A treatise of faith : wherein methodically is handled, the nature of true, saving, justifying faith, in opposition unto counterfeit .. . ry ioy both to laugh and are xhc fweeteft ioyes that are thus fetched out ofthe mod bitter forrowes, and thefe are thefureft ioyes thatwill laft longeft, whofe ground hath been laid fo decpe,as to be raifed thus out of the loweft bottomes of a mo ftaffliftedeflate,inamd that hath been fore wounded,and much pierced thorough with painfull forrowes, andmoft worull griefes. And thus at the length commeththat promifetobe fulfilled, which the Lord fo long
A treatise of faith : wherein methodically is handled, the nature of true, saving, justifying faith, in opposition unto counterfeit .. . ry ioy both to laugh and are xhc fweeteft ioyes that are thus fetched out ofthe mod bitter forrowes, and thefe are thefureft ioyes thatwill laft longeft, whofe ground hath been laid fo decpe,as to be raifed thus out of the loweft bottomes of a mo ftaffliftedeflate,inamd that hath been fore wounded,and much pierced thorough with painfull forrowes, andmoft worull griefes. And thus at the length commeththat promifetobe fulfilled, which the Lord fo long agomade to his people that had endured great affliction, thatfor all the forrorv andjhame they had enduredi theyjhouldhaue double comforts, and for their confupon he would makethem reioyce in their portion. Yea, fo are Gods feruantscomforted in their troubles, as euer after they arc madebetter able to comfort others which are in troub!e,by thecomfort wherewith they themfelues are comforted ofGod. Ch AP I93 ifa. rff .14. # 1. Cor. 1,4. 194 Mans aflittt obedience, Ch a i .! Hypocrites toy isfmall or none. Ifa. 48. 1%.. T he difference of their hy in the third dtmenfion or breadth ofu, W hop tt isfiratunid or extended in tbtm. fr&*~&t*J$fi5\ He third dimenflon wherein the ioy ofthefe two forts of beleeuers may beeperceiued much to differ, is inrefpeftof the large fpread that the one hath,reaching it felfe out euery Way farrcand wide, and extending it felfe tofuch a latitude and breadth,as no man can fay, Thus farregoe the bounds of it, and no further: and on the otherfide, the narrow breadth, ftrait lyfts,and fhort precin&s,wirhin the compaffe whereof the other is (hut in, hardlypent vp,and Co narrowly confined,as beyond the fame itcanneuerbe found to extend it felfe or reach out anyfurther. Hypocrites and mif-beleeuers,whoareno better thenmeere reprobates, and plaine wicked perfons, haue thelifts of their ioy, and bounds of their reioycingmadefonarrow,and f
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