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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…
A treatise of faith divided into two parts. The first showing the nature, the second, the life of faith. ... By John Ball.A treatise of faith diuided into two parts. The first shewing the nature, the second, the life of faith. ... By Iohn Ball.
London: printed by William Stansby for Edward Brewster, 1631
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
an assurance which labours wi•h continual weakness and looks not to come to perfection but by temptations. But of this before.
an assurance which labours wi•h continuall weakenes and lookes not to come to perfection but by temptations. But of this before.
God in great mercy doth vouchsafe to his Adopted sons many excellent royalties in this life. They are most precious unto him, His chief treasure, His love for delights, his peculiar people, the lot of his inheritance, his chosen, his hidden ones his jewels. He that toucheth them, toucheth the apple of his eye. They are his Beloved, as the signet upon his right hand. He dwelleth with them, he followeth them whither soever they go; he stands at their right hand, and holds them up by it. He cove•s them under his pavilion, he keeps their feet, he counts their wanderings, he numbereth their heirs, he observes their sighs, is moved with compassion upon their complaints, he is the shield of their help, the sword of their excellency, and the God of all grace, who will fulfil all their necessities. He is their hope, their help, their health, their rock, their refuge, the Father of mercies and God of all consolation. He will teach them in the way that they should choose, and make them perfect in good ⟨p. 266⟩works: He will establish them in every good word and work, he will walk with them, his eye is ever upon them for good, and he will give them their hearts desi•e. They have the Angels of God to minister unto them for the•r safeguard and protection;1 they have dominion over the creatures of the earth, and the free use of them, both for necessity and delight. This is a true saying; The charter anciently given by that great Lord of all at our first conversion, touching the use of his creatures, was forfeited into the hands of the Donor by Adams fall. But it is restored and renewed by Christ to them who ae honoured with the Adoption. The heirs of heaven are the right inheritors of the earth. The Sons of God, by Adoption are Brethren and Coheirs with Christ whom the Father hath appointed heir of all things: