnor: finde thy heartthus 
longing after then whow thou affeGeſtethoude- 
lighteftro'be intheir company, intheir prefence, | 
thou'defireſt to-bee (with.them. So- that; if a 


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heart isnot ateaſetill alt be right againe between 
you: So,doeſt thou love the Lord Jeſus 7 Doett 
thou keepe his Commandements -. Dotha man 
profeſſe to love God,and cares nor to vex him,and 
anger hun 2 | 

Againe, Doeſt thou hate ſinne 4 Doeſt thou 
thinketolove G 0 D, andnot to hate that which 
hechateth 2 If amanlove GOD, heis holy and 
pure; and there isno mnt thar loves the one con- 
trary, but he muſtneeds hatethe other. Theres 
no man that loves light, but he muſt. hate darke- 
nefſe. If thon love God in his perſon, inhis purity, 
itt his holinefſe,thou muſt hare finne: andrhrrs ha- 
ered is generall ; thou wilt hate all firme, if thou 


arching, 
Apaine, Doeſt thou love 69D » arr thou 


reckon matters ofgreateſt difftculty,caſte rodoe'; 

_ Jacob did make ita marter of cafe becauſe of 
ve? 

| Apgaine, Doeſt thou love the Saints, thoſe 

that arelike him, thoſe thatare of ſuch a diſpo- 

' fition as GOD is of? Shalla man ſay hee loves 

'the purity andthe holineffe of G0 D which hee! 


when he doth notlove the holinefſe andthe puri- 
ty that he ſees in his Saints © For thereit is taught 
in viſible manner in che creature, where you 
may fee it more proportiombleto you. It is 4 
hundred rimes more eafie to love godlinefle in 
the Saints, thanin God himſeffe, becanſe hee is 


hace any, andhatred wilt breed rhe deſtruion of } 


willing tro doe wy thing for his fakes Doeft thou | 


hath nor feene, which is hidden from hiseyes, | 


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love holinefle 
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'2, Hope. 


Hope diſtingui- 
'ſherh thefairh 
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- | them: whether thou wilt or no, thou doſt but 
pretend. 


. | miſcof ſo much money which hee negdes, hee 


remotefarre from us, and they are amongſt us, 
and are viſibly ſeene. Therefore except thou love 
the. Saints, which thou ſceſt holineſle in; except 
thouſeeſt thy heart inwardly, to love them with 
a naturall affection, as it were, thar:thou loveſt 


Againe , Doeſt thou love CHRIST ?. Art 
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there is Faith there is Hope. Now you 
| muſt know, that amanhath never faith to be- 
leeve,, but hee hath. hope which makes him 
expect. what he belecves. Ifa man have a,pro- 


hopes for the performance of -it., and. quiets 


wilt be content to doe it. Therefore, coaſider if | 


If thou haſt Faith, thou.haſt Hope. And this | - 


himſelfe ; when hee caſts his thoughts-upon ir, 


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he is as reſt : whena manbelceyesit, hee bopes | 
for it. Take: an Heire thar hath ſuch poſleſſi- 
ons;. which is yeta Ward, and-is young, he bath 
not the Land in poſleſhon, but (marke) what 
hope hee hath ; it is not a vaine hope, but ſucha 
hope as puts other conceits in him-.than other 
men have, puts another faſhion upon his actions, 
it makes him negle&t many good things hee 
would doe ; hce will not bee of ſuch acalling, 
hee will not bee diligent : for hee hopes, hee 
makes account of it : See how ſuch things worke 
upona man, which hecisnotto have inſeyenor 
eight yeeres after, -perhaps, Soithou hopeſt for 
Heaven, it is not a vaine hope,: butit isahope 
| that will make thee carry thy ſelte after-another 
| faſhion, itwill make thee ſo minded;: that thou 
wilt have an eye to it ; and. every man-that 
lookes onthee, may ſee that thou haſt aneye 
tot : So that Faith is accompanied by Hope. 
But now you muſt not ſay, that ifa man hope, 
therefore there is no feare mingled with it: for 
you muſt know, that a man may have Hope 
that is true and good , yet may have feare 
mingled with it. Forthis you muſt know, thar| 
if there bee nothing but hope, it is aſigne that 
- [that Hope is not good. And therefore thou 
haft ſo little reaſon to bee diſcouraged, becauſe 
thou haſt ſome feare mingled wi thy hope; 
that thou haſt the more cauſe to hope, . and: to 
thinke thar thy hope is good, becauſe there is 
feare ming withit: for know, that there is a 


ccrraine fort of men, that have neicher faith, | 
| R 4 _hope, | 


es 


Hope may be 
mingled with 


feare, 


Not: 


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property 
hope. 


| Obelags ro paſſe, ir is fach a hope as willnot 


hope nor feare zas Atheiſts, that have ſome hope | 
bur no feare, as Devils and deſperate men, that 
have ſome feare; but no hope ; as preſumptuous 
men,which have but a ſhado of fatth : But thoſe 
that have hope, and feare mingled with it, thoſe 
may rather hope that that hope which they have, 
isgood; they may bee ſo muchthe more confir- 
medinit, becauſe they have ſome feare mingled 
with it. 

Therefore conſider whether thou have hope 
or no : Conſider in what manner ir is joyned 
with faith, When thou beleeveſt that CHRIST 
is thine, that Heaven is thine, that thy ſinnes 
are forgiven, and that thou art a ſunne of G © D: 
bur theſe things thouhaſt not yer, thou art as a- 
ny other man, there is no difference betweene 
theeand them, thou haſt no more in poſſeſſion | 
than other men that walke with thee ; now 
comes in Hope, and that expeRterh that which 
isto come, that holds up thy head, as it were, 
that though you have nothinz at all for the pre- 
ſent,yet that Hope will comforr you,that though 
you have troubles, and crofſes, and athouſand 
things more, toobſcure and blot your faith, and 
the waves goc over your head, that youare ready 
to be drowned, this Hope holds you aboye the 
water, and makes you expe with comfort that 
which is to come : and notſo onely, bur, I ſay, 
tis a vey hope, a hope thar ſers a mana-worke, 
2 hope that purgeth him. For, you'know , 
that which a man hopes for, hee will endeavour 


faile 


V— 


A 


—_— 3 i. Is 


Of EfePall Faith 


| Joy : Romanes t 5. 13. The God of hope fill you 


them much ; bur, if you were 


you wonld prefer ir before all other joy,itwoilld 


Re comfort | | 


121 
_ you, but will contimic as well as faith ir 
clfc. £ | 
Thirdly , the third concomirant of Faith is | ,. Joy. | 


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Of Effefluall Faith, 


0hjel, 


op 


| Tryals of joy. 


i p 
xr holds eur 
intribulation, 


1 


4 
t 
. 


comfort youabove any thing. If you would ſay, 
what you would heare above all things clſc, you 
would hearc of matter of forgiyeneſle. A man 


| now that hath knownethehitterneſſe of fin, and 


afterwards comesto the aſſurance of forgiveneſle, 
(thariis) to have Faith indeed, I ſay, hcewillre- 
joycc in itaboveall thingselſe: all worldly joy 
would be nothing toit. Therefore conſider whe- 
the thouhave ſucha faith or noz ifthou have nor, 


certainly thou haſt nor faith ; and ir is a ſure ſigne 


that will not deceive you 5. There is no man that 
hath ir,that hath not faith, and whereſoever there 
cing in Chriſt, 

_ But youwill ſay,Many a man may have Joy ; 
the ſecond ground recezved the Word with joy: and 


| is faith indeed,there is extraordinary great rejoy- 


 thoſethat followed John the Baptiſt, rejoycedin 


his light + andin Heb. 6. the Apoſtle ſaith; They 
have taſtedof the good Word of God, they have ta- 


| ted with fiveetneſle z thatis, they have had Joy 


in: - | 
' Itistrue, weeconfefle

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accounted worthy to ſuffer for Chrifgk. Whereas the 
ſecond ground, when perſecution comes,there is 
an end of their joy. Therefore conſider whether 
thy joy will bold out orno. ; 
Againe, conſider the greatneſle thereof: you 
know thoſe wards are added, 1 Pet. 1.8. Rejoy- 
cing with joy unſpeakable andglorious.If it be right 
Joy, it will bee ſucha great Joy, ir will exceede | 
all other, it will. bee like to that joy in Harveſt, 
as E/ay ſpeakes, it will bee a Joy unſpeakable 
for the greatneſſe of ir ;; ſuch a Joy, that at the 
leaſtis ſo great, that whatſoever 'comes, yet it 
excceds it. Theother temporary Chriſtian thay 


have joy,burt it isnor ſo grear,bur ſome other joy ' 


Therefore, inthe ſecond oround, astheir hu- 


a little humiliation for their finnes , and they | 


now, when faith is ſound and good, that Joy is | 


leaſt overcames all other; that,rake wharjoy you | 


here, as mans:natue is capable'of; if het hadne- 
ver ſo much praiſe and glory of men,”( theſe 


will comeand overcome it,and drowne it,and pur | 
It Out. \ 


miliation was ſleight,ſo was their faith, they had \ 


tooke Chriſt in a more remiſſe manner. Andas | | 
their Faith was, ſo was thcir joy, all ſleight. But | 


accordingly great, it is: great Joy, that :ar the | 


2o Itis greate 


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things we. naturally rejoyce in)a right Chriſtian, | 


—_ 


4 —— 


—_ 
——_ — 


Of Effeiluall Faith. 


Nots. 


3. isſpiricuall. 


| Kingdomeof 6G 0D, and the 
| of it, and he may rejoyee mathe hope that he hath | 
| chat his ſinnes are forgiven ;, bur all this while 


that hath faith indeede, will not ſo rejoyce in 
theſe, but that he will rejoyce in CHRIST a- 
bove them. Ifthy joy therefore be fo great,thar it 
overcome and axceedall other, be ſure thar joy is 
good. But yet wee muſt have one thing more in 
joy. In whom,though you have not ſeen, yer you 
joy with joy unſpeakableandglorious: Thatis,if 
it be ſuch ajoy as is right indeed, which is a teſti- 
mony df faith, that it is a ſtgne thou beleeveſt, if 
a joy that is glorious, it ts a joy that is glorious 
and fpirituall.Now anhypocrite may rejoyce,he 
may xejoicein C H RI SF, he may rejoyce inthe 

_—_ hee hath 


hee rejoyccth after a carnall nznnes : as, you 


| know , 4 mati may rejoyce in ſpirituall things 


| carnall thing after a ſpirituall manner. Therefore 


| 
| 
afrcr acarnall naanner, as a man may rejoyce ina 
| bueacarnall þ 


the joy of bypacrites, whenit is at the beſt, it is 
3 there is ſomething there that 
bis fleſh is ra rejoyce in, it may bee hee 


had fome feare and  terrour in his conſcience, and 
-afrer this comes a. perfwafion perhaps that his 
fins p_ him, andthat hecis in a good 
eftate; that ſame flefhly feare and griefe before, 
thar warldly feare and griefe will havea joy an- 
frerable tot, a Ljoy ;-andycr * may bee 
great, it may be agreatflaſhof joy; thar maybe as 
21.apd: Baud, make agreat ſhewy which beeauſe 
'8hathino ſpring, is ſoan dryedup'; bur ie makes 


| 


agreatMath: and: therefore inchar, Beb.6. They 
[ores 4 "BH taſted 


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{ Of 8fetnall Faith, J25 
a ; vs. L i 
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| the world to come. I take thisto be the eaning of 
| it, (not as it is commonly interpreted, That an 
Hypocrite may: taſte of the good Word of Go, | 
and of ſpirituall priviledges,hemay taſte ofthem, | 
but nordrinke deepe of them, bur this is certainly 


| things in'the good Word of G 0 D, which was | *fingthe, 
| thing but fleſh. (Make) If a temporary Chriſti- | Hebc. 

an beleeves for atime, he hath incffectuall faith, 

| inſucha man there-is nothing but fleſh. Thar 
j concluſion muſt bee ſer downe : and if there bee | 
| nothing but fleſh, there is nothing can taſte but 
fleſh; for there is nothing elſe ro doe it, and the 
| fleſh taſtes. nothing bur objects that ice with: it 
ſelfe. What ſhall we ſay then? There is @mewhar 
inhim that picks out, that in theſe ſpirituallcoox- | | 
forts, in theſe ſpirituall bleſſings, inthis goad | 
Wort ofGadhe pickes out that which ſuits with | 
his fleſh=:!Tharis, ſach:a-carnallman may. boe a+ 
ble torcjoyeein the Word. Dae youhotthink, | 
that fuch a good Wordof G.@.D may make Care - 
nal menrejoiceiniteMay he not taſte bych fects | 
nefſe,/ as totake upor/him the projeiion af Beli: 
g10n, and to bring forth fruit, ind1oholdow 
—_— doubr there is.Ace there nor ſuchthings | * 
nt 


t which-vyce pre inthe Goſpel 2 To 
tellmenofa kingdomeof falvation,. ofthe ave 
of 6 @'D, of rhe precious promiſes, of av inberi- 


tance,of eſcaping 


| reffedef tht goed Wordef God, andof thepowers of he 


the meaning of the place, ) They taſted lome | What meantby 


| {weetto them. Now, in ſuch men there isno- | worldto come | 


ads bas cath. 16... 


a 


— 


I4 Humilicy. 


in theſes He may ;and hath ſucharaſte as is ther® 
expreſſed. Ew) | 
Conſider now therefore ifrhy Joy beeright; 
Ifit be a figne of faith, .ifit be good and ſound, if 
it beea Joy thar is ſpirituall and unſpeakeable ; 
thatis, ificbe a Joy that is ſogreat,/ as tharit ex- 
cced:s alt other. zoyes ; if rhis Joy doe burhold 
out n tribulation, ir is acertaine ſigne thy faith is 
CERT GT 
” Now, laſt of all,: che laſt coricomirant of faich

~423 words

dwell with thee, 
Now whereſoever:C'H R-IST comes todwell, 
hee comes with a light, hee ſhewes the creature 
his vileneſſe, hee: makes a man ſee his finne; hee 
herctaehuirgrat hope; and profeſetrtarhe 

thatifath and ntnat nee 
| eas, his hearts lifted up, and not 
caſt downe..Suchare normen whichthink them- 
ſelvesvile, and naked; :and-miſcrable,; but they 
thinkethemfelves betrer than other men, they 


| thinke other -men -arenor likerhem-. i And there- 
forethey are ready tobee: more boldand venty- 
rous18 any thing, are ready to take npopini- 


way. - But: now. a truc: Chriſtian is hwnbled 


with 


—— ._—___ Op nm > . - —_ « 


that whichi brings C# 1ST into the hearr, as | 


| are forwarder than others-in any thing;-they. 


| ons; they are ready:to ſtrike our this way or thar | 


hy ——_ 


| Of effefinall Faith... 129: (| 
withir,beccauſe when C H R 1ST comesinto the | yy... Chrit 
heart, he makes a man to ſec his vileneſſe, As | comes inrothe 
you know,when G 0 D drewneereto Jeb;when | MAT, amanis 
he came neare him indeed, then he abhorred hims | eye. þ 
ſelfe iz duft ard aſhes, then hee ſaw what a one hee 
| was,he ſaw not before, he thoughtthe contrary, | 
but when God drew ncere indecd, that made him 
| manifeſt. 2 5 1 alt Lot moan | 
j' -\So it was with 1ſay,when he ſaw God upon his 
Thronc, andthe Angels about him, whenhe ſaw | 
his holineſſe,then,lWoe is me,l ans undone becauſe I 
am 4 man of polluted lips : Hee was ſo before, bur | 175- 
when hedrew neere to.Gedhhe law it. ... . | 
- So Peter (lid, Depart from meg] ays 4 ſinfull may, |, 
whenheſaw Chrift, when Chriftcame necre bim, 
| when. hee manifeſted: himſelfe in. bis; Divinity, | 
that he ſaw God in him; forſo he did by, thatmi- | 
racle that amazed Peter, and caſt him downe,and 
made him ſce:what ho was. So Nevie, when,Gqd 
drew neeretohim,:and promiſetto 6ui/d him an; 
Horſe, to: give bini-awHouſethat ſhould brees. |, 
| ternal,” ro givehimthe <Meſ5/a4, whoſe King- | | 
| dome ſhould never end, {forthat is. included in | | 
| the giving him a Kingdome : for .eyer,..and.ah 
| Houſe that ſhould have noendz;): when-6-0-D | 
vouchſafed him ſo great x favour, we ſee;David | 
was: never. ſocaſt downe:as.then (in 4h&(fighe of | 
bis wie viteneſſe;;. hee. wavneves ſolitsleinhis 


/owneeyes, hee never faid fo. much &5;.hee faid 
then.” Now; (faith-he) whatiis Devid ? What am 
11, or what is my Fathers Houſe ; that ion ſhonig, 
regard me thus, that thou ſhould#t bring me ther« | 
| 


= < 


Pe PEI" 


1 


to? S . x 


| Ye IE 


— 


Of EfetullFanh. © | 


_ | mans hearr, when he ſpeakes, peace indeed, when 


q 4 
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1 to?. This is Geds manner, when he comes into a\ 


| faithis a right faith,  thar brings Chriſt ro dwell 
there ; I ſay, itmakesa man excceding humble, 
| Therefore the Spirit of Chriſtians is a meck Spi- 
' rit, they arc hunable and gentle, tiacy are little in 
, ther owneyes. Coflider whether thou haſt ſuch 
a diſpoſition bred inthee, or no: it is aſigne thy 
faith is goodzif rhere be ;if there be notzit is a ſign 
thy faith is-not true. So'much for the ſignes of: 
faich.. 1 make haſte, becauſe I have one uſe more | 
T moaddes:. 0 5 a ot | 
If nothing bee regarded of God but effeRuall 
firh ; har is, if that bee the vertue of faith to bee 
cffecuall,: or elſe it isnothing worth, then wee 
ſhould tkearne hence, not tolet that be wanting | 
to our faich, which is theexcellency of it, whic 
is the vertue of it, which is the proper quality 
ofit. As, ifitbee the vertucofa Horſe to goe 
well; Ifitbee the vertue ofa Knifeto cut well; 
If tbee the vertue of a Souldier to fight well ; or 
| wharſoeveryouwill inſtance in, whatſoever ver- 
'] tte it bee; or whatſoever thing, you labour to 
findethatinit, wwharſoever be wanting 3 {for c- | 
very Or npnper excellency , ſome 
fpecill vertne whereinthe thing condiſts,) Now 
to bexfechuall, vo be working, tobe operative, | 
#tibethevemueatfairh, (as it were) ifthis be 
theicharaQctandextellency of faith ; Let not this 
| thervſhte bee wanting in faith. Wharis that then 
tot hold doe <Ufe thy fainh,ſer fairha work, 


,.1 


[Debs + 


Io 2X FX. .1 


You! 


pas "0 


1 


| when thou haſt faith once, Iſpcake-to thoſe thar 
| haveit: and this exhortation 4s ro you

~91 words

us to uſe other Talents thar 


Cerro 


thou haft it, learne to uſe it. Doeſt thouthinke 


G 0 D hath put into our hands, and will .henor 
require thar thou ſhouldeſt uſe the Talene-of 
Fairh 2 Wilr thou wrap that ma Napkin, and | 
tet it lyedead by thee « Witlnot bee calithee 20 
an account for it? Whar folly is it,” (roy-boo» | 
| S thren)) 


Anſw. 


Thoſethar 
have faith,are 
able toulc its 


Sinvlt. 


Morives toſer | 
faith on work, 


Of Effeuall Faith. © 


| ations 


| God rewards 
not according 
to habits,bur 


| according to 
workes, 


Want of ufing 
| faith makes ir 
weakes 


| thren) you have faith, which is ſo excellent a 


1 quis are 6: | Whata reward would it bring £ As Arifotle. ſaith 


| the habits they have, bur according to their 


Grace, able to doe ſo great things as it is, and 
yet you willnot uſc it. There are many Chriſti- 
ans.that have faith indeed, and yet will nor fe: 
it on worke. How great. things would it doe, 


of habits, That if a man have no more bur a ha- 
bir, and uſe ir not, there is no difference betweene | 
the wiſeſt. man and a foole; for-what are habits 
for, but for action 2- what is the Tree for, but for 
fruit 2- The habir ſcrves.burt for the act ; and 
this is, according to the judgement of Scripture, 
in Rom.2

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of the aſſurance of the forgive- 
nefle of 'fiane; and of the priviledges which thou 


his-heart no more affeRed'than other. mens., hee 
findes no-rejoycing there more than ordinary; 
Now ſerfaich on works learne tobelceve,and that 
throughly. 

 Fuftſet faick on worke-tobeleeve,to truſt per- 
fedtly, as the Apoftle ſpzakes, Gal. in the grace 
revealed by. Jeſus Chriſt: traſt perfeftly-; thatis, 
thou: ſhonldeſt' beleceve the. full, forgiveneſſe of 
thy;finnc4:rhou myfk. na: beſeceve irby. halves, 
ſwthar: there: ſhauld-bee a diſtance-, as-itwere, 


betweene Ged-and thee, ſome .odde ſcores-unac- 


1m ————— 


muſt live by faich: I ſhould have ſhewed how you | 


Firſt, in comforting our ſclves ; for that is one 


haftby. Chrif,, Whenaman hath taith, and finds | 


Quitted, 


; Va *X'h : 


Of Efetlual Faith, I33 | 


— | 


quitted, uncroſt ; butthou ſhouldeſt beleeve ſo, | 
that thy joy may bee full, thou ſhouldeſt beleeve | John.1s, | 
throughly that thy finnes are forgiven, thatall 
are acquitred, thou muſt nor limit G © D a his 
mercie at all, as thou ſhouldeſt notlimit him in , 
his power. Thus a man ſhould ſet fairhonwork, 
that he may bee able to ſay, My beloved is mine, 
and I am his, know there is a Match made be- 
eweene us. For unleſſe you lay this ground, a | * 
man ſhall not rejoyce. This is all, therefore now 
uſethy faith, If Satan now come, andrell thee 
of ſome ſinnes, and of ſome circumſtances of 
thoſe ſinnes, and of ſome wants in thy repen- 
rance and humiliation, what ſerves faith-for now e | 
What ſerves all this for that you have learned 
here concerning the Doctrine of Faith, but to' 
teach youthat theſe ſhould bee no ſcruples, you 
ſhould beleeve, and that perfeatly 2 When this 
is done, that you ſee there is a Match, a Cove- 
nant made betweene Godand you, now youmuſt 
know, that all that Chriſt hath is yours 5 wharſo- 
ever hee hath by Nature, you have itby Grace, 
Ifhee bee a Sonne, yee are ſonnes; Ifhee be an 
Heire, yeeare heires ; and when yechavedone | 
this, then conſider all the particulars of the 
wealth ofa Chriſtian,that all is yours, whether it 
be Paul, or Apollos,or the world, ec. Theſe things 
we have often fpoken of, you ſhould run through | þ 
andconfider of them : Ifa man will conſider that G 
heisa King, thatthe world is his, that whatſo- 'l 
| everisin C/riſf belongs to him, and oweththim a 
| good turne, and will doe itat onetime or other ; | 

| | S 3 , when) ® þ 


| IT 


Of Effefluall Faith, FER 


Faith makes a 
man regard- 
lefle of earthly 
things. - 


F promile in the Booke of God, bur ic is thine ; ſer 


-[doethis ; whenother men reckon their Lands, 


when hee confiders all the precious promiſes. A 
man reckons his wealth not onely by his money 
which he hath lying in his Coffers, thathe hath 
preſent,bur by Bils, and Bonds, and Leaſes, 8c. 
Sce how many promiſes thou haſt, there isnot 


thy fairh qn worke to conſider this, and to re- 
joyce init; ſer faith 01 worke fo to ſee them 
that rhau mayeſt rcjoyce in them, and weane 
thee from the things of this world, not to regard 
them ; for they are ſmall things, ofno hold. Shall 
a King regard Cottages andtrifles 2 No, if thou 


thinke in good earneſt that thou art ſuch a man, 
| why doeft thou regard trifles * Thou ſhouldeſt 


and their Houfes, and their Friends, a Chriſtian 
reckons he hath God, hee hath many good warks 
inſtore, he hath ſo many preciaus promiſes laid up 
in the Land of the living. Set thy faith on worke 
thus, not onely to r2joyce, but to bring ina holy 
maganmicy » anfwerable to ſuch a condition; 

not Faith give over till is have brought 
theeta this, Cerrajnzly, a manthat beleeves hee 
| is2 King, hee will have another ſpiric: for there 
1500 other reaſon wherefore it is ſaid Sau! had 
anather ſpirit, but that when hee came to bee a 
King, hehada ſpirit anſwerable. When thoube- 
leeveſt theſe priviledges, when thou ferreſt thy 


themtabe reall thing 


Faith an: worke tobclecve indeed, tobelecye | 
$, and not fancies, and noti- | 
ons, there will be bred a diſpoſition anfwerable, | 


| 


O 


acarriage and. ſpirit ſutable ;.thou wilt nor admit: 


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of things that are unfit far ſuch a perſon, thoy 
canſt nat doe it 3 but as ane that is a. Prince, that 
| harh thoſe hopes actually, hee cannot admit of 
thovghrs that other men have z no morecana | 
| Chriſtian, whenhee is borne fromaboye by the 
:mmortall ſeed, there is ſuch a diſpoſition wrought 
inhim, thar, if bce will ſer his faith onworke ta 
belecve theſe things, he ſhallnot be able roadmir 
of thoſe baſe things which hee did before, and 
which others doe, = | 
Againe, if a man ſcthis faith aworke to be- 
leeve theſe things, hee would bee able touſethe 
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fair, 
and then it is foule ; if a man were aboverhefe, | 
there is a continuall ſerenity ; So a man that hath 
his heart in Heaven, a man that walkes with | 
God, that hath his heart raiſed above others : if 
you would doe this, if youwould uſe Faith, if 
thou wouldit confider this, it would ſer thee a- | 
left above theſe things; thouwouldeſt foare a 
loft as the Eagle, thou wouldeft care nomore 
for theſe things.than the Eagle cares forthe chir- 
ping of Sparrowes: they are triftes, thouwouldſt 
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with cicher z the one would not much puffe him | 
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ſcriouſly, how would it alter our courſe 2 Ir 
would worke another diſpoſition, another affe- 
ion in us. A man would conſider,thatif G © D 
be ſure, what matter is it if a frienddye « IfT 
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upon one that loves thee, as 
one that favonreth thee, as one that is thy friend, 


thar accepts thee, this will winne thine heart,this 
willcauſca mars heart to turne from fin, to rurne 
from darkneſfe to light, it will make him to leave 
the wates wherein he delighted before, it will di- 
vorce a mins heart from the fin whercin ir hath | 
taken pleafurc a lang time, fo that it ſhallneverger 
the victory overit. Thereforerhz beſt way m ſuch 
a caſe, 15 to ſet faith. on work, to belceve the for- 
giveneſfe of fin; remember the promiſes of God, 
thoſe promiſes you have leard often, thar God 


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| forgive, this will turne thy heart from ſin, thou 
ſhalr finde ſin dieand wither inthee,and thy heart 
rogrow and be quickned in grace: you know,that 
to gcta loving heart, is ro beleeve char God loves 
Nothing weak. | USFO beleeve thar our ſins are forgiven. Now I 
neth fin.bur | ſay,there is nothing that weakneth ſia indeed, bur } 
loretoGod. | rg love God, whatſoever ſin is weakened by other 
meanesthan by love ro God,by turning the heart 
to him by repentance and morrification, that fin} 
lyeth hid,thoughirt ſeem no way to increaſe: this 
-| increaſcth love, when we beleevethe promiſe of 
Ged, that he is ready to forgive; thar is effeQuall 
for this purpoſe. When Chrift came to Peter,and 
| ſaid unto him, Loveſfrhow me ? then, ſaith he, feede 
| m1y ſheep.Soafterthis manner, when thou once be- 
[ceveſt that GOD loves thee, and canft bring thy 
heartto love him againzifnow Chriſt ſhould come 
to thee,and ſay, Loveſt thou me, who loved thee,and 
gave my ſelfe for thee ?if thou dott love me,diſdain 
ſuch athing which hate, doe nor ſuch things as 
willgrieve me ; keep wy Commandements keepe my 
Sabbaths : if thouloveſt me, lernor thy converſa- 
 tionbc in wantonneſle,i» ftrifeeandenvyingifthou 
loveme,labor to bring ſome glory romy Name, 
{andro do ſome good to mankind;ifthou love me, 
bediligentinthy Calling;ifrhoulove me,honour 
me,do good toothers,do2 good to thy ſelfe with 
it. Leca man goe thorow all the particulars of fin, 
and he would abſtain from ir,ifhe would fer faith 
on work this way,to ſanfifie his heart. 
& A——_ aine, faith doth ir by overcomming the 
On e'T Word ;/ for when a manis drawne, one of theſe 
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two things drawcs him,Either ſome offer of ſome 
ercar benefit, or ſome great evill which he is put 
in feare of : now when he lookes, and ſeerh that 
Gedis ableto keep him,whenmendo their worſt, 


and thar hee can give him a heavenly Kingdome ; 
when he lookes to the promiſe, hee is above the 
World. 

Againc, he not onely overcomes riches, bur he | 
makes advantage of them; he not only lovesthem 
as a ſlave, but he gets the victory overthem, and 
he gets ſervice fiomthem. And ſo when mencan 
make their recreations to ſerve their turns for bet- 
tcr purpoſes,- when a man not onely overcomes 
them, gets the viRtory of them, but makes them 
ſerviceable, ſo a man makes advantage of the 
World. | 

Again, when thou wouldſt have thy ſanQifica- 
tion increaſed, increaſe thy faith. The morethou 
beleeveſt,the more the Spirit of Chriſt is convey- 
edinto thy heart. The ſtronger thy faith is,the 
more the wind of grace,the ſappe ſhall low from | 


Chriſt into thy heart. As old 4damscorruption,it | 


is with the grace of Cbr:ſt, whenthou commeſt 
near,thou art ingraft into the ſimzilitadeof his death; 
chat is, there comes agifr from him, he ſends his 
Spirit intothy heart, that makes thee joy in him, 
thar cauſeth rhce to diets fin, &to liverto righte- | 


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givesa reaſon forir, becauſe (faith hee) Through 
the Spirit we wait for the hope of that righteouſueſſe 
which is by Faith, and not by the Law. When he 
had expreſſed himſelfe ſo farre, which is the 
righteouſneſſe received by faith, that is, thar 
righteouſneſſe which is frecly given by GO D,of- 
fered tous, wrought by Chr:#, but taken by faith 
on our parts : Thus, faith he, you muſt be juſti- 
fied. Now to confirme this, he givesa reaſon in 
this verſe that I have read : for, ſaith he, 1» Chr: 
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by being made partakers of his righ- 
teouſncile : by. being borne of him, -or  in- 
orafted into him. As you communicate of the: 


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gaine, faith the Apoſtle, it is rhe Loras plcaſure 
'thar you ſhould be ſaved after this manner, be- 
cauſe hee would have it to bee of grace. If you 
ſhould have beene ſaved by any workes of your 
' owne, you would have imputed ir to your ſelves, 
and to your owne ſtrength : But the Lord would 
have it to be of grace, of his free will, and there- 
fore he would have it meerely of faith, by taking 
'rhe rightcouſheſſe of the ſecond Adam, which he 
hath wronght for you. Againe, he would have ir 
ſure to all your ſeed: if ir had beene by workes, 
it would never have beene ſure unto you, you 
could never have kept the Law fo: exactly. 
Bur fince._Chr:# hath wrought righteouſneſle, 
and you have no more to doe but to rake it, now 
it is ſure, or elſe it would never have bcene ſure. 
Againe, if ithad beene by workes, the fleſh had 

had wherein to rejoyce, itmight have ſomething 
| Ito boaſt of : Burthe Lord will have no man to 
[rejoyce in the fleſh; but {et 4193 that rejoycerh, re 
Joyce inthe Lord. Now if it had beeneby works, 
if ithad beene by any inherent rightcouſneſle, 
by any ornament of grace thatthe LO RD had 
beaurified us with, we had had rejoycing in our 
ſelves; but now that it is by the ſecond 49am, 
by comming home to him, by taking him,by ap- 
plying his righteouſneſſe : Now no fleſh can 
rejoyce in ir felfe , but now whoſoever re- 
| joyceth, rejoyceth inthe LO RD. Therefore 
| [faith the Apoſtle, you muſt know this truth, 
[youcannever be ſaved by doing theſe aQions, 
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