A treatise of faith divided into two parts. The first showing the nature, the…A treatise of faith diuided into two parts. The first shewing the nature, the…

but I want no strength to that which is evil, I am apt and ready to go astray. I am environed and beset with sin on every side; oh, when shall I be set at liberty, ⟨p. 254⟩that I might do the work of God, and run the race of his Commandments.

but I want no strength to that which is euill, I am apt and readie to goe astray. I am inuironed and beset with sinne on euery side; oh, when shall I be set at libertie, ⟨p. 254⟩that I might doe the worke of God, and runne the race of his Commandements.

Secondly, He must look to the grace, truth and power of God, who hath promised to sanctify; to the fullness and sufficiency that is in Christ, the fountain of grace. He who hath spoken this to me, Hold me, and I will set thee free, I will circumcise thy heart, wash it, purge it, heal it of all sicknesses and infirmities: he that hath spoken it, is God Almighty, who giveth Being to all visible creatures, and that invisible world of Spirits: who calleth the things that are not, as if they were: who if there were no print of these things in me, can work and create them gloriously, as at first he drew this excellent frame of the world out of that confused lump, or Mass which he made of nothing. And as he is great in power, so is he rich in mercy, abundant in goodness and truth; as ready and faithful to keep, as he was free to make the promise. His grace is unsearchable▪ his Word purer then silver seven times refined. In my self I am full of sin, barren and destitute of grace: but Christ is an over-flowing fountain, who hath plentifully filled all that believe. All the faithful have drawn of his fullness, and yet his store is no whit diminished O my soul, trust thou in the Lord, and thou shalt be purged from thy filthiness, replenished with his grace. Lo, he calleth the thirsty, who be destitute of all sap and fruit of grace, to come unto him, that they may be refreshed. The Saints, who have been most enriched with variety of graces, were by nature as poor and destitute as thou art. What they had, they received by faith: Believe as they did, and speed with them. Why criest thou out distrustfully by reason of thy barrenness? Doth the streaming fountain deny water to the thirsty traveller? No more doth Christ to the empty parched soul, that comes unto him. Thou hast no grace of thy self: cleave unto him and thou shalt want none that may be for thy good. He filleth the empty