The life of faith in three parts, the first is a sermon on Heb.…

Direct. 15. Let Faith set the example, first of Christ, and next of his holiest servants, still before you.

He that purposely lived among men in fl•sh, a life of holiness and patience, and contempt of the world, to be a pattern or example to us, doth expect that it be the daily work of Faith to imitate him; and therefore that we have this Copy still before our eyes. It will help us when we are sluggish, and sit down in low and common things, to see more noble things before us. It will help us when we are in doubt of the way of our duty; and when we are apt to favour our corruptions: It will guide our minds, and quicken our desires, with a holy ambition and covetousness to be more holy: It will serve us to answer all that the world or flesh can say, from the contrary examples of sinning men: If any tell us what great men, or learned men think, or say, or do, against Religion, and for a sinful life; it is enough, if Faith do but tell us presently, what Christ, and his Apostles, and Saints, and Martyrs, have thought, and said, and done to the contrary, Mat. 11.28, 29. 1 Pet. 2.21. John 13.15. Phil. 3.17. 2 Thes. 3.9. 1 Tim. 4.12. Ephes. 5.1. Heb. 6.12. 1 Thes. 1.6. & 2.14