A treatise of faith : wherein methodically is handled, the nature of true, saving, justifying faith, in opposition unto counterfeit .. . ither tohaue bin but a meere fancie, & they all the while deluded,when they thought they had true faith wrought in them,and did beft of all belceue;or elfe y which was once true,for want of ftrength to be now perilhed fro the,&to failethe for altogether,& wholly to be loft & gone. Then asRachels voice was heard in Rama, when Ihe wept for her G 3 children 85 Feeling loft. Gen. 2 j. 2£. 8* ifa. Comforts towealiefaitb. lob !<$.*. Cant .* £u. M
A treatise of faith : wherein methodically is handled, the nature of true, saving, justifying faith, in opposition unto counterfeit .. . ither tohaue bin but a meere fancie, & they all the while deluded,when they thought they had true faith wrought in them,and did beft of all belceue;or elfe y which was once true,for want of ftrength to be now perilhed fro the,&to failethe for altogether,& wholly to be loft & gone. Then asRachels voice was heard in Rama, when Ihe wept for her G 3 children 85 Feeling loft. Gen. 2 j. 2£. 8* ifa. Comforts towealiefaitb. lob !<$.*. Cant .* £u. Mans acliue Obedience^ Chap .9, children,and would not be comforted becaufe they werenot: To are their lamentable voices heard in the Chur-ches/^ weeping and mourning and great lamentation;they weeping for the want of thefe graces, and wrill notbe comforted, becaufe(to their fenfe and feeling as them-felues fo doe thinke) they now are not, but are quite loftand gone. Chap. IX. What remedie there is for the make in faith, and with^ aS the excellency of faith is declared, with the praclice or vfc to be made courfe is then to be taken for help and re-medy in this cafe f hat fuch may be fuccouredandfupportedin this weaknes,¬feene to faint & qiue oner for altogether!A. They to whom God hath ginentongue ofthe learned, fo as they know how to fpeake aword, in feafon to them that are wearie: had need toftrengthen fuch with their mouth, and tempering theirwords with a certaine fweetneife of fpeaking; by thecomfort of their lippes, to aflwage their grieres. Thefir,whofe hearts are thus diirnayed and difcomforted ; lan-guishing and fearing,and ready to faint within them, hadneed to be carried into the Lords wine cellcrs of the holyScriptures, that they may bee refrefhed and {laycd withhis flagons, and comforted with his apples ;that thencethey may fucke,and be kitisried with the confolations ofGod,to get in the inner man againerthat fo theyf
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