The breast plate of faith and love ..: delivered in 18 sermons upon three severall texts . ®mm OF EFFECTVALL FAITH. The third Sermon. I. Thess. i. cjfcffua// Faith^ &c* thing pleaie God, if heaccepts of nothing butwhat comes from effectu-al! fakh- thenwefhouldkarne hence toiudge a-right of our wjrkes: forwhatworkes foeaer weedoe, they pleafe God no further then heefeeth and findethlbfnc Faith :i: them. TheVie before fhewed vs how to iudge aright of1 our. Tolearnctoiudge aright ofourworkes. 1 8o Of GffeBuall Faith. our faith. this tcacheth you how to iudge a-right of all the wo
The breast plate of faith and love ..: delivered in 18 sermons upon three severall texts . ®mm OF EFFECTVALL FAITH. The third Sermon. I. Thess. i. cjfcffua// Faith^ &c* thing pleaie God, if heaccepts of nothing butwhat comes from effectu-al! fakh- thenwefhouldkarne hence toiudge a-right of our wjrkes: forwhatworkes foeaer weedoe, they pleafe God no further then heefeeth and findethlbfnc Faith :i: them. TheVie before fhewed vs how to iudge aright of1 our. Tolearnctoiudge aright ofourworkes. 1 8o Of GffeBuall Faith. our faith. this tcacheth you how to iudge a-right of all the workes yon doe, that you doenot miftake in them. For men are very aptto indge amiffe of what they doe in thiscafe. There be many workes that haue a fpeci-ous and faire {hew in the view of men, andperhaps in your owne opinion: But if therebe not faith in thofe workes, God regardsthem not: as,lama2* 22. when (Abrahamdid that great worke, in offering his fonne^(which was the greateft worke that euer heedid, and the greateft worke that is recordedinalltheBookeofGoD) yet, faith the A-poftle there,D0j!<? not obferue how faith wroughtwith his workes ? That is to fay3 If faith hadnot fet him on worke to doe this, if faith hadnotbeenethe Spring to fet this wheele ongoing, God had not accepted this. So, doewhatfoeuer you will, further then faith workswith you in all that you doe, God regardsit not. Therefore you fhall obferue in Chrijls an-fwer to the Woman ofcatnaan. in
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