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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.
Thirdly, It enableth to obey: for it purifieth the heart, ⟨p. 389⟩seasoneth every faculty of soul reasonable and sensual, qualifieth and strengtheneth our natural inclinations to good, and altereth the taste of every appetite.1 By faith we are partakers of the divine nature: by faith Christ dwelleth in our hearts: by faith we receive the Spirit of promise, who is greater then he that is in the world: No marvel then, if that be sweet and delightful to the believing heart, which is tedious and irksome to the unregenerate. How came David to that high delight in Gods service, that he loved the Commandments of God more then thousands of gold and silver, the honey and the honey comb? That he rose at mid-night to meditate in them, was it not by faith? The grace of Christ, the power of the Spirit, and the Word of life, do change the disposition of the soul; so far as they enter and be received into it. But by faith their virtue is diffused into the whole mass.
Thirdly, It inableth to obey: for it purifieth the heart, ⟨p. 389⟩seasoneth euery facultie of soule reasonable and sensuall, qualifieth and st•engtheneth our naturall inclinations to good, and altereth the taste of euery appetite.1 By faith wee are partakers of the diuine nature: by faith Christ dwelleth in our hearts: by faith we receiue the Spirit of promise, who is greater then he that is in the world: No maruell then, if that bee sweet and delightfull to the belieuing heart, which is tedious and irkesome to the vnregenerate. How came Dauid to that high delight in Gods seruice, that he loued the Commandements of God more then thousands of gold and siluer, the honey and the honey combe? That hee rose at mid-night to meditate in them, was it not by faith? The grace of Christ, the power of the Spirit, and the Word of life, doe change the disposition of the soule; so farre as they enter and be receiued into it. But by faith their vertue is diffused into the whole masse.
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