A grain of mustard-seed or, the least measure of grace that is or can…A graine of musterd-seede or, the least measure of grace that is or can…

And that which thou desirest, thou seest not: but by desiring, art (as it were) enlarged and made capable, that when it shall come which thou shalt see, thou mayest be filled. Basil saith,¹ Only thou must will, and God will come of his own accord. ^cBernard saith, what, is not desire a voice? Yea a very strong voice. God heareth the desire of the poor: and a continual desire, though we speak nothing, it is a voice continued. ⟨p. 29⟩^dLuther saith, Christ is then truly omnipotent, and then truly reigns in us, when we are so weak that we can scarce give any groan. For Paul saith, that one such groan is a strong cry in the cares of God, filling both heaven & earth.^e Again, Very few know, how weak and small faith and hope is, under the cross, and in temptation. For it appears, then to be as smoking flax, which a good blast of wind would presently put out: but such as believe in these combats, and terrors against hope, under hope, that is, opposing themselves by faith in the promise of Christ, against the feeling of sin, and the wrath of God, do find afterward that this little spark of faith (as it appears to reason, ⟨p. 30⟩which hardly perceiveth it) is peradventure as the whole element of fire which filleth all heaven and swalloweth up all terrors and sins. ^fAgain, the more we find our unworthiness, and the less we find the promises to belong unto us, the more must we desire them, being assured that this desire doth greatly please God, who desireth and willeth that his grace should be earnestly desired. This doeth faith, which judgeth it a precious thing, and therefore greatly hungereth and thirsteth after it, and so obtains it. For God is delighted to fill the hungry with good things, & to send the rich empty away. ^gTheodore Beza saith, If thou find not thine heart inwardly touched, pray that it may