Come & welcome to Jesus Christ, or, A plain and profitable discourse upon the…

But you shall find here, in Peters little faith, a two fold act; to wit, Coming, and Crying; Little faith cannot come all the way without crying: So long as its holy boldness lasts, so long it can come with peace; but when it, So, can come no farther, It will go the rest of the way with crying. Peter went as far as his little faith would carry him: he also cried as loud as his little faith would help, Lord save me, I perish: And so with coming and crying, he was kept from sinking, though he had but a little faith. Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him: O! Thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?

But you shall find here, in Peters little faith, a two fold act; to wit, Coming, and Crying; Little faith cannot come all the way without crying: So long as its holy boldness lasts, so long it can come with peace; but when it, So, can come no farther, It will go the rest of the way with crying. Peter went as far as his little faith would carry him: he also cryed as loud as his little faith would help, Lord save me, I perish: And so with coming and crying, he was kept from sinking, though he had but a little faith. Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him: O! Thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?

Secondly, Is it so? That they that are coming to Jesus Christ, are oft-times heartily afraid, that Jesus Christ will not receive ⟨p. 240⟩them: Then this shows us a reason of that Dejection, and those castings down, that very often we perceive to be in them, that are coming to Jesus Christ: Why, it is because they are afraid that Jesus Christ will not receive them. The poor World, they Mock us, because, we are a dejected people; I mean, because we are sometimes so: But they do not know the cause of our Dejections. Could we be persuaded, even then, when we are Dejected, that Jesus Christ, would indeed receive us: It would put more gladness into our hearts, than in the time in which their Corn, and Wine, and Oil increases, Psal. 4. 6, 7. But,