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4 The only means to cool this scorching hear,¹ & to assuage this burning, is the blood of Christ: and Faith only is the means to apply the efficacy of Christs blood to our souls: by Faith therefore, and by nothing else, may these fiery Darts be quenched. As balsam, & such other medicinable oils which Chirurgeons have for that purpose, being applied to that part of mans body which is in flamed with the forenamed poisonous weapons, assuage the heat, drive out the poison, and cure the flesh: so Faith, which applieth the virtue of Christs Sacrifice to a perplexed and troubled soul, dispelleth the inward anguish thereof, pacifieth and quieteth it, and so cureth the wounds thereof. The Faith of David did thus cheer up and refresh his soul after it had been perplexed; in which respect he saith unto his soul, ^gWhy art thou cast down and unquiet? Wait• on God, &c. Thus^h again,ⁱ and again he cheereth up his soul: this⟨p. 284⟩ also drew the fiery poison out of Jobs soul, as that speech implieth,