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

11. And to bring us to all this, and make us holy, Christ hath given us a most holy word and doctrine: perfectly holy in its precepts, and in its prohibitions, and all the subservient histories and narratives: And he hath added the perfect pattern of his holy life, that our Rule and Example might agree.

12. So good is this word, that it calleth us to the highest degree of Goodness, and maketh Perfection it self our duty; that our duty and happiness may agree; and we may not have liberty to be bad and miserable; but may be every way bound to our own felicity: And yet so good is this Covenant of Grace, that it taketh not advantage of our infirmities to ruin us, but noteth them to humble us, in order to our cure: And i• accepteth sincerity, though it command perfection. And Christ looketh not at our failings, as a severe Judge, but as a Physician, and a tender Father.

12. So good is this word, that it calleth us to the highest degree of Goodness, and maketh Perfection it self our duty; that our duty and happiness may agree; and we may not have liberty to be bad and miserable; but may be every way bound to our own felicity: And yet so good is this Covenant of Grace, that it taketh not advantage of our infirmities to ruine us, but noteth them to humble us, in order to our cure: And i• accepteth sincerity, though it command perfection. And Christ looketh not at our failings, as a severe Judge, but as a Physician, and a tender Father.

13. So good is our Religion, that the great thing which it requireth of us, is to prefer the greatest good, before the lesser, and not to be like children who take it for their riches to fill their pin-box; or like foolish Merchants, who had rather trade for truth, thn for gold. The great business of Christian precept is, to make us know that we are capable of better things than