I. Scripture-light the most sure light ... delivered in three sermons on 2 Pet.…

Faith, true saving Faith, it will resist great Temptations; it will perform great Performances; it will suppress all your Fears, it will mortify all your Cares; it will assuage and subdue all your Griefs; it will make you a stranger in this World; it will keep your hearts steady and upright, in all the turnings and changes of your Life; it will make you faithful under all your Betrustments; it will realize Eternity to you, and make those things visible to you, that are in themselves invisible; and it will make you live in continual dependence on Christ, and fetch all from him: Al these things are great things, and I must not dwell upon any of them, but only touch upon each of them.

Faith, true saving Faith, it wil resist great Temptations; it wil perform great Performances; it wil suppress al your Fears, it wil mortifie al your Cares; it wil asswage and subdue al your Griefs; it wil make you a stranger in this World; it wil keep your hearts steady and upright, in al the turnings and changes of your Life; it wil make you faithful under al your Betrustments; it wil reallize Eternity to you, and make those things visible to you, that are in themselves invisible; and it wil make you live in continual dependance on Christ, and fetch al from him: Al these things are great things, and I must not dwel upon any of them, but only touch upon each of them.

Is it not a great matter for a man to resist, and overcome great Temptations? Joseph did so; sorely tempted by his Mistress, but he overcame the Temptation, How? He believed, How shall I do this evil, and sin against my God?

Is it not a great matter for a man to resist, and overcome great Temptations? Joseph did so; sorely tempted by his Mistris, but he overcame the Temptation, How? He beleeved, How shall I do this evil, and sin against my God?