Meditations on the holy sacrament of the Lords last Supper Written many years sinceMeditations on the holy sacrament of the Lords last Supper Written many yeares since

Lastly, where Faith is, there all the faculties are expedite and free in their operations. The eye open to see the wonders of Gods Law, the ear open to hear his voice, the mouth open to praise his name, the arm enlarged towards the relief of his servants, the whole man tenderly sensible of all pressures, and repugnant qualities.

Lastly, where Faith is, there all the faculties are expedite and free in their operations. The eye open to see the wonders of Gods Law, the eare open to heare his voyce, the mouth open to praise his name, the arme enlarged towards the reliefe of his servants, the whole man tenderly sensible of all pressures, and repugnant qualities.

The secondary effects of faith are amongst sundry others such as these. First,^a a love and liking of those spiritual truths which by faith I assent unto.² For saving Faith being an assent with adherence and delight, contrary to that of Devils which is with trembling and horror (which delight is a kind of relish, and experience of the goodness of those objects we assent unto.) It necessarily follows even from the dictate of Nature (which instructeth a man to love that which worketh in him delight and comfort) that from this assent must arise an approbation and love of those objects whence doth issue such sweetness. A second effect is affiance, and hope, confidently for the present relying on the goodness, and for the future waiting on the power of God, which shall to the full ⟨p. 232⟩in time perform what he hath in his Word promised, when once the mind of a man is wrought so to assent unto divine promises made in Christ, as to acknowledge an interest, and propriety unto them, and that to be at last actually performed not by a man, who is subject both to unfaithfulness in perseverance and to disability in performance of his promises (for every man is a liar, either by imposture, ready to deceive, or by impotency, likely to disappoint the expectations of those who rely upon him) but by Almighty God, who the better to confirm our faith in him, hath both by his Word, and Oath engaged his fidelity, and is altogether omnipotent to do what he hath purposed: Impossible it is but from such an assent, grounded on the veracity, and on the All-sufficiency of God, there should result in the mind of a faithful man a confident dependence on such promises, renouncing in the mean time all self-dependence, as in it self utterly impotent, and resolving in the midst of Temptations to rely on him, to hold fast his mercy, and the profession of his Faith without wavering, having an eye to the recompense of reward, and being assured that he who hath promised will certainly bring it to pass.