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

And when you read that Christ promiseth his twelve Apostles, to be with them, and to reward their labours, and to see that they shall be no losers by him, if they lose their lives, &c. You may believe that he will do so by you also. For though your work be not altogether the same with theirs; yet this is but a branch of the common Promise to all the faithful, who must all follow him on the same terms of self-denial, ⟨p. 256⟩Luke 14.26, 27, 33. Mat. 10. Rom. 8.17, 18. And on this ground the promise to Joshua is applied, Heb. 15. I will never fail thee nor forsake thee, because it is but a branch of the C• venant common to all the faithful.

Direct. 27. Be sure that you lay the stress of all your hopes on the Promises of God, and venture all your happiness on them, and when God calleth to it, express this by forsaking all else for these hopes, that it may appear you really trust Gods word, without any secret hypocritical reserves.

This is the true life, and work, and trial of faith: whether we build so much on the Promise of God, that we can take the thing promised for all our treasure, and the Word of God for our whole security.

This is the true life, and work, and tryal of faith: whether we build so much on the Promise of God, that we can take the thing promised for all our treasure, and the Word of God for our whole security.