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           THE
           Life
           of
           Faith.
           IN
           TWO
           SERMONS
           TO
           THE
           UNIVERSITY
           OF
           OXFORD
           At
           S
           t.
           
           Mary's
           Church
           there
           ;
           On
           the
           6
           th
           .
           of
           January
           ,
           1683
           /
           4.
           and
           June
           the
           29
           th
           .
           following
           .
        
         
           By
           
             John
             Wallis
          
           ,
           D.
           D.
           One
           of
           His
           Majesty's
           Chaplains
           in
           Ordinary
           ,
           and
           Professor
           of
           Geometry
           in
           the
           University
           of
           Oxford
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             James
             Rawlins
          
           ,
           for
           
             Thomas
             Parkhurst
          
           :
           And
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           by
           
             Amos
             Curteine
          
           ,
           Bookseller
           in
           Oxford
           ,
           1684.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           THE
           Life
           of
           Faith.
           
        
         
           
             
               Hebr.
               10.38
               .
            
             
               But
               the
               Just
               shall
               Live
               by
               Faith.
               
            
          
        
         
           LIfe
           is
           that
           of
           which
           we
           are
           all
           Fond.
           And
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           Death
           is
           (
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           )
           that
           which
           ,
           of
           all
           ,
           we
           most
           dread
           .
           
           
             (
             Skin
             for
             Skin
             ,
             and
             all
             that
             a
             man
             hath
             will
             he
             give
             for
             his
             Life
             .
             )
          
           Insomuch
           that
           Life
           is
           commonly
           put
           for
           Happiness
           ;
           and
           Death
           for
           Misery
           .
        
         
           
             Behold
             I
             have
             set
             before
             you
          
           (
           saith
           
             Moses
             )
             Life
             and
             Good
             ,
             Death
             and
             Evil
             :
          
           And
           again
           ,
           
           
             I
             have
             set
             before
             you
             Life
             ,
             and
             Death
             ;
             Blessing
             ,
             and
             Cursing
             :
             Therefore
             choose
             Life
             ,
             that
             thou
             and
             thy
             seed
             may
             live
             .
          
           That
           is
           ,
           That
           you
           may
           be
           blessed
           .
           And
           Jeremy
           ,
           much
           to
           the
           same
           purpose
           ,
           (
           but
           more
           literally
           :
           
           )
           
             Behold
             I
             set
             before
             you
             the
             way
             of
             Life
             ,
             and
             the
             way
             of
             Death
             .
          
           And
           ,
           when
           God
           at
           first
           threatened
           ,
           
             In
             the
             day
             that
             thou
             eatest
             thereof
             ,
          
           
           
             thou
             shalt
             dy
             the
             Death
          
           :
           That
           which
           we
           commonly
           call
           Death
           (
           though
           it
           were
           a
           part
           )
           was
           but
           a
           small
           part
           ,
           of
           that
           threatening
           .
           The
           whole
           of
           it
           ,
           was
           ,
           That
           he
           should
           be
           miserable
           .
           And
           ,
           though
           he
           did
           not
           Dy
           the
           
             same
             day
          
           (
           as
           to
           what
           we
           commonly
           call
           Death
           ,
           )
           yet
           he
           did
           ,
           
             that
             day
          
           ,
           become
           miserable
           .
           
           And
           so
           had
           He
           ,
           and
           all
           His
           ,
           continued
           to
           be
           ;
           if
           God
           had
           not
           found
           out
           a
           way
           to
           restore
           us
           ,
           from
           
             that
             Death
          
           ,
           to
           a
           Life
           of
           Happiness
           .
           And
           what
           that
           is
           ,
           the
           Text
           tells
           us
           ;
           
             The
             Just
             shall
             live
             by
             Faith.
             
          
        
         
           True
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           Death
           ,
           in
           the
           proper
           sense
           ,
           is
           a
           great
           Evil
           ;
           and
           it
           was
           so
           intended
           by
           God
           ,
           when
           he
           did
           at
           first
           threaten
           it
           ,
           as
           a
           part
           of
           that
           misery
           ,
           which
           was
           to
           follow
           upon
           Sin.
           )
           And
           even
           the
           Death
           of
           a
           Friend
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           our
           Own
           ,
           may
           justly
           be
           looked
           upon
           as
           a
           great
           Affliction
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           
             thus
             to
             Dy
          
           ,
           is
           a
           much
           less
           Evil
           ,
           than
           (
           as
           the
           Apostle
           speaks
           )
           to
           be
           
             Dead
             while
             we
             Live.
          
           
           And
           it
           is
           an
           Allay
           to
           our
           Sorrow
           ,
           (
           as
           well
           in
           reference
           to
           our
           own
           Death
           ,
           as
           to
           that
           of
           those
           we
           Love
           ,
           
           )
           That
           ,
           
             he
             who
             Believeth
             in
             the
             Lord
             ,
             though
             he
             be
             Dead
             ,
             yet
             shall
             he
             Live
             :
             And
             ,
             who
             soever
             liveth
             and
             believeth
             in
             him
             ,
             shall
             never
             Dy.
             
          
        
         
           You
           easily
           apprehend
           ,
           that
           ,
           when
           Christ
           saith
           ,
           
             He
             shall
             never
             Dy
          
           ;
           he
           did
           not
           mean
           it
           of
           a
           
             natural
             Death
          
           ;
           For
           ,
           thus
           ,
           
           
             It
             is
             appointed
             to
             all
             men
             ,
             once
             to
             Dy
             :
             )
          
           But
           thus
           rather
           ,
           
           
             He
             that
             hath
             part
             in
             the
             first
             Resurrection
             ,
             on
             such
             the
             second
             Death
             hath
             no
             power
             .
          
           Or
           ,
           if
           that
           expression
           may
           seem
           to
           be
           of
           a
           doubtfull
           sense
           ,
           (
           as
           being
           involved
           in
           the
           obscure
           phrase
           of
           a
           mystical
           Prophesy
           ;
           )
           yet
           ,
           that
           at
           least
           is
           plain
           ,
           
           That
           ,
           
             If
             we
             live
             after
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             we
             shall
             Dy
             ;
             but
             if
             ,
             through
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             we
             mortifie
             the
             deeds
             of
             the
             Body
             ,
             we
             shall
             Live.
             For
             ,
             to
             be
             Carnally
             minded
             ,
             is
             Death
             ;
             but
             ,
             to
             be
             Spiritually
             minded
             ,
          
           
           
             is
             Life
             and
             Peace
          
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           is
           the
           Life
           ,
           which
           the
           Text
           speaks
           of
           .
           Which
           is
           Begun
           is
           Grace
           ,
           and
           Perfected
           in
           Glory
           .
           And
           such
           a
           Life
           is
           that
           ,
           
           which
           
             the
             Just
             shall
          
           Live
           by
           
             Faith.
             God
             so
             loved
             the
             World
             ,
             that
             he
             gave
             his
             only
             begotten
             Son
             ,
             that
             who
             so
             ever
             Believeth
             in
             him
             ,
             should
             not
             perish
             ,
             but
             have
             everlasting
             Life
             .
          
           (
           That
           is
           ,
           That
           he
           should
           be
           
             eternally
             Happy
             .
             )
             He
             that
             Believeth
             on
             the
             Son
             ,
             hath
             everlasting
             Life
             ;
             and
             he
             that
             Believeth
             not
             the
             Son
             ,
             hath
             not
             Life
             ;
             but
             the
             Wrath
             of
             
             God
             abideth
             on
             him
             .
             For
             the
             Just
             shall
             Live
             by
             Faith.
             But
             ,
             if
             any
             man
             draw-back
             ,
          
           
           
             my
             Soul
          
           (
           saith
           God
           )
           
             shall
             have
             no
             pleasure
             in
             him
             .
          
        
         
           The
           first
           place
           where
           we
           meet
           with
           this
           ,
           
             The
             Just
             shall
             Live
             by
             Faith
             ,
          
           is
           in
           Habak
           .
           2.4
           .
           And
           we
           have
           it
           cited
           (
           as
           a
           saying
           very
           considerable
           )
           three
           times
           in
           the
           New
           Testament
           ,
           Rom.
           1.17
           .
           Gal.
           3.11
           .
           and
           here
           Hebr.
           10.38
           .
        
         
           And
           ,
           in
           all
           the
           Four
           places
           ,
           we
           have
           the
           words
           just
           in
           the
           same
           order
           :
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           .
           
             Justus
             ex
             Fide
             vivet
          
           ;
           (
           that
           of
           Faith
           standing
           in
           the
           middle
           of
           the
           other
           two
           words
           ,
           and
           capable
           of
           being
           referred
           to
           either
           )
           
             The
             Just
             ,
             by
             Faith
             ,
             shall
             Live.
          
           And
           may
           therefore
           be
           indifferently
           read
           ,
           
             The
             Just
             by
             Faith
          
           ,
           or
           
             By
             Faith
             shall
             live
             .
             (
             Justus
             ex
             Fide
             ,
          
           or
           
             ex
             Fide
             vivet
             .
          
           )
           Nor
           need
           we
           be
           much
           solicitous
           ,
           whether
           of
           the
           ways
           we
           read
           it
           .
           For
           it
           may
           well
           enough
           have
           an
           aspect
           both
           ways
           .
        
         
           But
           though
           ,
           in
           all
           these
           places
           ,
           the
           words
           ly
           in
           the
           same
           Order
           ,
           yet
           with
           a
           different
           Emphasis
           ;
           according
           as
           the
           Context
           ,
           and
           the
           Scope
           of
           the
           place
           direct
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           first
           place
           ;
           the
           Emphasis
           seems
           to
           ly
           upon
           the
           word
           Just
           ,
           or
           Righteous
           ;
           
           as
           contradistinguished
           from
           those
           who
           are
           otherwise
           .
           
             His
             Soul
             that
             is
             lifted
             up
             ,
             is
             not
             upright
             in
             him
          
           ;
           (
           and
           consequently
           ,
           not
           pleasing
           to
           God
           :
           )
           
             But
             the
             Just
             shall
             live
             by
             Faith.
          
           Where
           he
           shews
           the
           advantage
           that
           the
           Just
           or
           Righteous
           have
           (
           as
           to
           the
           case
           there
           spoken
           of
           ;
           )
           before
           those
           who
           are
           not
           so
           ;
           those
           
             who
             's
             heart
             is
             lifted
             up
          
           ,
           or
           standeth
           out
           ,
           and
           refuseth
           to
           submit
           it self
           to
           God
           and
           Trust
           in
           him
           .
        
         
           And
           to
           the
           same
           purpose
           ,
           in
           the
           place
           before
           us
           :
           
           where
           we
           have
           a
           like
           opposition
           ,
           or
           contradistinction
           ,
           between
           the
           Just
           or
           Faithful
           ,
           and
           those
           who
           are
           not
           so
           .
           
             The
             Just
             shall
             live
             by
             Faith
             :
             But
             ,
             if
             any
             man
             draw-back
          
           (
           saith
           God
           )
           
             my
             Soul
             shall
             have
             no
             pleasure
             in
             him
             .
          
           Where
           we
           have
           (
           as
           in
           the
           other
           place
           )
           a
           Promise
           to
           the
           Just
           and
           Faithful
           ;
           
           but
           with
           a
           direct
           exclusion
           of
           those
           who
           are
           otherwise
           ;
           who
           draw-back
           or
           Revolt
           from
           him
           ,
           or
           stand-out
           against
           him
           ,
           or
           believe
           not
           in
           him
           .
           (
           Which
           come
           much
           to
           the
           same
           pass
           .
           And
           the
           word
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           of
           a
           like
           sense
           ,
           in
           divers
           places
           of
           the
           New
           Testament
           ,
           is
           by
           Interpreters
           indifferently
           expressed
           by
           Disobedience
           ,
           or
           
             Vnbelief
             .
          
           )
        
         
           And
           this
           place
           (
           in
           the
           Epistle
           to
           the
           Hebrews
           )
           though
           it
           may
           ,
           in
           some
           words
           ,
           seem
           to
           differ
           from
           that
           in
           Habakkuk
           ;
           yet
           is
           ,
           by
           Expositors
           ,
           generally
           supposed
           to
           have
           a
           particular
           respect
           thereunto
           .
           Nor
           need
           we
           (
           as
           some
           would
           perswade
           us
           )
           to
           change
           the
           reading
           of
           the
           Hebrew
           Text
           ,
           to
           make
           it
           agree
           with
           the
           Greek
           ;
           but
           it
           might
           well
           enough
           be
           so
           rendered
           as
           the
           Greek
           hath
           it
           ,
           though
           the
           Hebrew
           were
           then
           so
           read
           as
           now
           it
           is
           .
           As
           is
           well
           shewed
           ,
           
           by
           a
           learned
           Writer
           of
           our
           own
           ,
           in
           his
           Notes
           upon
           
           Maimonides's
           
             Porta
             Mosis
          
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           ,
           how
           comfortable
           so
           ever
           the
           Text
           may
           be
           ,
           or
           the
           Promise
           therein
           made
           ,
           to
           those
           that
           are
           truly
           Righteous
           ,
           and
           Believe
           in
           Christ
           :
           It
           affords
           small
           comfort
           to
           those
           that
           are
           Wicked
           and
           Unbelievers
           ,
           who
           (
           while
           they
           so
           continue
           )
           are
           quite
           debarred
           from
           it
           .
           Much
           like
           to
           the
           
             Pillar
             of
             the
             Cloud
          
           ,
           
           which
           was
           
             between
             the
             Israelites
             and
             Egyptians
          
           ;
           It
           
             gave
             light
          
           to
           the
           one
           ,
           but
           to
           the
           other
           was
           a
           
             Cloud
             and
             Darkness
          
           .
           Or
           (
           without
           such
           metaphor
           or
           mystical
           expression
           ,
           )
           as
           we
           are
           plainly
           told
           
             (
             Isai.
          
           3.
           )
           
             Say
             ye
             to
             the
             Righteous
          
           ,
           
           
             It
             shall
             be
             well
             with
             him
             ;
             for
             they
             shall
             eat
             the
             fruit
             of
             their
             doings
             :
             But
             ,
             Wo
             to
             the
             wicked
             ,
             it
             shall
             be
             ill
             with
             him
          
           ;
           
           
             for
             the
             reward
             of
             his
             hands
             shall
             be
             given
             him
             .
          
        
         
           In
           the
           other
           two
           places
           ;
           Rom.
           1.17
           .
           and
           Gal.
           3.11
           .
           the
           Emphasis
           seems
           to
           ly
           on
           the
           word
           
             Faith
             ,
             The
             just
             ,
             shall
             live
             ,
             by
             Faith
          
           ;
           or
           ,
           
             The
             just
             ,
             by
             Faith
             ,
             shall
             live
             .
          
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           .
           For
           ,
           here
           ,
           the
           main
           point
           in
           Question
           was
           ,
           (
           in
           both
           Epistles
           )
           concerning
           Justification
           to
           Life
           ;
           Whether
           
             by
             Works
          
           ,
           or
           
             by
             Faith.
          
           And
           the
           Conclusion
           
           was
           ,
           That
           ,
           
             by
             the
             Deeds
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             shall
             no
             flesh
             be
             Justified
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             God
             ;
             (
             for
             by
             the
             Law
             ,
          
           
           
             cometh
             the
             knowledge
             of
             sin
             :
             )
          
           But
           ,
           
             being
             justified
             by
             Faith
          
           ,
           
           
             we
             have
             peace
             with
             God
             ,
             through
             our
             Lord
             Jesus
             Christ.
          
           In
           confirmation
           of
           which
           truth
           ,
           the
           Apostle
           cites
           this
           testimony
           ,
           out
           of
           Habakkuk
           ,
           
           
             For
             it
             is
             written
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           
             The
             Just
             shall
             live
             by
             Faith.
          
           And
           proves
           it
           further
           ,
           from
           the
           examples
           of
           Abraham
           and
           David
           .
           Who
           
             were
             Justified
          
           (
           he
           tells
           us
           )
           
             not
             ,
             by
             Works
             ;
             but
             ,
             by
             Faith
             :
          
           
           
             To
             whom
             God
             imputed
             Righteousness
             ,
             with
             works
             .
          
           Thus
           in
           the
           Epistle
           to
           the
           Romans
           .
        
         
           And
           ,
           in
           like
           manner
           ,
           in
           that
           to
           the
           Galatians
           ;
           He
           argues
           ,
           That
           
             Abraham's
             Believing
             was
             accounted
             to
             him
             for
             Righteousness
             :
          
           And
           ,
           That
           ,
           
             in
             him
          
           ,
           
           
             the
             Gentiles
             also
             are
             Justified
             by
             Faith
             :
          
           And
           do
           ,
           thereby
           ,
           become
           
             the
             Children
             of
             faithful
             Abraham
          
           .
           And
           this
           he
           there
           also
           confirms
           by
           the
           same
           testimony
           :
           
             That
             no
             man
             is
             Justified
             by
             the
             Law
             ,
          
           
           
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             God
             ,
             is
             evident
          
           (
           he
           tells
           us
           ,
           )
           
             For
             the
             Just
             shall
             live
             by
             Faith
          
           ;
           or
           ,
           
             The
             Just
             by
             Faith
             ,
             shall
             live
             .
          
           That
           is
           ,
           Being
           justified
           
             by
             Faith
          
           ,
           we
           shall
           obtain
           Life
           ;
           or
           ,
           become
           
             Happy
             .
             (
             Being
             Justified
             by
             Faith
             ,
             we
             have
             Peace
             with
             God.
             )
          
        
         
           So
           that
           the
           stress
           of
           the
           Proof
           from
           this
           Testimony
           ,
           is
           laid
           upon
           those
           words
           
             By
             Faith.
          
           Not
           ,
           
             of
             Works
          
           :
           but
           ,
           
             by
             Faith.
          
           
        
         
           We
           have
           now
           therefore
           dispatched
           these
           two
           things
           from
           these
           Words
           :
        
         
           First
           ,
           That
           this
           Happiness
           ,
           whatever
           it
           be
           ,
           belongs
           only
           to
           the
           Just
           ,
           the
           Righteous
           ,
           the
           Godly
           Person
           ;
           and
           to
           no
           other
           .
           That
           is
           ,
           to
           those
           whom
           God
           ,
           in
           favour
           ,
           shall
           repute
           so
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           it
           concerns
           Us
           ,
           if
           we
           would
           partake
           of
           this
           Happiness
           ,
           to
           make
           sure
           to
           be
           of
           this
           number
           .
           That
           we
           be
           such
           as
           whom
           God
           will
           account
           Righteous
           .
           Otherwise
           ,
           (
           how
           ever
           we
           may
           flatter
           our selves
           ,
           or
           what
           ever
           
           opinion
           others
           may
           conceive
           of
           us
           ,
           )
           God
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             His
             Soul
             shall
             have
             no
             pleasure
             in
             us
             .
          
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           That
           it
           is
           by
           true
           
             Faith
             in
             Jesus
             Christ
          
           ,
           and
           no
           other
           way
           ,
           that
           we
           can
           be
           reputed
           Just
           or
           Righteous
           in
           Gods
           sight
           .
           Not
           ,
           for
           any
           Righteousness
           of
           our
           own
           :
           
             not
             by
             works
             of
             Righteousness
             which
             we
             have
             done
             .
          
           
           Our
           Works
           perhaps
           may
           look
           glorious
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           Men
           ;
           but
           not
           in
           the
           eyes
           of
           God
           ,
           (
           that
           we
           should
           ,
           in
           His
           sight
           ,
           be
           justified
           by
           Them.
           )
           Our
           Works
           may
           serve
           to
           
             justifie
             our
             Faith.
          
           
           (
           We
           may
           
             shew
             our
             Faith
             by
             our
             Works
          
           ;
           and
           
             By
             Works
             is
             Faith
             made
             Perfect
             :
             )
          
           But
           it
           is
           our
           Faith
           must
           justifie
           us
           .
           
           
             Abraham
             believed
             God
          
           (
           as
           there
           is
           follows
           )
           
             and
             it
             was
             imputed
             to
             him
             for
             Righteousness
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             If
             Abraham
             were
             Justified
             by
             Works
          
           (
           saith
           S.
           
             Paul
             ,
             )
             he
             had
             whereof
             to
             Glory
             ;
             but
             ,
             not
             before
             God
             :
          
           But
           
             Abraham's
             Believing
             God
          
           (
           for
           so
           it
           follows
           )
           
             was
             accounted
             to
             him
             for
             Righteousness
             .
          
           
        
         
           And
           this
           God
           would
           have
           so
           to
           be
           ;
           That
           Himself
           might
           have
           all
           the
           Glory
           of
           his
           Grace
           :
           And
           ,
           That
           Man
           may
           have
           nothing
           to
           Glory
           in
           ;
           nothing
           to
           boast
           of
           .
           
             Now
             to
             him
             that
             worketh
          
           (
           as
           there
           it
           follows
           )
           
             the
             Reward
             is
             not
             reckoned
             of
             Grace
             ,
          
           
           
             but
             of
             Debt
          
           :
           But
           ,
           
             to
             him
             that
             worketh
             not
          
           ,
           
           
             but
             Believeth
             on
             him
             that
             justifieth
             the
             Vngodly
             ;
             his
             Faith
             is
             counted
             to
             him
             for
             Righteousness
             .
          
        
         
           And
           
             David
             allso
          
           (
           as
           he
           further
           argues
           )
           
             describeth
             the
             Blessedness
             of
             that
             Man
             ,
          
           
           
             to
             whom
             God
             imputeth
             Righteousness
             ,
             without
             Works
          
           ;
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           not
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           Works
           :
           
           )
           
             saying
             ,
             Blessed
             are
             they
             ,
             who
             's
             Iniquities
             are
             forgiven
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             who
             's
             sins
             are
             covered
             :
             Blessed
             is
             the
             man
             to
             whom
             the
             Lord
             will
             not
             Impute
             sin
             .
          
           Not
           ,
           
             He
             that
             hath
             no
             sin
          
           ,
           (
           for
           then
           no
           man
           would
           be
           blessed
           ;
           )
           but
           ,
           
             to
             whom
             it
             is
             not
             Imputed
             .
          
        
         
           Who
           ever
           therefore
           would
           be
           thus
           accounted
           Righteous
           in
           Gods
           sight
           ;
           must
           be
           contented
           to
           Disclaim
           his
           Own
           Righteousness
           ,
           as
           to
           any
           thing
           of
           Merit
           therein
           :
           and
           accept
           
           of
           this
           Imputed
           Righteousness
           ,
           on
           the
           account
           onely
           of
           Christs
           Righteousness
           and
           Merits
           :
           to
           the
           benefit
           of
           which
           we
           are
           intituled
           by
           Faith
           in
           him
           .
        
         
           So
           far
           is
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           S.
           Paul
           ,
           from
           the
           Popish
           Doctrine
           of
           Merits
           ,
           and
           Supererogation
           ;
           as
           if
           we
           were
           able
           to
           do
           ;
           no
           onely
           
             as
             much
          
           as
           is
           sufficient
           ;
           but
           
             more
             than
          
           is
           necessary
           ,
           to
           make
           us
           Just
           on
           the
           account
           of
           Works
           .
        
         
           But
           when
           we
           thus
           exclude
           the
           Merits
           of
           good
           Works
           ,
           as
           to
           our
           Justification
           :
           We
           do
           not
           deny
           the
           Necessity
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           to
           our
           Practice
           .
           For
           it
           is
           not
           every
           Faith
           ,
           (
           or
           every
           thing
           which
           a
           presumptuous
           wicked
           person
           shall
           call
           Faith
           ,
           )
           that
           will
           Justifie
           us
           in
           the
           sight
           of
           God
           :
           But
           ,
           such
           
             a
             Faith
             as
             works
             by
             Love
          
           ;
           
           and
           
             By
             Works
             is
             Faith
             made
             perfect
             .
          
           Not
           ,
           an
           Idle
           ,
           Lazy
           Faith
           ;
           But
           ,
           an
           Operative
           ,
           a
           Working
           Faith
           ;
           a
           
             Faith
             that
             purifieth
             the
             Heart
          
           .
           A
           Living
           ,
           
           a
           Lively
           Faith
           :
           (
           But
           ,
           
             Faith
             without
             Works
             is
             Dead
          
           :
           
           and
           can
           ,
           in
           no
           other
           sense
           ,
           be
           called
           Faith
           ;
           than
           as
           a
           Dead
           man
           ,
           or
           the
           Picture
           of
           a
           man
           ,
           may
           be
           called
           
             a
             man.
          
           )
           A
           Faith
           in
           the
           Heart
           ,
           which
           doth
           produce
           Holyness
           in
           the
           Life
           .
           (
           For
           ,
           
             without
             Holyness
             no
             man
             shall
             see
             God.
          
           
           )
        
         
           For
           it
           was
           never
           the
           design
           of
           S.
           Paul
           ,
           (
           nor
           of
           our
           Church
           neither
           ,
           when
           shee
           saith
           ,
           
           
             Wee
             are
             Justified
             by
             Faith
             onely
             ;
             )
          
           to
           derogate
           from
           the
           
             Necessity
             of
             Good
             Works
          
           :
           But
           he
           doth
           directly
           Assert
           it
           .
        
         
           And
           he
           doth
           (
           not
           without
           some
           Indignation
           )
           Disclaim
           that
           consequence
           ,
           that
           some
           would
           (
           slanderously
           )
           fasten
           upon
           his
           Doctrine
           of
           
             Free
             Grace
          
           ,
           
           and
           
             Justification
             by
             Faith
             onely
             .
             What
             shall
             we
             say
             then
             ?
             Shall
             we
             continue
             in
             Sin
             ,
             that
             Grace
             may
             abound
             !
             God
             forbid
             .
          
           And
           ,
           as
           to
           those
           (
           for
           some
           such
           there
           were
           )
           who
           (
           as
           a
           consequence
           of
           his
           Doctrine
           )
           
             did
             affirm
             ,
             that
             he
             said
             ,
             Let
             us
             do
             evil
             that
             good
             may
             come
             thereof
             :
          
           He
           says
           ,
           
             They
             do
             slanderously
             report
             it
          
           ;
           
           and
           ,
           That
           
             their
             condemnation
             is
             just
          
           .
        
         
           But
           you
           will
           say
           ,
           If
           we
           be
           Justified
           (
           as
           our
           Church
           tells
           us
           )
           
             by
             Faith
             onely
          
           ;
           what
           need
           is
           there
           of
           Holyness
           ,
           or
           a
           
             Godly
             Life
          
           ?
        
         
         
           I
           say
           ;
           Much
           every
           way
           .
           For
           we
           must
           be
           Sanctified
           (
           as
           well
           as
           Justified
           )
           if
           ever
           we
           be
           saved
           .
           And
           though
           Justification
           and
           Sanctification
           go
           allways
           together
           ;
           (
           For
           God
           Justifies
           none
           ,
           whom
           he
           doth
           not
           also
           Sanctify
           :
           )
           yet
           the
           Notions
           of
           the
           one
           and
           the
           other
           ,
           are
           very
           different
           .
           And
           ,
           whatever
           some
           would
           slanderously
           insinuate
           ,
           of
           those
           who
           exclude
           Good
           Works
           from
           Justification
           ;
           as
           if
           they
           were
           Enemies
           to
           Good
           Works
           ;
           and
           held
           ,
           That
           by
           Faith
           a
           man
           may
           be
           saved
           let
           his
           Life
           be
           never
           so
           Wicked
           :
           It
           will
           be
           found
           in
           experience
           ,
           That
           they
           are
           not
           less
           
             zealous
             of
             good
             Works
          
           ,
           who
           think
           that
           Holyness
           belongs
           to
           Sanctification
           ,
           than
           those
           that
           do
           thus
           Calumniate
           them
           .
           And
           (
           very
           often
           )
           they
           who
           talk
           most
           ,
           of
           being
           Justified
           by
           good
           Works
           ,
           have
           least
           of
           them
           to
           shew
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           (
           I
           know
           )
           the
           business
           of
           the
           Papists
           ,
           to
           confound
           the
           Notions
           of
           Justification
           and
           Sanctification
           ;
           to
           make
           way
           for
           their
           
             Justification
             by
             Inherent
             Righteousness
          
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           (
           if
           they
           would
           speak
           out
           )
           by
           Holyness
           .
           (
           For
           ,
           what
           else
           is
           Inherent
           Righteousness
           ?
           )
           Now
           ,
           That
           we
           are
           Sanctified
           by
           Holyness
           ,
           no
           man
           denies
           :
           But
           is
           it
           by
           Holyness
           therefore
           that
           we
           are
           Justified
           ?
           or
           ,
           is
           not
           this
           to
           make
           Justification
           and
           Sanctification
           ,
           all
           one
           .
        
         
           And
           truly
           the
           Papists
           have
           some
           Reason
           so
           to
           do
           .
           For
           it
           is
           a
           Doctrine
           by
           which
           they
           get
           Money
           :
           As
           being
           the
           foundation
           of
           Indulgences
           and
           Popish
           Pardons
           ;
           upon
           purchasing
           ,
           out
           of
           the
           Popes
           Treasury
           ,
           somewhat
           of
           the
           Merits
           of
           other
           men
           (
           who
           are
           supposed
           to
           have
           had
           enough
           and
           to
           spare
           )
           for
           those
           who
           have
           none
           of
           their
           own
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           why
           any
           of
           Us
           ,
           should
           be
           fond
           of
           that
           Doctrine
           ,
           who
           have
           no
           such
           Bargains
           to
           drive
           ,
           (
           and
           that
           directly
           against
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           our
           own
           Church
           )
           I
           do
           not
           see
           .
        
         
           And
           indeed
           the
           Papists
           themselves
           (
           how
           much
           soever
           they
           talk
           of
           the
           Necessity
           of
           good
           Works
           for
           Justification
           ,
           )
           do
           rather
           hold
           ,
           There
           is
           no
           necessity
           of
           them
           at
           all
           ;
           
           (
           either
           to
           Justification
           ,
           or
           Salvation
           .
           )
           For
           there
           is
           no
           man
           so
           Wicked
           ,
           and
           devoyd
           of
           Holyness
           and
           Good
           Works
           :
           but
           that
           ,
           by
           virtue
           of
           their
           Priests
           Absolution
           ,
           or
           at
           lest
           by
           the
           Popes
           Indulgence
           ,
           he
           may
           go
           directly
           to
           Heaven
           ,
           without
           any
           thing
           of
           Holyness
           of
           Good-works
           (
           other
           than
           giving
           Money
           to
           a
           Priest
           ,
           )
           by
           their
           Doctrine
           ;
           (
           without
           so
           much
           as
           touching
           at
           Purgatory
           by
           the
           way
           .
           )
           'T
           is
           but
           ,
           by
           way
           of
           Commutation
           ,
           paying
           so
           much
           Money
           (
           in
           stead
           of
           Holyness
           and
           a
           Good
           Life
           )
           and
           all
           is
           safe
           .
        
         
           However
           ;
           since
           it
           is
           (
           amongst
           us
           )
           agreed
           on
           all
           hands
           (
           for
           I
           know
           of
           no
           Protestant
           that
           doubts
           it
           )
           that
           there
           is
           a
           Necessity
           of
           Holyness
           ,
           and
           the
           practice
           of
           Good
           Works
           and
           a
           Godly
           Life
           ;
           (
           if
           not
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           Justification
           ,
           at
           lest
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           Sanctification
           :
           )
           Let
           us
           all
           make
           it
           our
           business
           ,
           to
           be
           
             Fruitful
             therein
          
           .
           
           And
           if
           we
           cannot
           agree
           upon
           the
           punctilio
           ,
           on
           what
           Account
           it
           is
           necessary
           ;
           Let
           us
           at
           lest
           agree
           upon
           the
           Practise
           ,
           of
           Holyness
           and
           a
           Godly
           Life
           .
        
         
           In
           so
           doing
           ;
           we
           shall
           approve
           our selves
           to
           God
           ,
           adorn
           his
           Gospel
           ;
           make
           our
           own
           Calling
           and
           Election
           sure
           ;
           obtain
           the
           testimony
           of
           a
           good
           Conscience
           in
           our
           own
           Breast
           ;
           and
           pass
           the
           more
           comfortably
           toward
           the
           Completion
           of
           that
           Happiness
           ,
           which
           the
           Text
           promiseth
           ;
           That
           
             the
             Just
             ,
             shall
             live
             ,
             by
             Faith.
             
          
        
         
           And
           thus
           I
           have
           briefly
           run
           over
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Text
           (
           with
           some
           consequents
           thereof
           )
           according
           to
           the
           Two
           Empases
           allready
           mentioned
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           a
           third
           (
           to
           be
           after
           mentioned
           )
           but
           (
           before
           I
           leave
           these
           ,
           and
           come
           to
           it
           ,
           )
           I
           shall
           further
           amplify
           (
           by
           way
           of
           Application
           )
           on
           each
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           first
           ,
           as
           to
           that
           Emphasis
           on
           the
           word
           Just
           ;
           (
           the
           Just
           shall
           live
           by
           Faith
           :
           )
           Which
           restrains
           the
           benefit
           of
           this
           Promise
           (
           whatever
           it
           be
           )
           to
           the
           Just
           or
           Righteous
           person
           .
           Especially
           being
           attended
           with
           an
           Exclusive
           of
           
           those
           that
           be
           otherwise
           ,
           as
           here
           it
           follows
           ,
           
             But
             if
             any
             man
             draw-back
             ,
             my
             Soul
             shall
             have
             no
             pleasure
             in
             him
             .
          
        
         
           And
           therefore
           ,
           if
           we
           would
           be
           entituled
           to
           be
           Benefit
           ,
           we
           must
           make
           sure
           of
           the
           Qualification
           ;
           that
           we
           be
           Just
           and
           Righteous
           persons
           .
        
         
           Where
           allso
           we
           are
           not
           to
           consider
           the
           word
           Just
           in
           a
           strict
           acceptation
           ;
           so
           as
           onely
           to
           denote
           Justice
           strictly
           taken
           ,
           (
           as
           contradistinguished
           to
           Holiness
           ,
           Temperance
           ,
           and
           other
           virtues
           ;
           )
           But
           ,
           as
           comprehensive
           of
           all
           that
           is
           necessary
           to
           denominate
           a
           person
           ,
           a
           Just
           or
           Righteous
           man
           ,
           a
           Good
           man
           ,
           a
           man
           (
           as
           here
           the
           phrase
           is
           )
           
             in
             whom
             the
             Lord
             will
             have
             pleasure
          
           ;
           or
           whom
           he
           will
           be
           well
           pleased
           with
           .
        
         
           For
           ,
           though
           a
           Good
           man
           ,
           a
           Gracious
           man
           ,
           an
           Holy
           man
           ,
           a
           
             Just
             or
             Righteous
          
           man
           ,
           a
           man
           
             after
             Gods
             own
             heart
          
           ,
           are
           different
           Names
           in
           Scripture
           ;
           yet
           are
           they
           but
           as
           so
           many
           
             Inadequate
             Conceptions
          
           of
           the
           same
           Thing
           ,
           and
           all
           denote
           the
           same
           Person
           ;
           and
           (
           as
           other
           concretes
           )
           are
           often
           predicated
           one
           of
           another
           ,
           and
           one
           put
           for
           another
           .
        
         
           As
           in
           Mat.
           1.19
           .
           
           
             Joseph
             being
             a
             Just
             man
             ,
             and
             not
             willing
             to
             make
             her
             a
             publick
             example
             ,
             was
             minded
             to
             put
             her
             away
             privily
             .
          
           That
           is
           ,
           a
           good
           man
           ,
           a
           kind
           man
           ,
           a
           merciful
           man.
           
        
         
           For
           the
           Moderation
           here
           intimated
           ,
           (
           as
           contradistinguished
           to
           what
           Severity
           might
           have
           been
           used
           ,
           )
           was
           rather
           an
           act
           of
           Mercy
           ,
           than
           of
           strict
           Justice
           .
           But
           it
           was
           a
           just
           man
           ,
           a
           good
           man
           ,
           a
           vertuous
           man
           ,
           that
           used
           this
           moderation
           .
        
         
           And
           so
           is
           the
           word
           Just
           ,
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           to
           be
           understood
           ;
           as
           comprehensive
           of
           all
           those
           Graces
           and
           Virtues
           necessary
           to
           make
           a
           
             good
             man.
          
           And
           here
           ,
           if
           ever
           ,
           that
           saying
           will
           hold
           good
           ,
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           .
           
             Justice
             is
             comprehensive
             of
             all
             Virtue
             .
          
           
        
         
           So
           that
           it
           is
           not
           inough
           here
           to
           say
           ,
           I
           do
           no
           man
           wrong
           ,
           or
           ,
           I
           live
           honestly
           among
           my
           Neighbours
           ;
           (
           though
           that
           be
           Good
           :
           )
           But
           ,
           art
           thou
           endued
           with
           all
           Virtue
           ?
           and
           ,
           
           all
           the
           Graces
           of
           Gods
           Spirit
           ?
           and
           dost
           accordingly
           
             live
             a
             Godly
             ,
             Righteous
             ,
             and
             Sober
             life
          
           (
           as
           our
           Church
           phraseth
           it
           ,
           )
           or
           (
           as
           St.
           Paul
           ,
           more
           largely
           )
           
             Denying
             Vngodliness
             and
             worldly
             Lusts
             ,
             live
             Soberly
             ,
             Righteously
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             Godly
             in
             this
             present
             World
             ?
          
           
           
             Looking
             for
             the
             blessed
             hope
             and
             glorious
             appearance
             of
             the
             Great
             God
             ,
             and
             our
             Saviour
             ,
             Jesus
             Christ
             ;
             Who
             gave
             himself
             for
             us
             ,
          
           
           
             that
             he
             might
             Redeem
             us
             from
             all
             Iniquity
             ,
             and
             Purify
             to
             himself
             a
             Peculiar
             People
             ,
             Zealous
             of
             Good
             Works
             ?
          
        
         
           If
           not
           :
           It
           is
           not
           the
           name
           of
           Christian
           ,
           or
           a
           pretended
           Faith
           ,
           that
           will
           secure
           against
           a
           
             Wicked
             Life
          
           .
           And
           he
           that
           lives
           a
           Vicious
           ,
           Wicked
           Life
           ;
           whether
           he
           pretend
           to
           be
           
             saved
             by
             Faith
          
           ,
           or
           to
           be
           
             saved
             by
             works
          
           ;
           he
           shall
           be
           saved
           
             by
             Neither
          
           ,
           while
           he
           continues
           so
           .
        
         
           S.
           Paul
           reckons
           up
           a
           great
           Catalogue
           of
           such
           livers
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           6.
           
           (
           under
           the
           title
           of
           Vnjust
           or
           
             Vnrighteous
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             )
             Know
             ye
             not
             that
             the
             Vnrighteous
             shall
             not
             inherit
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             God
             ?
             Be
             not
             deceived
             ;
             neither
             Fornicators
             ,
             nor
             Idolaters
             ,
             nor
             Adulterers
             ,
             nor
             Effeminate
             ,
             nor
             Abusers
             of
             themselves
             with
             mankind
             ;
             Nor
             Thieves
             ,
             nor
             Covetous
             ,
          
           
           
             nor
             Drunkards
             ,
             nor
             Revilers
             ,
             nor
             Extortioners
             ,
             shall
             inherit
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             God.
          
           And
           ,
           if
           any
           find
           himself
           within
           this
           Catalogue
           (
           or
           other
           the
           like
           ;
           )
           Let
           him
           take
           heed
           ,
           to
           make
           sure
           of
           what
           follows
           :
           
           
             Such
             were
             some
             of
             you
             ;
             But
             ye
             are
             Washed
             ,
             but
             ye
             are
             Sanctified
             ,
             but
             ye
             are
             Justified
             ,
             in
             the
             name
             of
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             Spirit
             of
             our
             God.
          
           Observe
           ;
           they
           must
           be
           Sanctified
           ,
           (
           as
           well
           as
           
             Justified
             .
          
           )
           No
           
             Vnclean
             thing
          
           may
           enter
           there
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ;
           As
           to
           that
           Emphasis
           on
           the
           words
           
             By
             Faith
          
           ,
           (
           in
           contradistinction
           to
           Works
           ;
           )
           which
           S.
           Paul
           principally
           pursues
           in
           the
           business
           of
           Justification
           ,
           (
           in
           the
           Epistles
           to
           the
           Romans
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           Galatians
           ,
           where
           this
           Text
           is
           cited
           :
           )
           Our
           Church
           directs
           in
           a
           good
           even
           way
           ;
           between
           the
           
             Popish
             Doctrine
          
           of
           Merits
           ,
           and
           the
           
             loose
             Practice
          
           of
           
             Licentious
             livers
          
           .
           That
           is
           ;
           We
           should
           so
           
             Practise
             Good
             
             Works
          
           ;
           as
           yet
           not
           to
           
             Trust
             in
             them
          
           ,
           to
           be
           
             Justified
             by
             them
          
           ;
           either
           in
           Whole
           ,
           or
           in
           Part.
           
        
         
           As
           to
           Justification
           ;
           she
           tells
           us
           ,
           in
           the
           11
           th
           Article
           ,
           (a)
           That
           
             we
             are
             Justified
             by
             Faith
             onely
          
           ;
           and
           that
           this
           
             is
             a
             Wholsome
             Doctrine
             ,
             and
             full
             of
             Comfort
             .
          
        
         
           And
           ,
           as
           to
           Good
           Works
           ;
           she
           tells
           us
           ,
           in
           the
           12
           th
           Article
           (b)
           That
           ,
           though
           they
           do
           not
           Justifie
           ,
           (
           but
           
             follow
             after
             Justification
             ;
             )
             yet
             are
             they
             pleasing
             and
             acceptable
             unto
             God
             ;
             are
             the
             necessary
             fruit
             of
             a
             true
             and
             lively
             Faith
             ;
             and
             by
             which
             it
             s
             known
             as
             a
             Tree
             by
             its
             Fruit.
             
          
        
         
           And
           in
           the
           Homily
           or
           Sermon
           to
           which
           the
           Article
           refers
           ,
           she
           tells
           us
           the
           same
           more
           fully
           .
           That
           there
           
             can
             no
             man
             ,
             by
             his
             own
             acts
             ,
             works
             ,
             and
             deeds
             ,
             (
             seem
             they
             never
             so
             good
             )
             be
             justified
             ,
             and
             made
             righteous
             before
             God
             :
             But
             every
             man
             of
             necessity
             is
             constrained
             to
             seek
             for
             another
             righteousness
             or
             justification
             ,
             to
             be
             received
             at
             Gods
             own
             hands
             :
             That
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             the
             forgiveness
             of
             his
             sins
             and
             trespasses
             .
          
           —
           That
           
             this
             justification
             or
             righteousness
             ,
             which
             we
             so
             receive
             of
             Gods
             Mercy
             and
             Christs
             Merits
             ,
             embraced
             by
             Faith
             ;
             is
             taken
             ,
             accepted
             ,
             and
             allowed
             of
             God
             ,
             for
             our
             Perfect
             and
             Full
             Justification
             .
          
           —
           That
           
             (
             all
             the
             world
             being
             wrapped
             in
             sin
             ,
             by
             breaking
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             )
             God
             sent
             his
             onely
             Son
             our
             Saviour
             Christ
             into
             the
             World
             ,
             to
             Fullfill
             the
             Law
             for
             Vs
             ;
             and
             ,
             by
             shedding
             of
             his
             most
             pretious
             bloud
             ,
             to
             make
             a
             Sacrifice
             ,
             and
             Satisfaction
             ,
             or
             (
             as
             it
             may
             be
             called
             )
             Amends
             ,
             to
             his
             Father
             ,
             for
             our
             sins
             ;
             to
             asswage
             his
             Wrath
             and
             Indignation
             ,
             conceived
             
             against
             us
             for
             the
             same
             .
          
           —
           That
           
             sinners
             ,
             (
             when
             they
             turn
             again
             to
             God
             unfeignedly
             ,
             )
             are
             washed
             ,
             by
             this
             Sacrifice
             ,
             from
             their
             Sins
             in
             such
             sort
             ,
             that
             there
             remaineth
             not
             any
             Spot
             of
             Sin
             ,
             that
             shall
             be
             Imputed
             to
             their
             Damnation
             .
          
           That
           
             this
             is
             that
             Justification
             or
             Righteousness
             ,
             which
             S.
          
           Paul
           
             speaketh
             of
             ,
             when
             he
             saith
             ,
             No
             man
             is
             justified
             by
             the
             Works
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             but
             freely
             by
             Faith
             in
             Jesus
             Christ
             ;
             And
             again
             he
             saith
             ,
             We
             believe
             in
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
             that
             we
             be
             justified
             freely
             by
             the
             Faith
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             not
             by
             the
             Works
             of
             the
             Law
             ;
             because
             that
             no
             man
             shall
             be
             justified
             by
             the
             Works
             of
             the
             Law.
          
           That
           ,
           
             Although
             this
             Justification
             be
             Free
             to
             Vs
             ;
             Yet
             it
             cometh
             not
             So
             freely
             to
             us
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             no
             Ransom
             paid
             therefore
             at
             all
             .
             But
             —
             God
             hath
             tempered
             his
             Justice
             and
             Mercy
             together
             ;
             that
             he
             would
             neither
             by
             his
             Justice
             condemn
             us
             to
             the
             Everlasting
             Captivity
             of
             the
             Devil
             ,
             and
             his
             Prison
             of
             Hell
             ,
             remedyless
             for
             ever
             without
             Mercy
             ;
             Nor
             ,
             by
             his
             Mercy
             ,
             deliver
             us
             clearly
             ,
             without
             Justice
             ,
             or
             payment
             of
             a
             Just
             Ransom
             .
             —
             And
             ,
             whereas
             it
             lay
             not
             in
             us
             that
             to
             do
             ;
             He
             provided
             a
             Ransome
             for
             us
             ;
             that
             was
             ,
             the
             most
             precious
             Body
             and
             Blood
             of
             his
             own
             most
             dear
             and
             best
             beloved
             Son
             Jesus
             Christ.
             Who
             ,
             beside
             this
             Ransome
             ,
             Fullfilled
             the
             Law
             ,
             for
             us
             ,
             Perfectly
             .
          
        
         
           With
           much
           more
           to
           the
           same
           purpose
           .
           Shewing
           ,
           That
           
             Christ
             Alone
          
           ,
           hath
           payd
           the
           
             Whole
             Ransome
          
           ,
           and
           made
           
             Full
             Satisfaction
          
           ,
           to
           God's
           Justice
           ;
           and
           ,
           that
           our
           Righteousness
           or
           Good
           Works
           come
           not
           in
           for
           any
           Share
           or
           Part
           thereof
           ;
           as
           if
           ,
           by
           them
           ,
           we
           should
           ,
           at
           lest
           in
           Part
           ,
           be
           justified
           .
        
         
           This
           Doctrine
           ,
           I
           know
           ,
           is
           not
           pleasing
           to
           the
           Socinians
           ,
           nor
           to
           the
           Papists
           .
        
         
           Not
           to
           the
           Socinians
           :
           Because
           they
           Deny
           that
           any
           such
           Satisfaction
           is
           made
           to
           Gods
           Justice
           at
           all
           .
           For
           ,
           if
           they
           should
           allow
           ,
           that
           ,
           Christ
           alone
           were
           able
           to
           make
           ,
           a
           sufficient
           Satisfaction
           ,
           for
           the
           Sins
           of
           All
           :
           they
           must
           allow
           him
           to
           be
           more
           than
           Man.
           And
           therefore
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           Denying
           of
           his
           Divinity
           ,
           they
           deny
           his
           Satisfaction
           too
           .
        
         
         
           Nor
           to
           the
           Papists
           :
           For
           ,
           though
           they
           allow
           a
           Satisfaction
           to
           Justice
           ;
           Yet
           they
           would
           have
           this
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           at
           lest
           in
           Part
           ,
           by
           our selves
           :
           To
           make
           way
           for
           Purgatory
           ;
           and
           ,
           consequently
           ,
           for
           Popish
           Pardons
           .
           For
           ,
           if
           we
           must
           pay
           ,
           part
           of
           the
           Debt
           ,
           our selves
           ,
           (
           Christ
           having
           not
           payd
           the
           Whole
           ,
           )
           and
           have
           not
           payed
           it
           in
           this
           Life
           ;
           we
           must
           either
           pay
           it
           in
           Purgatory
           ;
           or
           else
           (
           by
           way
           of
           Commutation
           )
           pay
           Money
           for
           the
           Popes
           Pardon
           ,
           to
           be
           excused
           from
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           Wee
           ,
           who
           are
           not
           concerned
           for
           either
           of
           these
           ;
           As
           neither
           denying
           Christs
           Divinity
           ;
           nor
           being
           obliged
           to
           maintain
           Purgatory
           :
           Have
           no
           reason
           to
           depart
           from
           the
           Language
           of
           our
           own
           Church
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           to
           make
           this
           the
           more
           clear
           ,
           our
           Church
           observes
           further
           ,
           That
           there
           are
           
             Three
             things
             which
             must
             go
             together
             in
             our
             Justification
             .
             Vpon
             Gods
             part
             ;
             his
             great
             Mercy
             and
             Grace
             .
             Vpon
             Christs
             part
             ;
             Justice
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             the
             Satisfaction
             of
             Gods
             Justice
             ,
             or
             the
             Price
             of
             our
             Redemption
             ,
             by
             offering
             of
             his
             Body
             ,
             and
             shedding
             of
             his
             Blood
             ;
             with
             fullfilling
             the
             Law
             ,
             perfectly
             and
             throughly
             .
             And
             ,
             upon
             Our
             part
             ;
             true
             and
             lively
             Faith
             in
             the
             Merits
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             ;
             which
             yet
             is
             not
             ours
             ,
             but
             by
             Gods
             working
             in
             us
             .
          
        
         
           
             So
             that
             ,
             in
             our
             Justification
             ,
             is
             not
             onely
             Gods
             Mercy
             and
             Grace
             ;
             but
             his
             Justice
             also
             :
             Which
             the
             Apostle
             calls
             ,
             the
             Justice
             of
             God
             :
             And
             it
             consisteth
             ,
             in
             Paying
             the
             Ransome
             ,
             and
             fullfilling
             the
             Law.
             
          
        
         
           
             And
             so
             ,
             the
             Grace
             of
             God
             ,
             doth
             not
             shut
             out
             the
             Justice
             of
             God
             ,
             in
             our
             Justification
             ;
             but
             onely
             shutteth
             out
             the
             Justice
             of
             Man
             ;
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             the
             Justice
             of
             our
             Works
             ,
             as
             to
             be
             Merits
             of
             deserving
             our
             Justification
             .
             And
             therefore
             S.
          
           Paul
           
             declareth
             here
             ,
             nothing
             upon
             the
             behalf
             of
             Man
             ,
             concerning
             his
             Justification
             ,
             but
             onely
             a
             true
             and
             lively
             Faith
             ;
             which
             nevertheless
             is
             the
             Gift
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             not
             Mans
             onely
             working
             ,
             without
             God.
             
          
        
         
         
           
             And
             yet
             that
             Faith
             ,
             doth
             not
             shut
             out
             Repentance
             ,
             Hope
             ,
             Love
             ,
             Dread
             ,
             and
             the
             Fear
             of
             God
             ,
             to
             be
             joyned
             with
             Faith
             in
             every
             man
             that
             is
             justified
             :
             But
             it
             shutteth
             them
             out
             from
             the
             Office
             of
             Justifying
             .
             So
             that
             ,
             though
             they
             be
             all
             present
             together
             in
             him
             that
             is
             justified
             ;
             yet
             they
             justify
             not
             all
             together
             .
          
        
         
           
             Nor
             the
             Faith
             allso
             doth
             not
             shut
             out
             the
             Justice
             of
             our
             good
             Works
             ,
             as
             necessary
             to
             be
             done
             afterwards
             ,
             of
             Duty
             towards
             God
             ;
             (
             for
             we
             are
             most
             bounden
             to
             serve
             God
             ,
             in
             doing
             good
             deeds
             ,
             commanded
             by
             him
             in
             his
             holy
             Scripture
             ,
             all
             the
             days
             of
             our
             Life
             :
             )
             But
             it
             excludeth
             them
             ,
             so
             that
             we
             may
             not
             do
             them
             to
             this
             intent
             ,
             to
             be
             made
             Good
             by
             doing
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             For
             all
             the
             good
             Works
             that
             we
             can
             do
             ,
             be
             unperfect
             ,
             and
             therefore
             not
             able
             to
             deserve
             our
             Justifiction
             :
             But
             our
             Justification
             doth
             come
             freely
             ,
             by
             the
             meer
             Mercy
             of
             God.
             And
             of
             so
             great
             and
             free
             Mercy
             ;
             that
             ,
             whereas
             all
             the
             World
             was
             not
             able
             of
             their selves
             ,
             to
             pay
             ,
             Any
             Part
             ,
             towards
             their
             Ransome
             ;
             it
             pleased
             our
             heavenly
             Father
             of
             his
             infinite
             Mercy
             ,
             without
             any
             our
             desert
             or
             deservings
             ,
             to
             prepare
             for
             us
             the
             most
             precious
             Jewels
             ,
             of
             Christs
             Body
             and
             Blood
             ;
             whereby
             our
             Ransome
             might
             be
             fully
             payd
             ,
             the
             Law
             fullfilled
             ,
             and
             his
             Justice
             fully
             satisfied
             .
          
        
         
           
             So
             that
             Christ
             is
             now
             the
             Righteousness
             of
             all
             them
             that
             truly
             do
             believe
             in
             him
             .
             He
             ,
             for
             them
             ,
             payd
             the
             Ransome
             by
             his
             Death
             .
             He
             ,
             for
             them
             ,
             fullfilled
             the
             Law
             ,
             in
             his
             Life
             .
             So
             that
             now
             ,
             in
             him
             ,
             and
             by
             him
             ,
             every
             true
             Christian
             man
             may
             be
             called
             ,
             a
             Fullfiller
             of
             the
             Law
             :
             For
             as
             much
             as
             that
             which
             their
             Infirmity
             lacked
             ,
             Christs
             Justice
             hath
             supplied
             .
          
        
         
           I
           have
           recited
           these
           Words
           the
           more
           fully
           ;
           that
           you
           may
           clearly
           see
           ,
           what
           is
           the
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           Language
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           England
           .
           And
           this
           ,
           I
           hope
           ,
           we
           All
           take
           to
           be
           good
           Doctrine
           .
           For
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           think
           it
           is
           .
        
         
           I
           might
           add
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           necessary
           ,
           a
           great
           deal
           more
           :
           As
           that
           ,
           where
           it
           tells
           us
           ,
           That
           
             Man
             cannot
             make
             himself
             righteous
             by
             his
             own
             Works
             ;
             neither
             in
             Part
             ,
             nor
             in
             Whole
             .
             
             For
             that
             were
             the
             greatest
             Arrogancy
             and
             Presumption
             of
             Man
             ,
             that
             Antichrist
             could
             set
             up
             against
             God
             ;
             to
             affirm
             ,
             that
             a
             man
             might
             by
             his
             own
             Works
             ,
             take
             away
             and
             purge
             his
             own
             Sins
             ,
             and
             so
             justifie
             himself
             .
             But
             Justification
             is
             the
             Office
             of
             God
             only
             ;
             and
             is
             not
             a
             thing
             which
             we
             Render
             unto
             him
             ,
             but
             which
             we
             Receive
             of
             him
             ;
             —
             by
             his
             free
             Mercy
             ,
             and
             by
             the
             only
             Merits
             of
             his
             most
             dearly
             beloved
             Son
             ,
             and
             our
             only
             Redeemer
             ,
             Saviour
             and
             Justifier
             ,
             Jesus
             Christ.
             
          
        
         
           But
           I
           leave
           those
           ,
           who
           would
           see
           more
           of
           it
           ,
           to
           seek
           it
           ,
           in
           the
           first
           ,
           second
           ,
           and
           third
           Parts
           of
           the
           
             Sermon
             of
             Salvation
          
           ;
           the
           first
           ,
           second
           ,
           and
           third
           parts
           of
           the
           
             Sermon
             of
             Faith
          
           ;
           and
           the
           first
           ,
           second
           ,
           and
           third
           parts
           of
           the
           
             Sermon
             of
             Good
             Works
          
           .
        
         
           And
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           thing
           will
           not
           bear
           it
           ;
           that
           any
           Works
           of
           our
           own
           should
           ,
           even
           in
           part
           ,
           Justify
           us
           .
           For
           Justification
           being
           an
           Act
           of
           God
           ,
           Remitting
           our
           Sins
           ,
           for
           the
           Ransome
           and
           Satisfaction
           made
           to
           his
           Justice
           :
           It
           cannot
           be
           ,
           that
           any
           thing
           which
           we
           can
           now
           do
           ,
           can
           be
           (
           any
           part
           of
           )
           such
           Ransome
           or
           Satisfaction
           .
           For
           all
           that
           we
           can
           do
           ,
           is
           but
           (
           part
           of
           )
           what
           is
           due
           for
           the
           present
           .
           
           (
           As
           our
           Saviour
           tells
           us
           ;
           
             When
             we
             have
             done
             all
             ;
             we
             are
             unprofitable
             Servants
             ;
             we
             have
             done
             but
             what
             was
             our
             Duty
             to
             do
             .
             )
          
           And
           there
           is
           nothing
           of
           Surplusage
           ,
           which
           might
           accrew
           ,
           toward
           Satisfaction
           for
           what
           is
           past
           .
           Like
           as
           a
           Tenant
           ,
           who
           is
           run
           deep
           in
           
             Arrears
             of
             Rent
          
           ;
           cannot
           ,
           by
           paying
           (
           part
           of
           )
           the
           
             Growing
             Rent
          
           for
           the
           future
           ,
           make
           Satisfaction
           for
           the
           Arrears
           allready
           incurred
           .
           For
           ,
           this
           
             growing
             Rent
          
           was
           due
           allso
           .
        
         
           If
           it
           be
           said
           ,
           (
           as
           perhaps
           it
           may
           ,
           )
           That
           ,
           on
           this
           account
           ,
           we
           must
           renounce
           our
           Faith
           allso
           .
           For
           neither
           doth
           Faith
           ,
           Satisfie
           Gods
           Justice
           ,
           or
           Deserve
           our
           Justification
           :
        
         
           I
           say
           so
           too
           ;
           That
           Faith
           as
           a
           Grace
           ,
           or
           Faith
           as
           a
           Work
           ,
           doth
           not
           justifie
           us
           .
           But
           onely
           as
           ,
           by
           it
           ,
           we
           embrace
           the
           Righteousness
           of
           Christ
           ;
           by
           which
           Righteousness
           alone
           (
           so
           embraced
           )
           we
           can
           be
           Justified
           .
        
         
         
           And
           I
           say
           so
           the
           rather
           ;
           because
           our
           Church
           says
           so
           too
           ;
           in
           these
           words
           :
           
             The
             true
             understanding
             of
             this
             Doctrine
             ,
             We
             be
             justified
             freely
             by
             Faith
             without
             Works
             ;
             or
             ,
             that
             we
             be
             justified
             by
             Faith
             in
             Christ
             onely
             ;
             Is
             not
             ,
             that
             this
             our
             own
             Act
             ,
             to
             Believe
             in
             Christ
             ;
             or
             ,
             this
             our
             Faith
             in
             Christ
             ,
             which
             is
             within
             us
             ,
             doth
             Justify
             us
             ;
             (
             for
             that
             were
             to
             count
             our selves
             to
             be
             justified
             by
             some
             Act
             or
             Vertue
             that
             is
             within
             our selves
             :
             )
             but
             the
             true
             meaning
             thereof
             ,
             is
             ;
             That
             ,
             allthough
             we
             Hear
             Gods
             Word
             ,
             and
             Believe
             it
             ;
             allthough
             we
             have
             Faith
             ,
             Hope
             ,
             Charity
             ,
             Repentance
             ,
             Dread
             and
             Fear
             of
             God
             within
             us
             ;
             and
             do
             never
             so
             many
             Works
             thereunto
             ;
             yet
             we
             must
             renounce
             the
             merit
             of
             all
             our
             said
             Vertues
             ,
             of
             Faith
             ,
             Hope
             ,
             Charity
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             Vertues
             and
             good
             Deeds
             ,
             which
             we
             either
             have
             done
             ,
             shall
             do
             ,
             or
             can
             do
             ;
             as
             things
             that
             be
             far
             too
             weak
             ;
             and
             insufficient
             ,
             and
             unperfect
             ,
             to
             deserve
             Remission
             of
             our
             Sins
             and
             our
             Justification
             ;
             and
             therefore
             we
             must
             Trust
             onely
             in
             Gods
             Mercy
             ,
             and
             that
             Sacrifice
             which
             our
             High-Priest
             and
             Saviour
             Jesus
             Christ
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             once
             offered
             for
             us
             on
             the
             Cross
             ,
             to
             obtain
             thereby
             Gods
             Grace
             ,
             and
             Remission
             of
             Sins
             ,
             Original
             and
             Actual
             .
          
           —
           And
           ,
           
             as
             great
             and
             as
             godly
             a
             Vertue
             as
             the
             lively
             Faith
             is
             ,
             yet
             it
             putteth
             us
             from
             it self
             ,
             and
             remitteth
             or
             appointeth
             us
             unto
             Christ
             ,
             for
             to
             have
             ,
             onely
             by
             Him
             ,
             Remission
             of
             Sins
             ,
             and
             Justification
             .
             So
             that
             our
             Faith
             in
             Christ
             (
             as
             it
             were
             )
             saith
             unto
             us
             thus
             ;
             It
             is
             not
             I
             that
             take
             away
             your
             sins
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             Christ
             onely
             ;
             and
             ,
             to
             him
             onely
             ,
             I
             send
             you
             for
             that
             purpose
             ;
             forsaking
             therein
             all
             your
             good
             Vertues
             ,
             Words
             ,
             Thoughts
             ,
             and
             Works
             ,
             and
             onely
             putting
             your
             Trust
             in
             Christ.
          
           —
        
         
           
             Nevertheless
             ,
             because
             Faith
             doth
             directly
             send
             us
             to
             Christ
             for
             Remission
             of
             our
             Sins
             ;
             and
             that
             ,
             by
             Faith
             given
             us
             of
             God
             ,
             we
             Embrace
             the
             Promise
             of
             Gods
             Mercy
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             Remission
             of
             our
             sins
             ,
             (
             which
             thing
             no
             other
             of
             our
             Vertues
             or
             Works
             properly
             doth
             :
             )
             therefore
             Scripture
             useth
             to
             say
             ,
             That
             Faith
             without
             Works
             doth
             Justify
             .
          
        
         
           So
           that
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           our
           Church
           ,
           neither
           our
           other
           Works
           and
           Graces
           ;
           nor
           even
           Faith
           it self
           
           as
           a
           Work
           ,
           or
           as
           an
           Habit
           or
           Grace
           in
           us
           ,
           doth
           Justify
           us
           :
           But
           onely
           as
           it
           Accepteth
           and
           Embraceth
           the
           Righteousness
           of
           Christ
           ,
           for
           which
           alone
           our
           Sins
           are
           Remitted
           ,
           and
           We
           Justified
           ;
           not
           for
           any
           thing
           done
           by
           us
           .
           Which
           Accepting
           or
           Embracing
           the
           Promise
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           Salvation
           by
           Christ
           therein
           offered
           ;
           is
           not
           so
           much
           an
           Act
           of
           the
           Understanding
           ,
           Assenting
           to
           a
           Truth
           ,
           (
           for
           thus
           the
           Devils
           believe
           ,
           and
           Wicked
           men
           ;
           )
           as
           ,
           an
           Act
           of
           the
           Will
           ,
           Accepting
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           Consenting
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           Trusting
           in
           it
           ;
           which
           the
           Devils
           and
           Wicked
           men
           have
           not
           .
        
         
           This
           being
           the
           language
           of
           Our
           Church
           ;
           I
           would
           not
           willingly
           depart
           from
           it
           :
           or
           gratifie
           the
           Papists
           so
           far
           ,
           as
           to
           join
           with
           them
           in
           reproching
           our
           Church
           ,
           as
           Decrying
           good
           Works
           ,
           because
           we
           say
           ,
           We
           are
           not
           Justified
           by
           them
           .
        
         
           If
           any
           shall
           yet
           say
           ,
           That
           ,
           when
           they
           affirm
           ,
           We
           are
           not
           Justified
           by
           Faith
           onely
           ,
           but
           by
           Works
           allso
           ;
           they
           mean
           not
           ,
           That
           either
           the
           one
           or
           the
           other
           doth
           Merit
           Gods
           Favour
           and
           the
           Remission
           of
           our
           Sins
           ;
           but
           onely
           ,
           That
           both
           Faith
           and
           Works
           are
           necessary
           to
           the
           Party
           Justified
           :
           and
           ,
           That
           ,
           by
           Justification
           ,
           they
           mean
           ,
           all
           that
           is
           required
           to
           make
           one
           a
           
             Good
             Man
          
           ,
           and
           one
           
             qualified
             for
             Heaven
             and
             Salvation
          
           ;
           which
           cannot
           be
           without
           these
           .
        
         
           I
           say
           :
           The
           meaning
           is
           good
           ;
           But
           ,
           so
           to
           speak
           ,
           is
           not
           to
           speak
           Distinctly
           (
           and
           like
           a
           Scholar
           )
           but
           to
           speak
           confusedly
           ,
           and
           to
           Jumble
           together
           those
           things
           ,
           which
           ,
           in
           themselves
           ,
           are
           very
           Distinct.
           
        
         
           For
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           Salvation
           ,
           there
           are
           many
           other
           things
           necessary
           ,
           beside
           Justification
           .
           There
           is
           Election
           ,
           Regeneration
           ,
           Justification
           ,
           Adoption
           ,
           Sanctification
           ,
           and
           (
           as
           the
           fruits
           hereof
           )
           a
           Holy
           Life
           ,
           with
           Perseverance
           therein
           to
           the
           end
           .
           Of
           which
           Divines
           use
           to
           speak
           distinctly
           ;
           and
           consider
           ,
           separately
           ,
           what
           belongs
           to
           each
           .
        
         
           Election
           ,
           is
           the
           Act
           of
           God
           ;
           which
           we
           are
           not
           curiously
           to
           pry
           into
           :
           nor
           can
           we
           know
           it
           otherwise
           ,
           than
           as
           the
           Effect
           discovers
           it
           in
           time
           .
        
         
         
           Justification
           ,
           is
           an
           Act
           of
           God
           allso
           ;
           and
           (
           as
           to
           a
           person
           peccant
           )
           it
           is
           the
           Remission
           of
           Sins
           ;
           upon
           which
           we
           are
           ,
           in
           Gods
           account
           ,
           reputed
           as
           Just
           or
           Innocent
           ;
           and
           this
           onely
           for
           the
           Satisfaction
           which
           Christ
           hath
           made
           ,
           not
           for
           any
           Work
           of
           ours
           .
           And
           this
           Satisfaction
           of
           Christ
           ,
           is
           (
           by
           us
           )
           embraced
           by
           Faith
           (
           accepting
           this
           Salvation
           offered
           by
           Christ
           ,
           )
           not
           ,
           by
           any
           other
           Grace
           .
        
         
           Adoption
           ,
           is
           an
           Act
           of
           God
           likewise
           ;
           whereby
           he
           reputes
           us
           his
           Children
           ,
           and
           Heirs
           of
           his
           Kingdom
           :
           which
           is
           ,
           for
           the
           Merits
           of
           Christ
           ,
           Purchasing
           Heaven
           for
           us
           ;
           whereby
           we
           are
           entituled
           to
           that
           
             Purchased
             Possession
          
           .
           
           And
           this
           ,
           by
           us
           ,
           is
           Accepted
           by
           Faith
           allso
           .
        
         
           And
           all
           those
           are
           Relative
           Acts
           ,
           (
           of
           God
           towards
           us
           ;
           )
           rather
           then
           Works
           wrought
           
             in
             us
          
           .
        
         
           But
           Regeneration
           and
           Sanctification
           ,
           are
           Works
           of
           God
           ,
           wrought
           
             in
             us
          
           ,
           by
           his
           Spirit
           ;
           (
           and
           produce
           not
           one
           a
           Relative
           ,
           but
           a
           Real
           change
           :
           )
           Whereby
           is
           wrought
           in
           us
           a
           
             New
             Nature
          
           ,
           (
           or
           as
           the
           Scripture
           calls
           it
           )
           the
           
             New
             Man
          
           ,
           
           or
           the
           
             New
             Creature
             :
          
           )
           whereby
           Holyness
           ,
           
           and
           the
           Graces
           of
           Gods
           Spirit
           ,
           are
           Begun
           ,
           and
           Increased
           gradually
           ;
           till
           we
           come
           to
           that
           of
           
             the
             perfect
             man
          
           ;
           
           
             to
             the
             measure
             of
             the
             stature
             of
             the
             fullness
             of
             Christ
          
           ;
           to
           that
           Perfection
           which
           we
           shall
           attain
           in
           Glory
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           Practise
           of
           Holyness
           ,
           and
           a
           Godly
           Life
           ,
           (
           toward
           God
           and
           toward
           Man
           ,
           )
           are
           the
           Fruit
           and
           Effects
           of
           such
           Holyness
           and
           Sanctification
           ;
           and
           necessary
           allso
           to
           Salvation
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           Holyness
           and
           a
           Good
           Life
           ;
           with
           the
           Works
           of
           Piety
           ,
           Charity
           ,
           and
           other
           good
           Deeds
           ;
           are
           indeed
           Necessary
           to
           Salvation
           ;
           but
           belong
           properly
           to
           Sanctification
           ,
           rather
           than
           to
           Justification
           .
        
         
           And
           I
           would
           Ask
           those
           Men
           who
           choose
           to
           speak
           otherwise
           ;
           Whether
           they
           think
           that
           ,
           beside
           Justification
           ,
           there
           is
           such
           a
           thing
           as
           Sanctification
           ?
        
         
           The
           Papist
           (
           if
           he
           would
           speak
           out
           )
           must
           say
           roundly
           ,
           
           There
           is
           not
           .
           For
           ,
           when
           they
           say
           ,
           we
           are
           justified
           by
           
             Inherent
             Righteousness
          
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           by
           Holyness
           :
           they
           leave
           nothing
           for
           Sanctification
           .
        
         
           But
           We
           ,
           who
           think
           that
           Justification
           and
           Sanctification
           (
           though
           of
           the
           same
           Person
           )
           be
           different
           Notions
           :
           Why
           should
           we
           not
           rather
           refer
           Sanctify
           to
           Sanctification
           .
        
         
           If
           it
           be
           said
           ,
           That
           the
           Justified
           and
           the
           Sanctified
           person
           ,
           are
           the
           same
           :
           and
           therefore
           we
           need
           not
           so
           nicely
           distinguish
           between
           Justification
           and
           Sanctification
           .
        
         
           I
           say
           ;
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           the
           Persons
           be
           the
           same
           :
           But
           the
           Notions
           be
           different
           .
           And
           ,
           though
           we
           may
           truly
           say
           
             Justus
             est
             Sanctus
          
           ,
           or
           
             Justificatus
             est
             Sanctificatus
          
           ;
           yet
           not
           ,
           
             Justificatio
             est
             Sanctificatio
             .
             (
             He
             that
             is
             Justified
             is
             Sanctified
          
           ;
           but
           not
           ,
           that
           
             Justification
             is
             Sanctification
             .
          
           )
           And
           a
           little
           Logick
           would
           teach
           a
           Fresh-man
           ,
           That
           Concretes
           may
           be
           predicated
           one
           of
           another
           ,
           when
           the
           Abstracts
           may
           not
           .
           We
           may
           say
           ,
           that
           
             Homo
             est
             Animal
          
           ,
           but
           not
           that
           
             Humanitas
             est
             Animalitas
          
           :
           Or
           ,
           that
           
             Homo
             est
             Albus
          
           ,
           but
           not
           
             Humanitas
             est
             Albedo
          
           .
        
         
           If
           ,
           lastly
           ,
           It
           be
           thought
           Advantageous
           to
           the
           Practise
           of
           Holyness
           and
           a
           Godly
           Life
           ,
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           we
           are
           Justified
           by
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           say
           ;
           Neither
           is
           this
           Necessary
           .
           For
           this
           is
           as
           well
           done
           by
           preaching
           the
           Necessity
           of
           
             Regeneration
             and
             Sanctification
          
           ;
           as
           without
           which
           we
           cannot
           hope
           for
           Salvation
           .
           And
           then
           ,
           the
           Exercise
           of
           Holiness
           and
           a
           Godly
           Life
           ,
           comes
           in
           properly
           in
           its
           own
           place
           ;
           as
           the
           necessary
           Effect
           of
           Sanctification
           .
        
         
           And
           in
           this
           capacity
           it
           is
           that
           our
           Church
           (
           without
           derogating
           any
           thing
           from
           the
           necessity
           of
           them
           )
           doth
           place
           Good
           Works
           ;
           as
           the
           necessary
           Fruits
           of
           that
           Faith
           which
           Justifies
           ;
           and
           a
           Pretense
           of
           Faith
           ,
           without
           these
           ,
           she
           esteems
           to
           be
           ,
           not
           Faith
           ,
           but
           Fancy
           .
        
         
           And
           therefore
           ,
           though
           shee
           
             exclude
             them
          
           (
           as
           hath
           been
           said
           )
           
             from
             the
             Office
             of
             Justifying
          
           ;
           yet
           thinks
           them
           necessary
           
           
             to
             be
             joined
             with
             Faith
             in
             every
             Person
             that
             is
             justified
             .
          
           And
           makes
           it
           
             the
             Office
             and
             Duty
             of
             every
             Christian
             man
             unto
             God
             ,
             —
             not
             to
             pass
             the
             time
             of
             this
             present
             life
             unfruitfully
             ,
             and
             idly
             ,
             (
             not
             caring
             how
             few
             good
             Works
             we
             do
             ,
             to
             the
             Glory
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             Profit
             of
             our
             Neighbours
             ;
             )
             Much
             less
             ,
             to
             live
             contrary
             to
             the
             same
             .
             —
             For
             that
             Faith
             (
             she
             tells
             us
             )
             which
             bringeth
             (
             without
             Repentance
             )
             either
             Evil
             Works
             ,
             or
             no
             Good
             Works
             ;
             is
             not
             a
             right
             ,
             pure
             ,
             and
             lively
             Faith
             ;
             but
             a
             dead
             ,
             devilish
             ,
             counterfeit
             ,
             and
             faigned
             Faith
             ;
             as
             S.
          
           Paul
           
             and
             S.
          
           James
           
             call
             it
             .
             For
             even
             the
             Devils
             Know
             ,
             and
             Beleeve
             ,
             That
             Christ
             was
             born
             of
             a
             Virgine
             ;
             That
             he
             fasted
             fourty
             days
             and
             fourty
             nights
             ,
             without
             meat
             and
             drink
             ;
             That
             he
             wrought
             all
             kind
             of
             Miracles
             ,
             declaring
             himself
             very
             God
             ;
             They
             beleeve
             also
             ,
             that
             Christ
             ,
             for
             our
             sake
             ,
             suffered
             most
             painfull
             Death
             ,
             to
             redeem
             from
             Everlasting
             Death
             ;
             And
             that
             he
             Rose
             again
             from
             Death
             the
             third
             day
             :
             They
             beleeve
             ,
             that
             he
             Ascended
             into
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             sitteth
             on
             the
             Right
             hand
             of
             the
             Father
             ,
             and
             at
             the
             last
             end
             of
             this
             World
             ,
             shall
             come
             again
             ,
             and
             Iudge
             both
             the
             quick
             and
             the
             dead
             .
             These
             Articles
             of
             our
             Faith
             ,
             the
             Devils
             Beleeve
             :
             And
             so
             they
             Beleeve
             all
             all
             things
             that
             be
             written
             in
             the
             New
             and
             Old
             Testament
             to
             be
             true
             :
             And
             yet
             ,
             for
             all
             this
             Faith
             ,
             they
             be
             but
             Devils
             ,
             remaining
             still
             in
             their
             damnable
             state
             ,
             lacking
             the
             very
             true
             Christian
             Faith.
             For
             the
             right
             and
             true
             Christian
             Faith
             is
             ,
             not
             onely
             to
             believe
             that
             holy
             Scripture
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             foresaid
             Articles
             of
             our
             Faith
             ,
             are
             true
             :
             But
             also
             to
             have
             a
             sure
             Trust
             and
             Confidence
             in
             Gods
             merciful
             Promises
             ,
             to
             be
             saved
             from
             everlasting
             Damnation
             by
             Christ
             :
             Whereof
             doth
             follow
             ,
             a
             Loving
             heart
             to
             Obey
             his
             Commandements
             .
             And
             this
             true
             Christian
             Faith
             ,
             neither
             any
             Devil
             hath
             :
             nor
             yet
             any
             man
             ,
             which
             in
             the
             outward
             Profession
             of
             his
             Mouth
             ,
             and
             in
             his
             outward
             Receiving
             of
             the
             Sacraments
             ,
             in
             coming
             to
             the
             Church
             ,
             and
             in
             all
             outward
             appearances
             ,
             seemeth
             to
             be
             a
             Christian
             ,
             and
             yet
             in
             his
             Living
             and
             Deeds
             sheweth
             the
             contrary
             .
          
        
         
         
           So
           that
           Our
           Church
           is
           far
           from
           allowing
           an
           Idle
           ,
           Lasy
           Life
           ;
           much
           less
           a
           Sinful
           and
           Wicked
           Life
           ,
           to
           accompany
           Faith
           :
           But
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           ,
           where
           there
           are
           ,
           Faith
           is
           not
           .
        
         
           
             There
             is
             indeed
          
           (
           she
           tells
           us
           )
           
             a
             Faith
             which
             in
             Scripture
             is
             called
             a
             Dead
             faith
             :
             which
             bringeth
             forth
             no
             good
             Works
             ;
             but
             is
             idle
             ,
             barren
             and
             unfruitful
             ;
             which
             is
             ,
             by
             S.
          
           James
           
             compared
             to
             the
             Faith
             of
             Devils
             .
             —
             And
             this
             is
             not
             properly
             called
             Faith
             :
             —
             (
             as
             a
             Dead
             man
             ,
             is
             not
             a
             Man.
             )
             —
             But
             ,
             as
             he
             thus
             readeth
          
           Caesar
           
             's
             Commentaries
             ,
             Beleeving
             the
             same
             to
             be
             True
             ,
             hath
             thereby
             a
             Knowledge
             of
          
           Caesar
           
             's
             Life
             ,
             and
             notable
             Acts
             ,
             because
             he
             beleeveth
             the
             History
             of
          
           Caesar
           :
           
             Yet
             is
             not
             properly
             sayd
             ,
             That
             he
             Beleeveth
             In
          
           Caesar
           ;
           
             of
             whom
             he
             looketh
             for
             no
             help
             or
             benefit
             .
             Even
             so
             ,
             he
             that
             Beleeveth
             ,
             That
             ,
             all
             that
             is
             spoken
             of
             God
             in
             the
             Bible
             ,
             is
             True
             ;
             and
             yet
             liveth
             so
             Vngodly
             ,
             that
             he
             cannot
             look
             to
             enjoy
             the
             Promises
             and
             Benefits
             of
             God
             :
             Although
             it
             may
             be
             sayd
             ,
             that
             such
             a
             man
             hath
             a
             faith
             and
             belief
             To
             the
             Words
             of
             God
             ;
             yet
             it
             is
             not
             properly
             sayd
             ,
             That
             he
             beleeveth
             In
             God
             ;
             or
             ,
             hath
             such
             a
             Faith
             and
             Trust
             In
             God
             ,
             whereby
             he
             may
             surely
             look
             for
             grace
             ,
             mercy
             ,
             and
             everlasting
             life
             at
             Gods
             hand
             ;
             but
             rather
             for
             indignation
             and
             punishment
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             merits
             of
             his
             wicked
             life
             .
          
        
         
           
             If
             then
             they
             phantasy
             ,
             that
             they
             be
             set
             at
             liberty
             from
             doing
             all
             good
             works
             ,
             and
             may
             live
             as
             they
             list
             ;
             they
             trifle
             with
             God
             ,
             and
             deceive
             themselves
             .
             And
             it
             is
             a
             manifest
             token
             ,
             that
             they
             be
             far
             from
             having
             the
             true
             and
             lively
             Faith
             ;
             and
             allso
             far
             from
             knowledge
             ,
             what
             true
             Faith
             meaneth
             .
          
        
         
           
             For
             the
             very
             sure
             and
             lively
             Christian
             Faith
             is
             ,
             not
             onely
             to
             Beleeve
             all
             things
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             are
             contained
             in
             holy
             Scripture
             ;
             but
             allso
             is
             an
             earnest
             Trust
             and
             Confidence
             in
             God.
          
           —
        
         
           
             This
             true
             ,
             lively
             ,
             and
             unfeigned
             Christian
             Faith
             ,
             is
             not
             in
             the
             Mouth
             and
             outward
             Profession
             onely
             ;
             but
             it
             liveth
             and
             stirreth
             inwardly
             in
             the
             Heart
             .
             —
             This
             Faith
             doth
             not
             ly
             Dead
             in
             the
             Heart
             ;
             but
             is
             Lively
             and
             Fruitfull
             in
             bringing
             forth
             Good
             Works
             .
             —
             This
             true
             Faith
             ,
             will
             shew
             forth
             it self
             ;
             and
             cannot
             long
             be
             Idle
             :
             For
             ,
             as
             it
             is
             written
             ,
             The
             Just
             man
             doth
             Live
             by
             his
             Faith.
          
           —
        
         
         
           
             Deceive
             not
             your selves
             therefore
             ,
             thinking
             that
             you
             have
             Faith
             in
             God
             ,
             —
             When
             you
             live
             in
             Sin
             :
             For
             then
             your
             Vngodly
             and
             Sinfull
             Life
             declareth
             the
             contrary
             ,
             whatsoever
             you
             Say
             or
             Think
             .
          
        
         
           With
           much
           more
           to
           the
           same
           purpose
           .
           Shewing
           the
           Necessity
           ,
           of
           Good
           Works
           ,
           to
           our
           Salvation
           ;
           though
           we
           be
           not
           Justified
           by
           them
           .
           With
           many
           serious
           Exhortations
           to
           the
           Preacher
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           is
           that
           safe
           way
           ,
           which
           (
           I
           sayd
           )
           our
           Church
           directs
           in
           this
           point
           .
           To
           be
           Fruitfull
           in
           Good
           Works
           :
           not
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           Justified
           by
           them
           :
           But
           ,
           as
           the
           Necessary
           Fruits
           of
           that
           Faith
           by
           which
           we
           are
           Justified
           .
        
         
           Thus
           have
           I
           considered
           the
           Words
           
             (
             The
             Just
             shall
             live
             by
             Faith
             ,
             )
          
           according
           to
           both
           these
           Emphases
           allready
           mentioned
           .
           That
           on
           the
           word
           Just
           ,
           or
           Righteous
           ,
           as
           (
           contradistinguished
           from
           the
           
             Wicked
             :
          
           )
           And
           that
           on
           the
           word
           Faith
           ;
           as
           contradistinguished
           from
           Works
           ,
           in
           the
           point
           of
           Justification
           .
        
         
           But
           (
           beside
           those
           Two
           already
           mentioned
           )
           there
           is
           yet
           a
           Third
           Emphasis
           ,
           of
           which
           these
           words
           are
           capable
           :
           And
           which
           ,
           I
           think
           ,
           is
           principally
           intended
           in
           this
           place
           .
        
         
           By
           Life
           (
           as
           is
           already
           shewed
           )
           is
           meant
           Happyness
           ,
           (
           as
           ,
           on
           the
           contrary
           ,
           by
           Death
           is
           meant
           
             Misery
             .
          
           )
           Now
           the
           Christians
           
             Life
             ,
             of
             Happiness
          
           ,
           is
           commonly
           distinguished
           into
           that
           of
           Grace
           ,
           and
           that
           of
           Glory
           .
           That
           of
           Glory
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           expected
           hereafter
           ;
           and
           is
           the
           Completion
           of
           our
           Hapyness
           ,
           or
           (
           as
           the
           Apostle
           calls
           it
           )
           
             the
             End
             of
             our
             Hope
          
           ,
           
           
             even
             the
             Salvation
             of
             our
             Souls
             .
          
           That
           of
           Grace
           ,
           is
           the
           Exercise
           of
           our
           Faith
           ,
           here
           :
           Which
           the
           Text
           calls
           
             Living
             by
             Faith.
          
           
           And
           S.
           Paul
           ,
           elsewhere
           ,
           
             The
             Life
             which
             I
             now
             live
             in
             the
             Flesh
             ,
             I
             live
             by
             the
             Faith
             of
             the
             Son
             of
             God.
          
           And
           this
           ,
           I
           think
           ,
           (
           though
           not
           Exclusive
           of
           the
           Life
           of
           Glory
           )
           is
           that
           which
           is
           here
           principally
           (
           and
           most
           emphatically
           )
           intended
           ,
           when
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             The
             Just
             shall
             live
             by
             Faith.
             
          
        
         
         
           And
           this
           I
           judge
           ,
           not
           barely
           from
           the
           Form
           of
           the
           Words
           themselves
           ,
           (
           which
           stand
           equally
           fair
           for
           all
           those
           Emphases
           already
           mentioned
           :
           )
           but
           from
           the
           Scope
           of
           Content
           ,
           which
           lookes
           this
           way
           .
        
         
           For
           such
           is
           the
           Richness
           of
           the
           Scripture
           language
           ,
           That
           ,
           comprehensive
           Words
           ,
           are
           improvable
           to
           different
           Purposes
           ,
           according
           as
           a
           different
           Accent
           or
           Emphasis
           may
           be
           putt
           upon
           them
           ;
           and
           all
           included
           within
           the
           general
           Scope
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           Now
           ,
           if
           we
           look
           back
           to
           Vers.
           19.
           (
           and
           those
           that
           follow
           ,
           )
           we
           find
           the
           Apostle
           Paul
           ,
           whom
           I
           take
           to
           be
           the
           Author
           of
           this
           Epistle
           ,
           (
           and
           so
           doth
           our
           Church
           of
           England
           ,
           as
           appears
           by
           the
           Title
           which
           our
           Translators
           prefix
           to
           it
           ;
           )
           Or
           ,
           whoever
           else
           were
           the
           Author
           of
           it
           ,
           (
           of
           which
           we
           need
           not
           here
           be
           very
           solicitous
           ;
           )
           After
           he
           had
           ,
           before
           ,
           cleared
           that
           Doctrine
           ,
           That
           the
           Legal
           Offerings
           and
           Sacrifices
           ,
           were
           but
           Types
           of
           that
           One
           Oblation
           of
           Christ
           ;
           And
           ,
           This
           ,
           the
           Accomplishment
           of
           what
           was
           Presignified
           in
           Them
           :
           Makes
           this
           Vse
           ,
           or
           Inference
           from
           that
           Doctrine
           ;
           
             Having
             therefore
             Boldness
             to
             enter
             in
             the
             Holiest
             ,
          
           
           
             by
             the
             Bloud
             of
             Jesus
          
           ;
           
           
             By
             a
             new
             and
             living
             way
             ,
             which
             he
             hath
             consecrated
             for
             us
          
           ;
           
           
             through
             the
             Vail
             ,
             that
             is
             to
             say
             ,
             this
             Flesh
             :
             Let
             us
             draw
             near
             ,
             with
             a
             true
             Heart
             ,
             and
             full
             assurance
             of
             Faith
             ;
             having
             our
             Hearts
             sprinkled
             from
             an
             evil
             Conscience
             ,
             and
             our
             Bodies
             washed
             with
             pure
             Water
             .
          
        
         
           Where
           ,
           beside
           the
           
             Assurance
             of
             Faith
          
           ;
           he
           presseth
           allso
           for
           Holyness
           of
           Life
           ;
           both
           in
           Soul
           ,
           and
           Body
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           ,
           both
           Singly
           ,
           and
           Jointly
           ;
           in
           Publike
           ,
           and
           Private
           .
           As
           which
           we
           are
           not
           onely
           to
           Practise
           Our selves
           ,
           but
           to
           Promote
           (
           as
           we
           have
           opportunity
           )
           in
           others
           allso
           .
           For
           so
           it
           follows
           ;
           
           
             And
             let
             us
             consider
             one
             another
             ,
             to
             Provoke
             to
             Love
             and
             Good
             Works
             :
             Not
             forsaking
             the
             Assembling
             of
             our selves
             together
             ,
             as
             the
             manner
             of
             some
             is
             .
          
        
         
           And
           ,
           having
           then
           intimated
           the
           Dangers
           which
           hereby
           they
           might
           incur
           ;
           
           as
           
             Reproches
             ,
             Afflictions
             ,
             Spoiling
             of
             Goods
             ,
          
           
           and
           the
           like
           ;
           of
           Themselves
           ,
           and
           their
           Friends
           ;
           
             (
             being
             made
             a
             Gazing-stock
          
           themselves
           ,
           
           and
           
             Companions
             of
             those
             that
             were
             so
             used
          
           ;
           
           )
           
             Enduring
             patiently
             the
             spoiling
             of
             their
             goods
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           Not
           onely
           ,
           from
           the
           common
           practise
           of
           Wicked
           and
           Profane
           men
           ,
           
           who
           are
           ever
           prone
           to
           scoff
           at
           the
           
             Power
             of
             Godliness
             ;
             (
             walking
             after
             their
             own
             Lusts
          
           ;
           
           
             having
             a
             Form
             of
             Godliness
             ,
             but
             Denying
             the
             Power
             of
             it
             :
             )
          
           But
           especially
           at
           a
           Time
           and
           Place
           wherein
           it
           was
           not
           countenanced
           by
           the
           Publike
           Authority
           ;
           (
           the
           Government
           being
           the
           Heathen
           .
           )
        
         
           And
           ,
           that
           therefore
           
             they
             had
             need
             of
             Patience
             ,
             that
             ,
          
           
           
             after
             they
             had
             done
             the
             Will
             of
             God
             ,
             they
             might
             receive
             the
             Promise
             .
          
        
         
           Their
           chief
           Reward
           not
           being
           in
           present
           Possession
           ,
           but
           in
           Expectance
           onely
           .
        
         
           Yet
           should
           they
           not
           be
           Discouraged
           ;
           For
           ,
           
           
             yet
             a
             little
             while
             ,
             and
             he
             that
             shall
             come
             Will
             come
             ,
             and
             will
             not
             Tarry
             .
          
           The
           Reward
           will
           certainly
           come
           ,
           in
           due
           Season
           ,
           (
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           
             at
             the
             appointed
             time
          
           ,
           )
           and
           not
           be
           put
           off
           beyond
           that
           :
           
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           it
           will
           not
           be
           
             Delayed
             too
             long
          
           ,
           or
           (
           as
           in
           Habakkuk
           )
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           it
           will
           not
           
             come
             too
             late
             ;
             but
             ,
             at
             the
             End
             ,
          
           
           
             it
             shall
             speak
             ,
             and
             not
             Ly.
             
          
        
         
           And
           ,
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           ,
           
             The
             Just
             shall
             live
             by
             Faith.
             But
             ,
          
           
           
             if
             any
             man
             draw-back
             ,
             my
             soul
             shall
             have
             no
             pleasure
             in
             him
             .
          
        
         
           So
           that
           the
           Words
           are
           ,
           manifestly
           ,
           a
           Direction
           and
           Encouragement
           ,
           for
           the
           
             Exercise
             of
             our
             Faith
          
           ,
           while
           we
           are
           yet
           but
           in
           Expectation
           of
           the
           Promised
           Reward
           ;
           which
           is
           ,
           hereafter
           ,
           to
           be
           completed
           .
           So
           to
           
             Live
             by
             Faith
          
           here
           ,
           that
           we
           be
           not
           Disappointed
           of
           our
           Hopes
           hereafter
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           same
           he
           pursues
           in
           the
           following
           Chapter
           ;
           
           Giving
           us
           Great
           Examples
           ,
           (
           of
           Living
           by
           Faith
           ,
           )
           and
           the
           Advantages
           ,
           (
           of
           so
           doing
           :
           )
           in
           
             Abel
             ,
             Enoch
             ,
             Noah
             ,
             Abraham
             ,
             Sarah
             ,
             Isaac
             ,
             Jacob
             ,
             Joseph
             ,
             Moses
             ,
          
           and
           a
           many
           more
           ;
           throughout
           the
           whole
           Eleventh
           Chapter
           .
        
         
           And
           then
           Exhorts
           them
           (
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           Twelfth
           Chapter
           )
           That
           ,
           
           
             being
             compassed
             about
             with
             so
             great
             a
             Cloud
             
             of
             Witnesses
          
           they
           should
           themselves
           do
           ,
           as
           those
           before
           had
           done
           .
        
         
           The
           great
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Text
           therefore
           ,
           is
           this
           ,
           That
           it
           is
           our
           Duty
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           our
           Privilege
           ,
           to
           
             Live
             by
             Faith.
          
           That
           is
           ,
           to
           Live
           in
           a
           constant
           Exercise
           ,
           of
           that
           Grace
           ,
           upon
           all
           occasions
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           our
           Duty
           ,
           which
           we
           Ought
           to
           do
           ;
           And
           it
           is
           our
           Privilege
           ,
           that
           we
           May
           do
           it
           .
           It
           is
           our
           Duty
           ,
           to
           Trust
           in
           God
           :
           And
           it
           is
           our
           Privilege
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           a
           God
           to
           trust
           in
           .
        
         
           Nor
           doth
           this
           Duty
           ,
           and
           Privilege
           ,
           concern
           these
           onely
           to
           whom
           this
           Epistle
           was
           particularly
           directed
           ;
           
             the
             Christian
             Hebrews
          
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           looks
           Backward
           ;
           to
           the
           First
           Ages
           of
           the
           World
           :
           and
           Wider
           ,
           than
           the
           Jewish
           Nation
           .
        
         
           I
           say
           ,
           first
           ,
           It
           looks
           Backward
           to
           the
           first
           Ages
           of
           the
           World.
           Nor
           onely
           before
           the
           Coming
           of
           Christ
           ;
           but
           even
           before
           the
           Establishment
           of
           the
           Jewish
           Church
           .
           To
           Abel
           ,
           
           
             Enoch
             ,
             Noah
          
           ,
           (
           before
           
             Abraham
             ;
          
           )
           and
           then
           ,
           to
           Abrabraham
           ,
           
           
             Isaac
             ,
             Jacob
             ,
             Joseph
          
           ,
           (
           before
           
             Moses
             .
          
           )
           All
           which
           are
           sayd
           to
           
             Live
             by
             Faith.
          
           And
           even
           by
           the
           
             same
             Faith
          
           ,
           to
           which
           he
           doth
           there
           exhort
           the
           Christian
           Hebrews
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           the
           same
           Christ
           ,
           the
           same
           Gospel
           ,
           (
           though
           not
           so
           clearly
           reveiled
           :
           )
           and
           the
           same
           
             Eternal
             Life
          
           which
           they
           expected
           ,
           (
           though
           they
           were
           more
           in
           the
           dark
           ,
           as
           to
           the
           particulars
           ;
           and
           the
           distinct
           ways
           and
           methodes
           of
           bringing
           it
           to
           pass
           .
           )
        
         
           
           And
           ,
           as
           the
           first
           Threatening
           
             (
             In
             the
             day
             that
             thou
             Eatest
             thereof
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             surely
             Dy
             ,
             )
          
           extended
           to
           Spiritual
           and
           Eternal
           Death
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Natural
           ;
           (
           For
           we
           are
           not
           to
           suppose
           ,
           that
           God
           Inflicts
           a
           greater
           Punishment
           than
           what
           he
           threatened
           :
           )
           So
           the
           Life
           there
           Promised
           (
           by
           way
           of
           Insinuation
           ,
           
           )
           and
           elsewhere
           Expressed
           ,
           
             (
             He
             that
             doth
             them
             ,
             shall
             Live
             in
             them
             ;
             )
          
           must
           be
           understood
           in
           a
           like
           sense
           ;
           (
           not
           of
           Temporal
           Promises
           onely
           ,
           but
           of
           Spiritual
           and
           Eternal
           .
        
         
         
           And
           the
           Apostle
           expounds
           it
           ,
           if
           the
           
             same
             Life
          
           (
           or
           what
           is
           equivalent
           )
           to
           be
           obtained
           (
           by
           the
           first
           Covenant
           )
           upon
           condition
           of
           Obedience
           ;
           and
           (
           by
           the
           second
           Covenant
           )
           
             by
             Faith
             in
             Christ.
          
           
           
             That
             no
             man
             is
             Justified
             by
             the
             Law
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             God
             ,
             is
             evident
             ;
             For
             the
             Just
             shall
             live
             by
             Faith
             :
          
           
           
             And
             the
             Law
             is
             not
             of
             Faith
             ;
             but
             ,
             the
             Man
             that
             Doth
             them
             ,
             shall
             live
             in
             them
             .
          
           The
           same
           Life
           ,
           or
           Blessedness
           ;
           though
           by
           different
           ways
           attainable
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           here
           ,
           shews
           ;
           That
           it
           is
           the
           same
           Faith
           ,
           by
           which
           
             We
             beleeve
             to
             the
             saving
             of
             our
             Souls
          
           ;
           
           and
           by
           which
           
             the
             Elders
             obtained
             a
             good
             Report
             .
          
           
        
         
           And
           
             by
             Faith
          
           Abraham
           
             (
             with
          
           Isaac
           and
           Jacob
           ,
           
             Heirs
             with
             him
             of
             the
             same
             promise
             ,
             Sojourned
             in
             the
             Promised
             Land
             ,
          
           
           
             as
             in
             a
             strange
             Countrey
          
           ;
           (
           of
           which
           ,
           though
           promised
           to
           them
           ,
           they
           had
           no
           other
           Enjoyment
           ,
           than
           mere
           Strangers
           :
           )
           
             For
             he
             looked
             for
             a
             City
             ,
             who
             's
             Builder
             and
             Maker
             was
             God
          
           ;
           
           (
           another
           kind
           of
           City
           ,
           than
           those
           on
           Earth
           .
           
           )
           
             All
             these
             Died
             in
             Faith
             ,
             not
             having
             Received
             the
             Promises
          
           ;
           (
           which
           were
           therefore
           such
           as
           were
           to
           be
           enjoyed
           ,
           after
           Death
           ;
           )
           
             but
             seeing
             them
             afar
             off
             ,
             and
             were
             perswaded
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             Embraced
             them
             ,
             and
             confessed
             that
             they
             were
             Strangers
             and
             Pilgrims
             upon
             Earth
             ,
          
           (
           this
           being
           not
           the
           Countrey
           they
           sought
           for
           :
           )
           
             For
             they
             that
             say
             such
             things
             ,
             declare
             plainly
             ,
             that
             they
             seek
             a
             Countrey
             ,
          
           
           (
           such
           a
           Countrey
           as
           yet
           they
           had
           not
           .
           )
           
             And
             truly
          
           ,
           
           
             if
             they
             had
             been
             mindful
             of
             such
             a
             Countrey
             as
             that
             from
             whence
             they
             came
             ;
             they
             might
             have
             had
             opportunity
             to
             have
             returned
          
           ;
           
           
             But
             now
          
           (
           't
           is
           manifest
           )
           
             they
             desire
             a
             Better
             Countrey
             ;
             that
             is
             ,
             an
             Heavenly
             .
             Wherefore
             God
             is
             not
             ashamed
             to
             be
             called
             Their
             God
             ,
          
           (
           the
           God
           of
           
             Abraham
             ,
             Isaac
          
           ,
           and
           
             Jacob
             ;
             )
             For
             he
             hath
             prepared
             a
             City
             for
             them
             .
          
           By
           all
           which
           ,
           the
           Apostle
           doth
           not
           only
           Declare
           (
           that
           they
           expected
           an
           Heavenly
           Happiness
           ,
           )
           but
           Argues
           strongly
           ,
           That
           it
           must
           needs
           be
           so
           .
        
         
           And
           ,
           
             by
             Faith
          
           ,
           
           Moses
           (
           he
           tells
           us
           )
           
             Esteemed
             the
             Reproches
             of
             Christ
             ,
             greater
             Riches
             ,
             than
             the
             Treasures
             of
          
           Egypt
           :
           
           
             For
             he
             had
             respect
             to
             the
             Recompense
             of
             Reward
             ;
             as
             Seeing
             him
             that
             is
             Invisible
             .
          
           
        
         
           
           
             Others
             were
             Tortured
             ,
             not
             accepting
             Deliverance
             ;
             that
             they
             might
             obtain
             a
             better
             Resurrection
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             Others
             had
             Tryal
             of
          
           (
           or
           
             did
             undergo
             ,
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             expertisunt
             ,
             )
             Cruel
             Mockings
             ;
             of
             Bonds
             and
             Imprisonment
             ;
             Were
             Stoned
             ,
          
           
           
             were
             Sawn
             asunder
             ;
             were
             Slayn
             with
             the
             Sword
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           
           
             And
             all
             these
             having
             obtained
             a
             good
             Report
             through
             Faith
             (
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             )
             received
             not
             the
             Promise
             ,
          
           (
           their
           Faith
           was
           exercised
           on
           better
           Promises
           ,
           than
           of
           what
           they
           here
           received
           ;
           
           )
           
             God
             having
             provided
             for
             them
             Better
             things
             ;
             that
             they
             without
             us
             should
             not
             be
             perfect
             :
          
           (
           the
           Promises
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           those
           to
           us
           ,
           being
           the
           same
           .
           )
        
         
           Again
           ;
           As
           this
           Duty
           and
           Privilege
           (
           of
           Living
           by
           Faith
           )
           extended
           Backwards
           (
           to
           the
           times
           before
           Christ
           ;
           )
           So
           ,
           it
           extends
           Wider
           than
           the
           Nation
           of
           the
           Jews
           .
           (
           A
           Blessing
           which
           the
           Gentiles
           are
           particularly
           concerned
           in
           :
           and
           which
           we
           ,
           
           this
           day
           ,
           celebrate
           ;
           
             The
             Epiphany
             ,
             or
             the
             Manifestation
             of
             Christ
             to
             the
             Gentiles
             .
          
           
           )
           
             For
             the
             Blessing
             of
          
           Abraham
           
             is
             come
             upon
             the
             Gentiles
             also
             ,
             through
             Jesus
             Christ
             :
             that
             We
             might
             receive
             the
             promise
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             through
             Faith.
             And
             the
             Scripture
             foreseeing
             (
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             )
             that
             God
             would
             Justify
             the
             Heathen
             through
             Faith
          
           ;
           
           
             preached
             before
             (
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             did
             before
             hand
             preach
             the
             Gospell
             )
             to
          
           Abraham
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
           
             In
             thee
             that
             all
             Nations
             be
             blessed
             .
             So
             then
             ,
             they
             which
             are
             of
             Faith
             ,
             the
             same
             are
             the
             Children
             of
          
           Abraham
           ;
           
             They
             which
             be
             of
             Faith
          
           ,
           
           
             are
             Blessed
             with
             faithfull
          
           Abraham
           .
           And
           are
           therefore
           of
           the
           number
           of
           those
           (
           as
           there
           it
           follows
           )
           who
           shall
           
             Live
             by
             Faith.
          
           
           
        
         
           Now
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           asked
           ,
           What
           it
           is
           thus
           to
           
             Live
             by
             Faith
          
           :
           It
           is
           too
           large
           a
           Task
           ,
           for
           one
           Sermon
           ,
           to
           give
           a
           full
           account
           of
           it
           .
           For
           allmost
           the
           whole
           Bible
           ,
           and
           the
           Practise
           of
           the
           Saints
           in
           all
           Ages
           ,
           are
           but
           a
           Comment
           on
           it
           .
           I
           shall
           therefore
           content
           my self
           ,
           to
           give
           a
           short
           account
           of
           some
           of
           the
           chief
           Heads
           thereof
           .
        
         
         
           To
           Live
           by
           Faith
           ,
           therefore
           ,
           is
           ,
           First
           ,
           
             to
             Beleeve
             the
             Word
             of
             God
          
           ;
           to
           give
           Credit
           to
           the
           Truthes
           of
           God
           ,
           or
           things
           by
           him
           declared
           ;
           how
           unlikely
           soever
           they
           may
           seem
           to
           be
           ,
           and
           however
           different
           from
           the
           common
           Sentiments
           of
           Natural
           men
           ,
           or
           what
           the
           Light
           of
           Nature
           alone
           could
           teach
           us
           .
           For
           ,
           though
           there
           be
           nothing
           in
           Divine
           Truths
           Contrary
           to
           what
           the
           Light
           of
           Nature
           (
           truly
           understood
           )
           may
           teach
           us
           :
           Yet
           there
           may
           be
           some
           things
           much
           above
           it
           ;
           which
           ,
           without
           Revelation
           ,
           cannot
           be
           known
           .
        
         
           Thus
           ;
           
             By
             Faith
             we
             Beleeve
             ,
             That
             the
             Worlds
             were
             made
             ,
          
           
           
             by
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ;
             that
             things
             that
             are
             now
             seen
             were
             made
             ,
             not
             of
             things
             that
             do
             appear
             .
          
           That
           is
           ,
           that
           the
           now
           visible
           World
           was
           not
           made
           up
           of
           such
           things
           as
           we
           now
           see
           :
           or
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           no
           praeexisting
           Matter
           (
           such
           as
           we
           now
           see
           )
           of
           which
           it
           was
           made
           ;
           but
           was
           indeed
           made
           of
           Nothing
           .
        
         
           Which
           however
           contrary
           to
           the
           sentiments
           of
           Philosophers
           
             (
             Ex
             nihilo
             nihil
             ,
             in
             nihilum
             nil
             posse
             reverti
             ,
             )
          
           That
           nothing
           can
           be
           made
           out
           of
           Nothing
           :
           Yet
           ,
           when
           God
           hath
           told
           us
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           so
           ;
           we
           are
           to
           give
           full
           credit
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           indeed
           nothing
           from
           the
           Light
           of
           Nature
           Contrary
           hereunto
           ;
           why
           we
           should
           Disbeleeve
           it
           ,
           when
           it
           is
           Reveiled
           :
           But
           yet
           we
           are
           sayd
           to
           
             know
             it
             by
             Faith
          
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           Above
           what
           Nature
           alone
           could
           have
           taught
           .
        
         
           For
           ,
           when
           we
           see
           this
           glorious
           Fabrick
           of
           the
           World
           :
           we
           might
           well
           admire
           it
           ;
           but
           could
           never
           know
           ,
           whence
           it
           was
           ,
           if
           God
           had
           not
           told
           us
           .
        
         
           For
           though
           Naturalists
           have
           ,
           with
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Reason
           ,
           talked
           of
           (
           a
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           or
           
             Causa
             prima
          
           )
           a
           
             Common
             Maker
          
           ,
           or
           
             First
             Cause
          
           ;
           which
           should
           give
           Original
           to
           all
           things
           else
           :
           Yet
           this
           was
           but
           ,
           either
           from
           some
           faint
           Remains
           of
           an
           ancient
           Tradition
           ,
           from
           Adam
           and
           Noah
           downward
           to
           after
           Ages
           :
           Or
           ,
           atmost
           be
           Conjectural
           ,
           and
           Groping
           in
           the
           dark
           ;
           and
           Guessing
           at
           this
           ,
           as
           a
           more
           likely
           Supposition
           ,
           than
           ,
           That
           it
           had
           Allways
           been
           ;
           or
           ,
           should
           take
           its
           beginning
           from
           a
           Fortuitous
           Concurse
           of
           Atomes
           .
        
         
         
           Which
           yet
           the
           Wits
           of
           this
           Age
           ,
           as
           they
           would
           be
           thought
           ,
           (
           or
           the
           Fools
           rather
           ,
           
           )
           would
           now
           cry-up
           as
           the
           more
           Rational
           :
           Without
           considering
           ,
           If
           they
           must
           at
           lest
           allow
           Eternity
           to
           Matter
           ;
           why
           not
           rather
           ,
           to
           a
           Wise
           and
           Knowing
           Agent
           :
           )
           Onely
           ,
           because
           their
           Wickedness
           ,
           hath
           made
           them
           think
           it
           their
           Interest
           ,
           That
           
             there
             be
             no
             God
          
           (
           to
           call
           them
           to
           account
           for
           it
           :
           )
           And
           therefore
           would
           fain
           perswade
           themselves
           ,
           
             That
             there
             is
             none
          
           .
           And
           think
           there
           is
           nothing
           so
           Absurd
           ,
           which
           they
           would
           not
           rather
           Beleeve
           ,
           than
           
             That
             there
             is
             a
             God.
          
           
        
         
           And
           ,
           what
           is
           sayd
           of
           the
           
             Creation
             of
             the
             World
          
           ;
           may
           be
           equally
           applyed
           to
           the
           
             Immortality
             of
             the
             Soul
          
           ;
           the
           
             Resurrection
             of
             the
             Body
          
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Eternal
             state
             of
             Bliss
             or
             Misery
          
           hereafter
           (
           according
           as
           Men
           have
           ,
           or
           have
           not
           ,
           approved
           themselves
           to
           God
           ;
           )
           and
           others
           of
           like
           nature
           .
           Of
           all
           which
           ,
           what
           ever
           faint
           Conjectures
           ,
           or
           doubtful
           Traditions
           ,
           the
           Heathen
           might
           have
           from
           the
           Light
           of
           Nature
           :
           they
           were
           yet
           much
           in
           the
           dark
           ,
           
           till
           
             Immortality
             was
             brought
             to
             Light
             ,
             by
             the
             Gospel
             .
          
        
         
           Not
           that
           I
           take
           pleasure
           ,
           to
           Decry
           ,
           Disparage
           ,
           Depreciate
           ,
           or
           Invalidate
           ,
           that
           Light
           which
           Nature
           and
           Reason
           afford
           us
           ,
           toward
           Reveiled
           Truthes
           .
           For
           this
           ,
           I
           think
           ,
           we
           ought
           rather
           to
           Cherish
           ,
           to
           Enforce
           ,
           and
           Improve
           what
           we
           can
           ,
           (
           rather
           than
           to
           Enervate
           or
           Elude
           ;
           )
           as
           of
           great
           subserviency
           to
           that
           of
           Faith.
           For
           ,
           while
           we
           study
           to
           Elude
           these
           Arguments
           ;
           we
           are
           so
           far
           doing
           their
           Work
           ,
           who
           would
           Elude
           the
           Scripture
           too
           .
        
         
           For
           ,
           even
           where
           we
           cannot
           (
           from
           Nature
           alone
           )
           conclude
           an
           absolute
           Certainty
           ;
           
           so
           as
           to
           
             Stop
             the
             Mouths
          
           of
           those
           that
           love
           to
           Cavil
           ,
           
           or
           (
           as
           the
           Apostle
           speaks
           )
           
             list
             to
             be
             Contentious
          
           :
           Yet
           ,
           if
           this
           afford
           us
           (
           from
           considerations
           Natural
           and
           Moral
           )
           Probable
           Arguments
           ,
           and
           a
           Multitude
           of
           them
           ,
           all
           concurring
           to
           shew
           ,
           That
           it
           is
           not
           Impossible
           ,
           not
           Improbable
           ,
           but
           very
           Likely
           ,
           that
           these
           things
           
             May
             be
             so
          
           ;
           It
           is
           a
           great
           Preparative
           to
           the
           Beleeving
           of
           a
           Revelation
           ,
           that
           says
           
             It
             is
             so
          
           .
        
         
         
           And
           such
           Arguments
           ,
           we
           find
           ,
           the
           Apostles
           did
           oft
           make
           use
           of
           ,
           to
           very
           good
           Purpose
           ,
           and
           with
           very
           good
           Success
           .
        
         
           A
           
             Cloud
             of
             Witnesses
          
           (
           though
           each
           singly
           may
           seem
           but
           Cloudy
           ,
           )
           may
           afford
           a
           considerable
           Light
           ;
           (
           like
           the
           
             Stellae
             Nebulosae
          
           in
           the
           
             via
             Lactea
             .
          
           )
           And
           Probable
           Arguments
           ,
           though
           not
           singly
           Demonstrative
           ;
           yet
           ,
           where
           there
           be
           Many
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           those
           Concurrent
           ,
           (
           and
           Nothing
           to
           the
           Contrary
           ,
           )
           Experience
           tells
           us
           ,
           in
           affaires
           of
           all
           natures
           ,
           create
           at
           lest
           
             Violent
             Presumption
          
           ,
           and
           oft
           obtain
           a
           firm
           Assent
           .
           And
           't
           is
           seldome
           we
           have
           a
           greater
           Evidence
           ,
           either
           for
           Determining
           Civil
           Affairs
           ,
           or
           for
           Stating
           the
           Hypotheses
           of
           Nature
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           none
           of
           us
           can
           Doubt
           ,
           but
           that
           there
           is
           such
           a
           place
           as
           Rome
           :
           though
           we
           have
           not
           seen
           it
           ,
           and
           though
           ,
           of
           all
           those
           who
           have
           Told
           us
           so
           ,
           there
           is
           no
           one
           who
           might
           not
           possibly
           have
           told
           a
           Ly.
           But
           ,
           a
           Concurrence
           of
           many
           Probabilities
           ,
           passeth
           for
           a
           sufficient
           Proof
           .
        
         
           And
           such
           Arguments
           ,
           how
           ever
           we
           now
           look
           upon
           them
           as
           not
           Demonstrative
           ;
           were
           yet
           of
           such
           force
           with
           the
           Heathens
           (
           who
           had
           no
           better
           Light
           to
           Determine
           them
           )
           at
           lest
           with
           the
           Wisest
           of
           them
           ;
           that
           they
           judged
           it
           a
           matter
           ,
           at
           lest
           ,
           of
           great
           Probability
           ,
           if
           not
           of
           absolute
           Certainty
           ,
           That
           the
           Souls
           of
           men
           are
           Immortal
           ,
           and
           ,
           That
           there
           is
           a
           State
           of
           Rewards
           and
           Punishments
           after
           this
           Life
           .
        
         
           Who
           shall
           therefore
           
             rise
             up
             in
             Iudgement
          
           ,
           
           
             with
             the
             men
             of
             this
             Generation
             ,
             and
             Condemn
             them
          
           ;
           who
           disbeleeve
           it
           under
           a
           greater
           Light.
           
        
         
           But
           ,
           when
           all
           is
           done
           ;
           the
           Fullest
           and
           Clearest
           Evidence
           ,
           is
           from
           Revelation
           :
           Whereby
           ,
           what
           ,
           to
           Reason
           ,
           was
           very
           Probable
           ,
           is
           ,
           to
           our
           Faith
           ,
           made
           Certain
           .
        
         
           The
           Jews
           indeed
           had
           some
           better
           Knowledge
           of
           these
           things
           ,
           than
           the
           Gentiles
           had
           .
           Not
           onely
           their
           great
           Rabbi's
           ;
           but
           even
           Ordinary
           persons
           ,
           and
           those
           of
           the
           other
           Sex
           ;
           According
           to
           that
           of
           Martha
           ,
           concerning
           
             Lazarus
             ,
             I
             know
             that
             he
             shall
             Rise
             again
             in
             the
             Resurrection
             ,
             at
             the
             last
             day
             .
          
           
           
           And
           the
           Sadduces
           (
           before
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           Christ
           ,
           
           and
           the
           full
           Discovery
           of
           the
           Gospell
           ,
           )
           expostulating
           with
           Christ
           ,
           concerning
           the
           Resurrection
           ;
           is
           an
           Argument
           ,
           that
           ,
           though
           themselves
           did
           disbeleeve
           it
           ,
           it
           was
           an
           Opinion
           commonly
           received
           by
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Jews
           ,
           That
           the
           Dead
           should
           rise
           again
           .
        
         
           But
           They
           had
           it
           by
           Revelation
           ;
           not
           ,
           by
           Natural
           Light
           onely
           .
        
         
           Now
           these
           Great
           and
           Momentous
           Truthes
           ,
           which
           God
           hath
           vouchsafed
           thus
           to
           make
           known
           ,
           we
           are
           to
           Beleeve
           by
           Faith.
           
        
         
           And
           that
           not
           onely
           so
           as
           to
           give
           Credit
           to
           them
           ,
           as
           matters
           of
           News
           ;
           
           for
           ,
           thus
           ,
           
             the
             Devils
             Beleeve
             ;
             and
             Tremble
             :
          
           )
           But
           ,
           so
           to
           Beleeve
           ,
           as
           to
           Live
           sutably
           ;
           so
           to
           Live
           ,
           as
           becomes
           those
           who
           Beleeve
           such
           things
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ;
           As
           we
           are
           thus
           (
           in
           general
           )
           to
           beleeve
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           :
           So
           ,
           particularly
           ,
           to
           beleeve
           the
           Commands
           of
           God
           ;
           And
           ,
           so
           to
           live
           ,
           as
           becomes
           those
           that
           beleeve
           these
           to
           be
           God's
           Commands
           :
           That
           is
           ,
           To
           Obey
           them
           ,
           and
           Conform
           our selves
           unto
           them
           ;
           however
           contrary
           to
           our
           perverse
           Inclinations
           .
        
         
           If
           Christ
           command
           us
           ,
           
             To
             Deny
             our selves
             ;
             To
             take
             up
             our
             Cross
             and
             follow
             him
          
           ;
           
           
             To
             sell
             all
          
           (
           if
           need
           be
           )
           
             and
             give
             to
             the
             Poor
             ;
             To
             Leave
             House
             ,
             or
             Brethren
             ,
             or
             Sisters
             ,
             or
             Father
             ,
             or
             Mother
             ,
             or
             Wife
             ,
             or
             Lands
             ,
             for
             His
             sake
             and
             the
             Gospell
          
           ;
           yea
           ,
           
             or
             Life
             it self
          
           ;
           
           
             To
             pull
             out
             a
             Right
             Eye
             ,
             or
             Cut
             off
             a
             Right
             Hand
             ,
             in
             case
             they
             Offend
             ,
          
           (
           or
           part
           with
           what
           is
           as
           dear
           to
           us
           as
           these
           :
           )
           We
           must
           Obey
           it
           .
        
         
           Thus
           (
           among
           the
           many
           Examples
           in
           the
           following
           Chapter
           ,
           
           )
           
             By
             Faith
          
           Abraham
           ,
           
             being
             Called
             of
             God
             ,
             Obeyed
             ;
             and
             went
             out
             he
             knew
             not
             whither
             ,
          
           (
           forsaking
           his
           Countrey
           ,
           and
           his
           Fathers
           House
           ,
           
           in
           Obedience
           to
           Gods
           Command
           ;
           )
           
             and
             Sojourned
             in
             the
             Land
             of
             Promise
             ,
             as
             in
             a
             Strange
             Land.
             
          
        
         
           
           
             By
             Faith
          
           Abraham
           ,
           
             when
             he
             was
             Tryed
             ,
             Offered
             up
          
           Isaac
           :
           
             And
             ,
             he
             that
             had
             received
             the
             Promises
             ,
             Offered-up
             his
             onely
             
             begotten
             Son
             ;
             Of
             whom
             it
             was
             sayd
             ,
          
           
           
             That
             in
          
           Isaac
           
             shall
             thy
             Seed
             be
             Called
          
           .
           Without
           disputing
           ,
           How
           this
           was
           consistent
           with
           the
           Bowels
           of
           a
           Father
           ;
           or
           ,
           How
           unacceptable
           News
           it
           would
           be
           to
           Sarah
           ,
           when
           she
           should
           hear
           it
           ;
           or
           ,
           How
           consistent
           with
           that
           great
           Promise
           (
           wherein
           all
           the
           Nations
           of
           the
           Earth
           were
           concerned
           ,
           )
           That
           
             in
             his
             Seed
          
           ,
           (
           that
           is
           ,
           in
           Isaac
           ,
           and
           what
           should
           proceed
           from
           him
           ,
           )
           
             all
             the
             Nations
             of
             the
             Earth
             should
             be
             Blessed
             :
          
           He
           presently
           addressed
           himself
           to
           this
           hard
           Task
           ,
           to
           the
           Obedience
           of
           this
           unexpected
           Command
           :
           Leaving
           it
           to
           God
           (
           who
           ,
           he
           knew
           ,
           
             was
             able
          
           ,
           
           )
           to
           Reconcile
           his
           own
           Promise
           ,
           with
           his
           Command
           .
        
         
           
             By
             Faith
          
           ,
           Moses
           ,
           
           
             chose
             rather
             to
             suffer
             Affliction
             with
             the
             Children
             of
             God
             ,
             than
             to
             enjoy
             the
             Pleasures
             of
             Sin
             for
             a
             Season
             :
             Esteeming
             the
             Reproach
             of
             Christ
             ,
             greater
             Riches
             ,
          
           
           
             than
             the
             Treasures
             of
          
           Egypt
           .
        
         
           On
           the
           same
           account
           ,
           the
           
             Three
             Children
          
           ,
           would
           rather
           venture
           on
           a
           
             Firy
             Furnace
          
           ;
           and
           Daniel
           ,
           on
           the
           
             Lyons
             Den
          
           ;
           than
           not
           Obey
           the
           Commands
           of
           God.
           Which
           here
           (
           I
           suppose
           )
           the
           Apostle
           intimates
           ,
           when
           he
           tells
           us
           of
           those
           who
           
             (
             by
             Faith
             )
             stopped
             the
             mouths
             of
             Lyons
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             Quenched
             violence
             of
             Fire
          
           .
        
         
           
             Others
             were
             Tortured
             (
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             )
             not
             accepting
             deliverance
             ;
             Endured
             cruell
             Mockings
             ,
             and
             Scourgings
             ,
          
           
           
           
             Bonds
             and
             Imprisonments
             ;
             Were
             Stoned
             ,
             were
             Sawn-asunder
             ,
             were
             Tempted
             ,
          
           
           (
           or
           
             Burned
             alive
          
           ,
           *
           )
           
             were
             Slain
             with
             the
             Sword
             ;
             they
             wandered
             about
             in
             Sheep-skins
             and
             Goat-skins
             ;
             in
             Deserts
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             Mountains
             ,
             in
             Dens
             and
             Caves
             of
             the
             Earth
             ;
             were
             Destitute
             ,
             Afflicted
             ,
             Tormented
             ,
          
           &c.
           rather
           than
           not
           Obey
           the
           Commands
           of
           God.
           And
           thus
           ,
           
             through
             Faith
          
           ,
           
           
             obtained
             a
             good
             Report
          
           .
        
         
         
           
           S.
           Paul
           allso
           ,
           as
           to
           himself
           ,
           
             I
             go
             bound
          
           (
           sayth
           he
           )
           
             in
             the
             Spirit
             to
          
           Jerusalem
           ,
           
             not
             knowing
             the
             things
             that
             shall
             befall
             me
             there
          
           ;
           
           
             Save
             that
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             witnesseth
             ,
             in
             every
             City
             ,
             that
             Bonds
             and
             Afflictions
             abide
             me
             :
          
           
           
             But
             none
             of
             these
             things
             move
             me
             ;
             neither
             count
             I
             my
             Life
             dear
             unto
             me
             ;
             so
             that
             I
             may
             Fullfill
             my
             Course
             with
             joy
             ,
             and
             the
             Ministry
             which
             I
             have
             received
             of
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             .
          
           Nor
           would
           he
           be
           disswaded
           (
           though
           he
           knew
           thus
           much
           )
           from
           going
           thither
           ;
           
           
             Being
             ready
          
           (
           he
           tells
           us
           )
           
             not
             only
             to
             be
             Bound
             ,
             but
             to
             Dy
             at
          
           Jerusalem
           ,
           
             for
             the
             Name
             of
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             .
          
           So
           great
           an
           Incentive
           there
           is
           in
           Faith
           ,
           to
           the
           Obedience
           of
           Gods
           Commands
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ;
           As
           we
           are
           thus
           to
           give
           heed
           to
           the
           Commands
           of
           God
           ;
           So
           ,
           to
           the
           Threatenings
           of
           God
           likewise
           ,
           And
           this
           is
           a
           part
           of
           our
           
             Living
             by
             Faith
          
           allso
           .
        
         
           
             By
             Faith
          
           Noah
           ,
           
             being
             moved
             with
             Fear
             ,
             prepared
             an
             Ark
             ,
             for
             the
             Saving
             of
             his
             House
             .
          
           
           He
           being
           
             warned
             of
             God
             ,
             of
             things
             not
             yet
             seen
             ,
          
           (
           that
           the
           World
           should
           be
           destroyed
           by
           a
           Deluge
           ,
           though
           as
           yet
           there
           appeared
           no
           Likelihood
           of
           it
           ,
           )
           Gave
           Credit
           to
           that
           Threatening
           ;
           (
           while
           others
           ,
           its
           like
           ,
           Scoffed
           at
           it
           ;
           and
           at
           Him
           too
           ,
           for
           giving
           Credit
           to
           it
           ;
           )
           and
           accordingly
           (
           by
           Gods
           direction
           )
           took
           Care
           to
           Avoid
           it
           ,
           as
           to
           himself
           and
           his
           family
           ,
           while
           others
           perished
           in
           it
           :
           
             By
             which
             he
             Condemned
             the
             World
             ,
             and
             became
             Heir
             of
             the
             Righteousness
             which
             is
             by
             Faith.
             
          
        
         
           And
           I
           choose
           to
           give
           Instances
           ,
           all
           along
           ,
           in
           such
           Examples
           as
           are
           here
           cited
           in
           the
           following
           Chapter
           (
           Heb.
           11.
           )
           Because
           all
           that
           
             Cloud
             of
             Witnesses
          
           are
           there
           designedly
           brought-in
           as
           a
           Confirmation
           of
           what
           is
           here
           asserted
           ,
           That
           
             the
             Just
             shall
             Live
             by
             Faith.
             
          
        
         
           Thus
           Solomon
           likewise
           tells
           us
           to
           the
           same
           purpose
           ;
           
             A
             Wise
             man
             Feareth
          
           ,
           
           
             and
             Departeth
             from
             Evill
          
           ,
           (
           Forbears
           the
           evill
           of
           Sin
           ,
           and
           Avoids
           the
           evill
           of
           Punishment
           ;
           )
           
             But
             the
             Fool
             Rageth
             and
             is
             Confident
             ,
          
           (
           he
           runs-on
           without
           Fear
           or
           Wit
           )
           
             A
             Prudent
             man
             Foreseeth
             the
             Evil
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             Hideth
             himself
             :
             But
             the
             Simple
             pass
             on
             and
             are
             Punished
             .
          
           
           (
           Like
           as
           it
           was
           ,
           when
           
           Moses
           ,
           from
           God
           ,
           threatened
           the
           
             Plague
             of
             Hail
          
           in
           
             Egypt
             ;
             Who
             so
             feared
             the
             Lord
             ,
             amongst
             the
             Servants
             of
          
           Pharaoh
           ,
           
           
             made
             his
             Servants
             and
             his
             Cattell
             to
             flee
             into
             Houses
             :
          
           
           
             But
             who
             so
             regarded
             not
             the
             Word
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           (
           as
           not
           beleeving
           it
           ,
           )
           
             Left
             his
             Servants
             and
             Cattel
             in
             the
             Field
          
           ;
           which
           were
           destroyed
           by
           the
           Hail
           ;
           
             which
             Smote
             all
             that
             was
             in
             the
             Field
             ,
             both
             Man
             and
             Beast
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           
           Solomon's
           
             Wise
             man
          
           ,
           is
           the
           
             Good
             man
          
           ;
           and
           his
           Fool
           ,
           is
           the
           
             Wicked
             man.
          
           He
           that
           
             makes
             a
             Mock
             of
             Sin
          
           ;
           
           to
           whom
           
             it
             is
             a
             Sport
             to
             do
             Mischief
             .
          
           
           Who
           goes
           on
           (
           
             as
             Solomon
          
           speaks
           of
           the
           Wanton
           Young-man
           )
           
             as
             an
             Ox
             to
             the
             Slaughter
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             a
             Fool
             to
             the
             Correction
             of
             the
             Stocks
             :
          
           
           
             Till
             a
             Dart
             strike
             through
             his
             Liver
             ;
             as
             a
             Bird
             that
             hasteth
             to
             the
             Snare
             ,
             and
             knoweth
             not
             that
             it
             is
             for
             his
             Life
             .
          
        
         
           Not
           ,
           like
           
             the
             men
             of
          
           Niniveh
           ;
           
           
             who
             Repented
             at
             the
             Preaching
             of
          
           Jonas
           :
           Who
           ,
           when
           Jonah
           preached
           ,
           
             Yet
             forty
             days
             ,
             and
          
           Niniveh
           
             shall
             be
             Destroyed
             ;
             Beleeved
             God
             ,
             and
             proclaimed
             a
             Fast
             ,
          
           
           and
           that
           
             Every
             one
             should
             turn
             from
             the
             Evill
             of
             his
             ways
          
           ;
           
           
             For
             who
             can
             tell
          
           (
           say
           they
           )
           
             if
             God
             will
             Turn
             and
             Repent
             ,
             that
             we
             Perish
             not
             ?
          
        
         
           But
           rather
           ,
           like
           Lot
           
             's
             Sons
             in
             Law
          
           ,
           when
           he
           warned
           them
           of
           the
           Destruction
           then
           coming
           on
           Sodome
           ;
           
           
             He
             seemed
             to
             them
             as
             one
             that
             Mocked
          
           ;
           (
           and
           accordingly
           they
           mocked
           at
           him
           ;
           they
           looked
           upon
           him
           as
           one
           that
           talked
           idly
           ,
           or
           but
           in
           jest
           ;
           )
           till
           ,
           in
           good
           earnest
           ,
           
           
             God
             rain'd
             fire
             and
             brimstone
             on
             them
             ,
             and
             destroyed
             them
             .
          
        
         
           Much
           at
           the
           same
           rate
           with
           those
           Scoffers
           who
           (
           as
           S.
           Peter
           tells
           us
           )
           
             should
             come
             in
             the
             last
             days
          
           ;
           
           
             walking
             after
             their
             own
             Lusts
          
           :
           Laughing
           at
           Gods
           Threatenings
           ,
           and
           saying
           (
           scoffingly
           )
           
             Where
             is
             the
             Promise
             of
             his
             coming
             ?
             For
             ,
          
           
           
             since
             the
             Fathers
             fell
             asleep
             ,
             all
             things
             continue
             as
             they
             were
             from
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             Creation
             :
          
           (
           The
           grave
           Fathers
           ,
           that
           talked
           of
           these
           things
           ,
           be
           Dead
           and
           Gone
           ;
           and
           the
           World
           goes
           on
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           wont
           to
           do
           ,
           notwithstanding
           their
           Threats
           .
           )
           Who
           if
           they
           be
           told
           ,
           from
           God
           ,
           by
           his
           Ministers
           ,
           that
           ,
           
           
             Except
             they
             
             Repent
             ,
             they
             shall
             all
             likewise
             Perish
             :
          
           They
           look
           upon
           them
           (
           as
           those
           did
           on
           Lot
           )
           as
           a
           company
           of
           Brain-Sick
           men
           ,
           that
           talk
           idly
           ;
           
           
             Till
             suddain
             Destruction
             come
             upon
             them
             ;
             as
             a
             Thief
             in
             the
             Night
          
           (
           which
           they
           did
           not
           Expect
           ;
           )
           and
           ,
           
             as
             Pain
             on
             a
             Woman
             in
             Travail
             ;
             which
             they
             cannot
             Escape
             .
          
        
         
           
           Who
           first
           ,
           
             Walk
             in
             the
             way
             of
             the
             Vngodly
             ,
             and
             stand
             in
             the
             Way
             of
             Sinners
          
           ;
           and
           then
           
             Sit
             in
             the
             Seat
             of
             Scorners
             .
          
           Till
           at
           length
           (
           when
           't
           is
           too
           late
           )
           they
           shall
           (
           with
           those
           in
           Wisdome
           )
           be
           convinced
           of
           their
           own
           Folly
           ,
           and
           Value
           the
           Righteous
           ,
           whom
           before
           they
           Despised
           :
           
           When
           ,
           
             with
             Anguish
             of
             spirit
             ,
             they
             shall
             say
             within
             themselves
             ,
          
           (
           of
           him
           ,
           
             whom
             before
             they
             had
             in
             Derision
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             a
             Proverb
             of
             Reproach
             ,
             )
             We
             Fools
             ,
             accounted
             his
             Life
             Madness
          
           ;
           
           
             and
             his
             End
             without
             Honour
          
           .
           But
           ,
           
             How
             is
             He
             numbred
             among
             the
             Children
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             his
             Lot
             is
             among
             the
             Saints
             !
             while
             ,
             We
             have
             wearied
             our selves
             in
             the
             way
             of
             Wickedness
             and
             Destruction
          
           ;
           
           
             and
             have
             not
             known
             the
             Way
             of
             the
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           
             Who
             ,
             when
             they
             Hear
             the
             words
             of
             the
             Curse
             ;
             Bless
             themselves
             in
             their
             Heart
             ,
          
           
           
             saying
             ,
             I
             shall
             have
             Peace
             ,
             though
             I
             walk
             in
             the
             Imagination
             of
             my
             Heart
             ,
             adding
             Drunkenness
             to
             Thirst
          
           ;
           (
           I
           shall
           do
           well
           enough
           ,
           
           though
           I
           take
           my
           pleasure
           :
           )
           
             But
             the
             Lord
          
           (
           saith
           
             Moses
             )
             will
             not
             Spare
             that
             man
             ,
          
           (
           he
           will
           shew
           him
           no
           mercy
           ,
           )
           
             His
             Jealousy
             shall
             Smoak
             against
             him
             ,
          
           (
           who
           sins
           thus
           Presumptuously
           ,
           and
           Promiseth
           himself
           Peace
           ,
           notwithstanding
           Gods
           Threatenings
           ;
           )
           
             And
             all
             the
             Curses
             written
             in
             this
             Book
             ,
          
           
           
             shall
             light
             upon
             him
             .
             The
             Lord
             will
             Separate
             him
             unto
             Evil
             ,
             out
             of
             all
             the
             Cities
             of
          
           Israel
           ,
           (
           he
           will
           Single
           him
           out
           ,
           to
           make
           him
           an
           Example
           :
           
           )
           
             That
             others
             may
             Hear
             ,
             and
             Fear
             ,
             and
             do
             no
             more
             Presumptuously
             .
          
           These
           are
           those
           who
           Beleeve
           not
           the
           Threatenings
           of
           God
           ;
           nor
           fear
           to
           incur
           his
           Displeasure
           .
        
         
           But
           ,
           
             Happy
             is
             the
             man
             that
             feareth
             allways
             :
          
           That
           so
           feareth
           ,
           as
           to
           
             depart
             from
             Evill
          
           .
           He
           that
           so
           Feareth
           the
           Threatenings
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           to
           Avoid
           his
           Judgments
           .
           And
           
             thus
             to
             fear
          
           ,
           is
           to
           
             Live
             by
             Faith.
          
           
        
         
           Fourthly
           ;
           As
           we
           are
           to
           beleeve
           the
           Threatenings
           of
           
           God
           :
           So
           to
           Beleeve
           the
           Promises
           of
           God
           allso
           :
           And
           so
           to
           Beleeve
           them
           ,
           as
           to
           Rest
           upon
           them
           ;
           to
           fetch
           Strength
           and
           Comfort
           from
           them
           .
           And
           this
           is
           one
           great
           part
           of
           a
           Christians
           Living
           by
           Faith.
           
        
         
           And
           of
           This
           also
           ,
           we
           have
           Examples
           in
           the
           Chapter
           following
           .
        
         
           
             By
             Faith
          
           ,
           Abraham
           ,
           
             sojourned
             in
             the
             Land
             of
             Promise
          
           (
           the
           Promised
           Land
           ,
           )
           
             as
             in
             a
             strange
             Countrey
          
           ;
           
           
             dwelling
             in
             Tabernacles
          
           as
           not
           taking
           up
           his
           Rest
           there
           ,
           )
           with
           Isaac
           and
           Jacob
           
             Heirs
             with
             him
             of
             the
             same
             Promise
             :
          
           
           
             Looking
             for
             a
             City
             which
             hath
             Foundations
             ,
          
           (
           a
           Firm
           and
           well
           Founded
           City
           ,
           instead
           of
           tbose
           Flitting
           Tabernacles
           ,
           )
           
             who
             's
             Maker
             and
             Builder
             is
             God.
          
           And
           his
           Trusting
           to
           these
           Promises
           made
           him
           so
           cheerfully
           to
           Obey
           those
           Commands
           .
        
         
           
             By
             Faith
          
           ,
           Sarah
           ,
           
             received
             Strength
             ,
             and
             obtained
             a
             Child
             ,
          
           
           
             when
             she
             was
             past
             Age
             :
             Because
             shee
             judged
             him
             Faithful
             who
             had
             Promised
             .
          
           By
           Faith
           in
           the
           Promise
           ,
           she
           was
           the
           better
           qualifyed
           ,
           to
           receive
           the
           Accomplishment
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           
             By
             Faith
          
           ,
           Isaac
           ,
           
           Blessed
           Jacob
           and
           Esau
           
             concerning
             Things
             to
             come
          
           .
           Himself
           Beleeving
           the
           Truthe
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           
             By
             Faith
          
           ,
           Joseph
           ,
           
             when
             he
             Died
          
           ,
           
           
             made
             mention
             of
             the
             Departure
             of
             the
             Children
             of
          
           Israel
           
             out
             of
          
           Egypt
           ,
           (
           as
           Beleeving
           the
           Promise
           of
           the
           Land
           of
           
             Canaan
             ,
             )
             and
             gave
             Commandement
             concerning
             his
             Bones
             .
          
        
         
           With
           many
           more
           ,
           whom
           I
           forbear
           to
           mention
           :
           Who
           all
           by
           Faith
           ,
           Trusted
           to
           the
           Fullfilling
           of
           those
           Promises
           which
           God
           had
           made
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           allso
           (
           as
           we
           said
           before
           )
           we
           must
           so
           Beleeve
           ,
           as
           to
           act
           accordingly
           .
           And
           what
           the
           Hebrews
           say
           of
           their
           
             Language
             ,
             (
             Verba
             Sensus
             connotant
             Affectum
             ,
             )
          
           is
           true
           of
           other
           Languages
           too
           :
           
             Words
             of
             Speculation
             ,
             imply
             suitable
             Action
             .
          
        
         
           We
           must
           so
           Beleeve
           the
           Promises
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           to
           Trust
           in
           him
           ,
           to
           Rest
           upon
           him
           ,
           to
           Depend
           on
           him
           ,
           who
           hath
           so
           Promised
           .
        
         
           A
           Christian
           Faith
           ,
           is
           not
           so
           much
           Fides
           ,
           as
           Fiducia
           :
           Not
           barely
           an
           Act
           of
           the
           Vnderstanding
           ,
           but
           of
           the
           
             Will
             and
             
             Affections
          
           .
           And
           't
           is
           generally
           agreed
           (
           by
           better
           Criticks
           ,
           than
           those
           that
           Laugh
           at
           it
           ,
           )
           that
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           or
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           (
           which
           are
           the
           Scripture-phrases
           )
           is
           somewhat
           more
           than
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           .
           And
           answers
           to
           what
           in
           the
           Old
           Testament
           ,
           is
           called
           
             Trusting
             in
             God
          
           ,
           or
           
             Putting
             our
             Trust
             in
             Him.
          
           It
           is
           not
           onely
           
             Deo
             Credere
          
           ;
           but
           
             Deo
             Fidere
          
           or
           
             Considere
             ;
             (
             Deo
             se
             Credere
             :
             )
          
           To
           Trust
           God
           ,
           
             To
             Commit
             our selves
             to
             him
          
           ;
           
           as
           the
           phrase
           is
           
             (
             Psal.
          
           10.
           )
           
             The
             Poor
             Committeth
             himself
             to
             thee
          
           ;
           or
           ,
           (
           as
           the
           Margin
           reads
           it
           ,
           out
           of
           the
           Hebrew
           ,
           )
           
             Leaves
             himself
             to
             thee
          
           .
           Or
           (
           to
           the
           same
           purpose
           )
           
             Leanes
             upon
             thee
             (
             innititur
             Deo
             ,
          
           )
           as
           we
           have
           it
           phrased
           elsewhere
           .
           
           
             Commit
             thy
             works
             unto
             the
             Lord
             :
             Trust
             in
             the
             Lord
             with
             all
             thy
             Heart
             ;
             and
             Leane
             not
             to
             thy
             own
             Vnderstanding
             .
             Commit
             thy
             way
             unto
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           
           
             Trust
             in
             him
             ,
             and
             he
             shall
             bring
             it
             to
             pass
             :
          
           Or
           (
           as
           the
           Margin
           tells
           us
           it
           is
           in
           the
           Hebrew
           )
           
             Roll
             thy
             way
             upon
             the
             Lord
             ,
             (
             Devolve
             restuus
             in
             Deum
             :
             )
          
           and
           (
           as
           there
           it
           follows
           )
           
             Rest
             on
             the
             Lord
          
           ,
           
           
             and
             Wait
             patiently
             for
             him
             ;
             (
             Roll
             thy self
             on
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           and
           
             Rest
             in
             him
          
           ,
           and
           
             Wait
             patiently
          
           :
           
           )
           
             For
             Evil-doers
             shall
             be
             cutt
             off
             ;
             But
             those
             that
             Wait
             on
             the
             Lord
             ,
             shall
             inherit
             the
             Earth
             .
          
        
         
           If
           any
           Object
           (
           as
           I
           find
           some
           have
           done
           )
           against
           this
           Language
           (
           as
           less
           Significative
           ,
           and
           Improper
           to
           express
           the
           Nature
           of
           Faith
           ,
           and
           the
           Workings
           thereof
           ,
           )
           Because
           ,
           to
           Rest
           in
           God
           ,
           and
           Rely
           on
           him
           ,
           to
           Depend
           upon
           him
           ,
           to
           Lean
           on
           him
           ,
           to
           Commit
           or
           Leave
           our selves
           to
           him
           ,
           to
           Roll
           our selves
           upon
           the
           Lord
           ,
           (
           and
           the
           like
           Scripture
           Expressions
           )
           are
           but
           Metaphors
           .
        
         
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           they
           are
           so
           .
           But
           so
           is
           allso
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           Humane
           Discourse
           .
           And
           ,
           if
           we
           Bar
           Metaphors
           ,
           we
           must
           Exclude
           the
           greatest
           part
           of
           what
           is
           Sayd
           or
           Written
           .
        
         
           Whatever
           Author
           we
           look
           into
           ;
           we
           shall
           hardly
           find
           One
           Sentence
           ,
           that
           hath
           not
           ,
           in
           it
           ,
           More
           Tropes
           than
           One.
           
        
         
           
           When
           the
           Psalmist
           says
           ,
           
             The
             Lord
             is
             my
             Rock
             ,
             my
             Fortress
             ,
             my
             Strength
             in
             whom
             I
             will
             Trust
             ;
             my
             Bucler
             ,
             my
             Horn
             of
             Salvation
             ,
             and
             my
             High
             Tower
             :
          
           These
           are
           all
           Metaphors
           ;
           But
           their
           Meaning
           is
           easily
           understood
           .
        
         
         
           And
           when
           we
           Trust
           a
           Friend
           ,
           upon
           his
           Word
           ,
           to
           Help
           us
           in
           Distress
           ;
           and
           tell
           him
           ,
           We
           Rest
           upon
           him
           ,
           We
           Rely
           upon
           him
           ,
           we
           Depend
           on
           him
           ,
           we
           Commit
           our
           business
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           Leave
           it
           with
           him
           ;
           Expecting
           that
           he
           will
           not
           Fail
           us
           ,
           or
           Disappoint
           us
           ,
           and
           suffer
           us
           to
           be
           Vndone
           ,
           to
           be
           Overcome
           ,
           to
           be
           Run-down
           ,
           to
           be
           Ruined
           :
           These
           are
           all
           Metaphors
           ;
           But
           ,
           of
           frequent
           Use
           ,
           and
           as
           Easily
           Understood
           ,
           and
           more
           Emphatically
           significative
           ,
           than
           if
           we
           should
           Study
           for
           Proper
           Words
           ,
           (
           or
           Coin
           new
           ones
           ,
           when
           we
           find
           none
           ready
           made
           to
           our
           hands
           ,
           )
           to
           signify
           the
           same
           ,
           as
           Fully
           ,
           without
           Trope
           .
           And
           ,
           if
           we
           should
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           Farsy
           of
           the
           Age
           ,
           (
           which
           affects
           Exotick
           words
           ,
           of
           Latin
           or
           French
           Extraction
           ,
           rather
           than
           good
           old
           English
           ,
           though
           to
           the
           same
           Sense
           ,
           )
           instead
           of
           Resting
           and
           Relying
           ,
           make
           use
           of
           Acquiescence
           and
           Recumbence
           ;
           the
           case
           is
           still
           the
           same
           ;
           At
           lest
           ,
           the
           Modish
           and
           Romantick
           Speakers
           should
           not
           find
           fault
           with
           it
           .
        
         
           Nor
           should
           we
           look
           upon
           it
           ,
           as
           Canting
           ,
           to
           make
           use
           of
           such
           Language
           as
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           God
           thinks
           fit
           to
           Teach
           us
           in
           Holy
           Writ
           ;
           and
           which
           (
           as
           is
           said
           )
           we
           do
           commonly
           make
           use
           of
           (
           without
           Scruple
           )
           in
           all
           Humane
           Affaires
           .
        
         
           Bur
           further
           ;
           As
           Living
           by
           Faith
           on
           Gods
           Promises
           ,
           implies
           a
           Trusting
           to
           him
           ,
           or
           Resting
           on
           him
           :
           So
           it
           implies
           allso
           a
           
             Fetching
             Strength
             from
             him
          
           ;
           and
           a
           supply
           of
           Grace
           ,
           for
           the
           performance
           of
           what
           Duties
           he
           requires
           of
           us
           .
        
         
           Our
           Saviour
           tells
           us
           ,
           That
           ,
           
           
             as
             the
             Branch
             cannot
             bear
             Fruit
             of
             it self
             ,
             except
             it
             abide
             in
             the
             Vine
             ,
          
           (
           and
           receive
           supply
           of
           Sap
           ,
           Juice
           ,
           and
           Nourishment
           from
           it
           :
           )
           
             So
             neither
             We
             ,
             except
             we
             abide
             in
             Him
             ,
          
           (
           and
           accordingly
           receive
           Supply
           from
           him
           :
           )
           
             For
             ,
             without
             him
             ,
             we
             can
             do
             Nothing
             .
          
           
        
         
           And
           S.
           Paul
           tells
           us
           ,
           That
           
             the
             Life
             which
             he
             lives
             ,
             he
             lives
             by
             the
             Faith
             of
             the
             Son
             of
             God
          
           ;
           
           and
           that
           
             it
             is
             not
             so
             much
             Himself
             that
             liveth
             ,
             as
             Christ
             liveth
             in
             him
             .
          
        
         
           It
           is
           
             of
             His
             Fullness
             that
             We
             receive
             Grace
             for
             Grace
             .
          
           
        
         
           'T
           is
           
             the
             Spirit
             which
             he
             giveth
             us
             ,
          
           that
           is
           
             the
             Well
             of
             Water
             ,
             
             Springing
             up
             to
             Everlasting
             Life
             .
          
           And
           it
           is
           ,
           
             by
             Faith
          
           ,
           that
           
             We
             Draw
             Water
             from
             these
             Wells
             of
             Salvation
             .
          
           
        
         
           
           When
           
             we
             know
             not
             what
             we
             should
             Pray
             for
             as
             we
             ought
          
           ;
           It
           is
           this
           
             Spirit
             that
             helps
             our
             Infirmities
             ,
             and
             makes
             Intercession
             for
             us
             .
          
        
         
           
           When
           we
           cannot
           ,
           of
           our selves
           ,
           even
           
             Think
             as
             we
             ought
             :
             It
             is
             God
             worketh
             in
             us
             ,
             both
             to
             Will
             ,
             and
             to
             Do
             ,
             of
             his
             good
             pleasure
             .
          
        
         
           
           Or
           (
           as
           our
           Church
           phraseth
           it
           )
           It
           is
           
             by
             his
             speciall
             Grace
             Preventing
             us
             ,
          
           that
           
             he
             puts
             into
             our
             Minds
             good
             Desires
          
           ;
           and
           ,
           
             by
             his
             Continual
             Help
             ,
             we
             bring
             the
             same
             to
             good
             Effect
             .
          
        
         
           
           Or
           (
           as
           S.
           Paul
           of
           himself
           )
           
             I
             am
             Able
             to
             do
             all
             things
             ,
             through
             Christ
             that
             strengtheneth
             mee
             .
          
        
         
           
           Now
           this
           Strength
           ,
           from
           God
           ,
           we
           fetch
           by
           
             Faith.
             If
             any
             man
             lack
             Wisdome
          
           (
           and
           the
           like
           we
           may
           say
           of
           other
           Supplies
           ,
           
           )
           
             Let
             him
             ask
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             it
             shall
             be
             given
             him
             :
             But
             let
             him
             ask
             in
             Faith
             ,
          
           
           
             nothing
             wavering
             .
             Yee
             Have
             not
             ,
             because
             Ye
             Ask
             not
          
           ;
           
           
             and
             Yee
             Ask
             and
             Have
             not
             ,
             because
             yee
             Ask
             Amiss
             .
          
           And
           
             it
             is
             the
             Prayer
             of
             Faith
             ,
          
           
           
             that
             saveth
             the
             Sick
          
           ;
           (
           and
           the
           like
           of
           other
           Mercies
           .
           
           )
           
             The
             Word
             Preached
             ,
             did
             not
             Profit
             them
          
           (
           who
           are
           there
           spoken
           of
           )
           
             not
             being
             mixed
             with
             Faith
             ,
             in
             them
             that
             heard
             it
             .
          
        
         
           And
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           such
           Exercise
           of
           Faith
           ,
           we
           may
           oft
           Loose
           those
           Mercies
           ,
           which
           otherwise
           we
           might
           obtain
           .
        
         
           And
           ,
           even
           in
           
             Miraculous
             Cures
          
           ,
           there
           was
           somewhat
           of
           Faith
           requisite
           ,
           to
           put
           them
           into
           a
           capacity
           of
           Receiving
           a
           Cure.
           
           S.
           Paul
           ,
           at
           Lystra
           ,
           seeing
           
             the
             Cripple
             ,
             impotent
             in
             his
             feet
             ,
          
           (
           and
           
             perceiving
             that
             he
             had
             Faith
             to
             be
             Healed
             ,
             )
             sayd
             to
             him
             ,
          
           
           
             Stand
             upright
          
           .
           And
           Christ
           ,
           to
           
             Mary
             Magdalene
             ;
             Thy
             Faith
             hath
             saved
             thee
             .
          
           And
           again
           ,
           to
           one
           of
           the
           ten
           Lepers
           ;
           
             Thy
             Faith
             hath
             made
             thee
             whole
             .
          
           
           And
           ,
           to
           the
           Father
           of
           the
           Demoniack
           ,
           
           praying
           him
           to
           
             have
             Compassion
             on
             them
             ,
             and
             heal
             his
             Son
          
           ;
           
           
             If
             thou
             canst
             Beleeve
          
           ,
           saith
           Christ
           ,
           
             all
             things
             are
             possible
             to
             him
             that
             Beleeveth
          
           ;
           who
           thereupon
           replied
           ,
           
             Lord
             ,
             I
             Beleeve
          
           ,
           
           
             help
             my
             Vnbelief
          
           ;
           and
           obtained
           the
           Cure.
           
        
         
         
           And
           ,
           contrarywise
           ,
           of
           his
           own
           Countrey-men
           ,
           it
           is
           sayd
           ,
           
             He
             did
             not
          
           (
           or
           ,
           
             could
             not
             do
             ,
             )
             many
             mighty
             works
             there
          
           ;
           
           
             Because
             of
             their
             Vnbelief
          
           .
        
         
           And
           ,
           though
           Miracles
           be
           now
           ceased
           ;
           yet
           the
           Effects
           of
           Faith
           are
           not
           .
           And
           ,
           in
           pursuance
           of
           Gods
           Promises
           ,
           That
           
             Whatsoever
             we
             ask
             in
             Prayer
             ,
             Beleeving
             ,
             we
             shall
             Receive
          
           ;
           
           We
           may
           still
           expect
           a
           suitable
           Supply
           .
           Especially
           ,
           if
           we
           take
           it
           with
           that
           Limitation
           ,
           that
           ,
           
             If
             we
             Ask
             any
             thing
          
           ,
           
           
             according
             to
             his
             Will
             ;
             he
             Heareth
             us
             :
          
           And
           will
           ,
           accordingly
           ,
           Grant
           us
           the
           things
           we
           Ask
           (
           in
           Faith
           )
           or
           ,
           at
           lest
           ,
           what
           shall
           be
           Better
           for
           us
           .
           And
           ,
           this
           is
           
             to
             Live
             by
             Faith.
          
           
        
         
           Now
           if
           thus
           (
           as
           is
           sayd
           )
           we
           can
           
             Live
             by
             Faith
          
           ;
           and
           ,
           while
           we
           be
           Faithfull
           in
           the
           discharge
           of
           our
           Duty
           ,
           Trust
           God
           upon
           his
           Promises
           ;
           and
           ,
           from
           Him
           ,
           Fetch
           a
           supply
           of
           Strength
           ,
           and
           Grace
           ;
           Direction
           ,
           and
           Consolation
           :
           This
           will
           naturally
           work
           in
           us
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           An
           humble
           Submission
           to
           his
           Will.
           
             The
             Will
             of
             the
             Lord
             be
             done
             .
             Not
             ,
             as
             I
             will
             ;
             but
             ,
             as
             Thou
             wilt
             .
          
           
        
         
           2.
           
           A
           quiet
           Contentment
           in
           every
           Condition
           .
           
           
             (
             It
             is
             the
             Lord
             ,
             let
             him
             do
             what
             seemeth
             him
             good
             .
          
           
           
             We
             are
             Less
             than
             the
             Lest
             of
             thy
             Mercies
             .
          
           
           
             Thou
             hast
             Punished
             us
             Less
             than
             our
             Iniquities
             deserve
             .
             Why
             doth
             the
             living
             man
             Complain
             ?
          
           
           
             It
             is
             the
             Lords
             Mercy
             ,
             that
             we
             are
             not
             Consumed
             ,
             because
             his
             Compassions
             Fail
             not
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           A
           
             Patient
             Waiting
          
           Gods
           leisure
           .
           
             (
             He
             that
             Beleeveth
          
           ,
           
           
             maketh
             not
             Hast.
             The
             Vision
             is
             for
             an
             Appointed
             Time
             ,
             and
             ,
          
           
           
             in
             the
             end
             ,
             it
             will
             not
             Ly
             :
             Though
             it
             Tarry
             ,
             Wait
             for
             it
             ,
             It
             will
             surely
             come
             .
          
        
         
           4.
           
           An
           Acquiescence
           in
           Gods
           Wisdome
           ,
           as
           to
           Events
           .
           
           
             (
             Casting
             our
             Care
             upon
             the
             Lord
             ;
             who
             careth
             for
             us
             .
             )
          
           Not
           ,
           by
           a
           Supine
           Negligence
           ,
           or
           Carelessness
           ,
           as
           wholly
           unconcerned
           :
           But
           ,
           while
           we
           are
           Carefull
           to
           do
           our
           Duties
           ,
           leave
           the
           Care
           of
           Success
           to
           God
           ;
           who
           hath
           Promised
           ,
           That
           ,
           
           
             He
             will
             not
             leave
             us
             ,
             nor
             forsake
             us
          
           ;
           And
           ,
           
           that
           
             All
             things
             shall
             work
             together
             for
             Good
             ,
             to
             them
             that
             love
             God.
          
           So
           that
           ,
           if
           things
           be
           
           not
           just
           as
           we
           could
           wish
           ;
           they
           will
           at
           lest
           by
           so
           as
           God
           sees
           Better
           for
           us
           .
           And
           ,
           if
           
             (
             singly
          
           )
           some
           things
           may
           seem
           ,
           for
           our
           Hurt
           ;
           yet
           
             (
             taken
             all
             together
          
           )
           they
           will
           
             Work
             together
          
           for
           Good.
           
        
         
           5.
           
           An
           
             assured
             Hope
          
           ,
           that
           ,
           in
           the
           End
           ,
           All
           shall
           be
           well
           ;
           how
           contrary
           so
           ever
           things
           may
           seem
           at
           present
           .
           (
           As
           
             Children
             of
             faithfull
          
           Abraham
           :
           
           
             Who
             ,
             against
             Hope
             ,
             Beleeved
             in
             Hope
             ,
          
           
           
             That
             he
             might
             be
             the
             Father
             of
             Many
             Nations
             :
             Not
             considering
             his
             own
             Body
             ,
          
           
           
             as
             now
             dead
             ;
             nor
             the
             Deadness
             of
          
           Sarah
           
             's
             Womb
          
           ;
           
           
             Nor
             Staggered
             at
             the
             Promise
             of
             God
             ,
             through
             Vnbelief
             :
          
           
           
             Being
             fully
             perswaded
             ,
             that
             he
             who
             promised
             ,
             was
             Able
             to
             perform
             .
          
        
         
           And
           this
           ,
           both
           as
           to
           the
           
             Church
             of
             God
          
           in
           general
           ,
           
             (
             That
             the
             Gates
             of
             Hell
             shall
             not
             prevail
             against
             it
             .
          
           
           )
        
         
           
           And
           ,
           as
           to
           Our selves
           in
           particular
           .
           As
           
             Knowing
             ,
             whom
             we
             have
             Trusted
             ;
             and
             ,
             that
             He
             is
             Able
             to
             Keep
             what
             we
             have
             Committed
             to
             him
             :
          
           
           That
           
             He
             who
             hath
             Begun
             a
             good
             Work
             ,
             will
             perfect
             it
             ,
          
           
           
             unto
             the
             day
             of
             Jesus
             Christ
             :
          
           That
           
             none
             is
             able
             to
             pluck
             us
             out
             of
             our
             Fathers
             hand
             :
          
           
           That
           
             Nothing
             shall
             be
             able
             to
             separate
             us
             from
             the
             Love
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             is
             in
             Christ
             Jesus
             our
             Lord
             :
          
           
           That
           
             the
             Lord
             shall
             deliver
             us
             from
             Evill
             Work
             ;
             and
             will
             preserve
             us
             to
             his
             Heavenly
             Kingdome
             :
             To
             whom
             he
             Glory
             for
             ever
             and
             ever
             .
          
           Amen
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A67397-e180
           
             Job
             2.4
             .
          
           
             Deut.
             30.15
             .
             Ver.
             19.
             
          
           
             Jer.
             21.8
             .
          
           
             Gen.
             2.17
             .
          
           
             1
             Tim.
             5.6
             .
          
           
             Joh.
             11.25
             .
             Ver.
             29.
             
          
           
             Hebr.
             9.27
             .
          
           
             Rev.
             20.6
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             8.13
             .
          
           
             Ver.
             6.
             
          
           
             Joh.
             3.15
             ,
             16.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             3.11
             .
             Heb.
             10.38
             .
          
           
             Hab.
             2.4
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             10.38
             .
          
           
             Dr.
             Pecock
             .
          
           
             Exod.
             14.19
             ,
             20.
             
          
           
             Isa.
             3.10
             .
          
           
             Ver.
             11.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             3.20
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             5.1
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             1.17
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             4.2
             ,
             5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             3.6
             ,
             7.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             11.
             
          
           
             Tit.
             3.5
             .
          
           
             Jam.
             2.18
             .
             Ver.
             22.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             23.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             4.2
             .
          
           
             Ver.
             3.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             4.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             5.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             6.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             7.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             8.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             5.6
             .
             Jam.
             2.22
             .
          
           
             Acts
             15.5
             .
          
           
             Jam.
             2.20
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             12.14
             .
          
           
             Artic.
             11.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             6.1
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             3.8
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             6.22
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             1.19
             .
          
           
             Theognid
             .
          
           
             Tit.
             2.12
             .
          
           
             Ver.
             13.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             14.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor
             6.9
             .
          
           
             Ver.
             10.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             11.
             
          
           
             (a)
             Article
             II.
             (
             Of
             the
             Justification
             of
             Man.
             )
             
               We
               are
               accounted
               righteous
               before
               God
               ,
               onely
               for
               the
               merit
               of
               our
               Lord
               and
               Saviour
               Jesus
               Christ
               by
               Faith
               ,
               and
               not
               for
               our
               own
               Works
               or
               Deservings
               .
               Wherefore
               ,
               that
               we
               are
               Justified
               by
               Faith
               onely
               ,
               is
               a
               most
               Wholsome
               Doctrine
               ,
               and
               full
               of
               Comfort
               ;
               as
               more
               largely
               is
               expressed
               in
               the
               Homily
               of
               Justification
               .
            
          
           
             (b)
             Article
             12.
             
             (
             Of
             Good
             Works
             .
             )
             
               Allbeit
               that
               Good
               Works
               ,
               which
               are
               the
               Fruits
               of
               Faith
               ,
               and
               Follow
               After
               Justification
               ,
               cannot
               put
               away
               our
               sins
               ,
               and
               endure
               the
               severity
               of
               Gods
               Iudgement
               ;
               yet
               are
               they
               pleasing
               and
               acceptable
               to
               God
               in
               Christ
               ,
               and
               do
               spring
               out
               necessarily
               of
               a
               true
               and
               lively
               Faith
               ;
               in
               so
               much
               that
               ,
               by
               them
               ,
               a
               lively
               Faith
               may
               be
               as
               evidently
               known
               ,
               as
               a
               Tree
               discerned
               by
               the
               Fruit.
               
            
          
           
             Luk.
             17.10
             .
          
           
             Eph.
             1.14
             .
          
           
             Eph.
             4.24
             .
          
           
             Gal.
             6.15
             .
          
           
             Eph.
             4.13
             .
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             1.5
             .
          
           
             Gal.
             2.17
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             10.19
             .
          
           
             Ver.
             20.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             22.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             24.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             32
             ,
             33
             ,
             34.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             33.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             34.
             
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             3.3
             .
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             3.5
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             10.36
             .
          
           
             Ver.
             37.
             
          
           
             Hab.
             2.3
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             10.37
             .
          
           
             Ver.
             38.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             11.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             12.1
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             11.4
             ,
             5
             ,
             7.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             8
             ,
             9
             ,
             20
             ,
             21
             22.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             2.17
             .
          
           
             Levit.
             18.5
             .
             Ezek.
             20.11
             .
          
           
             Gal.
             3.11
             ,
             12.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             10.5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             10.39
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             11.2
             .
          
           
             Ver.
             8
             ,
             9.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             1$
             .
          
           
             Ver.
             13.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             14.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             15.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             16.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             26.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             27.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             35.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             36.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             37.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             39.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             4$
             .
          
           
             January
             6.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             3.14
             .
          
           
             Ver.
             8.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             7.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             9.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             11.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             11.3
             .
          
           
             Psal.
             14.1
             .
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             1.10
             .
          
           
             Tit.
             1.11
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             11.16
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             12.41
             ,
             42.
             
             Luk.
             11-31
             ,
             32.
             
          
           
             Joh.
             11.24
             .
          
           
             Mat.
             22
             .
             23-32
             .
          
           
             Jam.
             2.19
             .
          
           
             Luk.
             9.23
             .
             Mat.
             10.38
             .
             Mar.
             8.34
             .
             Mat.
             19.21
             Mar.
             10.19
             .
          
           
             Joh.
             12.25
             
          
           
             Heb.
             11.8
             .
          
           
             Ver.
             9.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             17.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             18.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             19.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             24
             ,
             25.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             26.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             33.
             
             Ver.
             34.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             35.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             36.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             37.
             
          
           
             *
             Mr.
             Gataker
             ,
             (
             in
             his
             
               Adversaria
               ,
               Cap.
            
             44.
             )
             thinks
             that
             ,
             for
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ,
             should
             rather
             be
             read
             
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             ;
             Because
             Vivicumburium
             ,
             or
             
               Burning
               alive
            
             ,
             being
             a
             punishment
             then
             frequently
             inflicted
             on
             Christians
             (
             of
             which
             in
             this
             Catalog
             of
             suffrings
             there
             is
             no
             other
             mention
             ,
             )
             he
             thinks
             it
             more
             likely
             that
             it
             should
             thus
             be
             here
             mentioned
             (
             with
             such
             a
             Paronomasia
             ,
             which
             the
             Apostle
             seems
             to
             affect
             )
             than
             that
             in
             the
             Enumeration
             of
             their
             Torments
             )
             should
             be
             here
             inserted
             ,
             their
             
               being
               Tempted
            
             .
             And
             our
             Church
             seems
             to
             favour
             this
             Reading
             :
             which
             ,
             in
             
               the
               second
               part
               of
               that
               Sermon
               of
               Faith
            
             (
             where
             this
             place
             is
             cited
             at
             large
             )
             hath
             it
             thus
             ;
             
               Some
               have
               been
               Racked
               ,
               some
               Slain
               ,
               some
               Stoned
               ,
               some
               Sawn
               ,
               some
               Rent
               in
               pieces
               ,
               some
               Beheaded
               ,
               some
               Brent
               without
               mercy
               ,
               and
               would
               not
               be
               delivered
               ,
               because
               they
               looked
               to
               Rise
               again
               to
               a
               better
               state
               .
            
          
           
             Ver.
             38.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             39.
             
          
           
             Act.
             19.22
             .
          
           
             Ver.
             23.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             24.
             
          
           
             Act.
             21.13
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             11.7
             .
          
           
             Prov.
             14.16
             .
          
           
             Prov.
             22.3
             .
          
           
             Prov.
             27.12
             .
          
           
             Exod.
             9.20
             .
          
           
             Ver.
             21.
             
          
           
             Prov.
             14.9
             .
          
           
             Prov.
             10.23
             .
          
           
             Prov.
             7.22
             .
          
           
             Ver.
             23.
             
          
           
             Mat
             12.41
             .
             Luk.
             11.32
             .
             Jonah
             .
             2.4
             .
             Ver.
             5.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             8.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             9.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             19.14
             .
          
           
             Ver.
             24
             ,
             25.
             
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             3.3
             .
          
           
             Ver.
             5.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             13.3
             ,
             5.
             
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             3.10
             .
             1
             Thes.
             5.2
             .
             Ver.
             3.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             1.1
             .
          
           
             Wisd.
             5.3
             .
          
           
             Ver.
             4.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             5.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             7.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             29.19
             .
          
           
             Ver.
             20.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             21.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             17.13
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             11.9
             .
          
           
             Ver.
             10.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             11.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             20.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             22.
             
          
           
             Psal
             10.14
             .
          
           
             Prov.
             16.3
             .
             Prov.
             3.15
             .
          
           
             Psal.
             37.5
             .
          
           
             Ver.
             7.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             9.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             18.2
             .
          
           
             Joh.
             15.4
             .
          
           
             Ver.
             5.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             2.20
             .
          
           
             Joh.
             1.16
             .
             Joh.
             7.37
             ,
             38
             ,
             39.
             
             Joh.
             4.14
             .
          
           
             Isa.
             12.3
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             8.26
             .
          
           
             Phil.
             2.13
             .
          
           
             Collect
             for
             Easter
             Week
             .
          
           
             Phil.
             4.13
             .
          
           
             Jam.
             1.5
             .
          
           
             Ver.
             6.
             
          
           
             Jam.
             4.2
             .
          
           
             Ver.
             3.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             15.
             
          
           
             Heb.
             4.2
             .
          
           
             Act.
             14.9
             ,
             10.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             7.50
             .
          
           
             Luk.
             17.19
             .
          
           
             Mar.
             9.22
             .
          
           
             Ver.
             23.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             24.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             13.58
             .
             Mar.
             6.5
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             21.22
             .
          
           
             1
             Joh.
             5.14
             .
          
           
             Act.
             21.14
             .
             Mat.
             26.39
             .
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             3.18
             .
          
           
             Gen.
             32.10
             .
          
           
             Ezr.
             9.10
             .
          
           
             Lam.
             3.39
             .
             Ver.
             22.
             
          
           
             Isai.
             28.16
             .
          
           
             Hab.
             2.3
             .
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             5.7
             .
          
           
             Heb.
             13.5
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             8.28
             .
          
           
             Gal.
             3.7
             ,
             9.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             4.18
             .
          
           
             Ver.
             19.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             20.
             
          
           
             Ver.
             21.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             16.18
             .
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             1.12
             .
          
           
             Phil.
             1.6
             .
          
           
             Joh.
             10.29
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             8.39
             .
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             4.18
             .