The sum of sacred divinity briefly & methodically propoundedThe summe of sacred diuinitie briefly & methodically propounded

First, Here is but a taste only, not an apprehension and laying hold of Christ, to make him ones own, like unto a Cooke that tasteth of the meat, and spitteth it out again, or as he that washeth his mouth with water, but letteth it not go down his throat: hereupon it is, ⟨p. 382⟩that they are said to ^qwant a ^rroot which the faithful have.

First, Here is but a taste onely, not an apprehension and laying hold of Christ, to make him ones owne, like vnto a Cooke that tasteth of the meate, and spitteth it out againe, or as he that washeth his mouth with water, but letteth it not goe downe his throte: hereupon it is, ⟨p. 382⟩that they are said to ^qwant a ^rroote which the faithfull haue.

1. qMat. 13. 21.
2. rCol. 2. 7.

From whence I gather, that their faith is but a general and confused faith, whereby they are persuaded, that God will bestow many great and glorious things upon those that are in Christ, but never wrestle with their own souls, to apply and appropriate the same unto themselves; they know not what it meaneth to have Christs Righteousness theirs, or their sins to be laid upon him: they feel no testimony of reconciliation to God, no assurance that all things are for good unto them, no peace of conscience, no hope of eternal life, the excellency whereof they are ravished withal, and admire to behold in others, as Balaam the false prophet did, but find in themselves no comfort of it, no more then a man doth of the Sun, when it shineth not in his own Horizon.