CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…

4. This special faith is seen by the opposites and contrarieties unto it, for he that doth not believe is said [Greek or Hebrew], Luk 12.29. to be carried up and down as a meteor that hath no fixed place; Thus while the soul is not fixed on Christ it's like a reed tossed up and down with every wind, as one in a journey, and at a stand, seeing two ways, and not knowing which way to go, or as a man that is uncertain between two arguments, like the balance with equal weights, that doth not incline to one side more then another; These dispositions of the Soul oppose faith, and it's a resting and a determining of the soul upon Christ.

4. This special faith is seen by the opposites and contrarieties unto it, for he that doth not believe is said 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, Luk 12.29. to be carried up and down as a meteor that hath no fixed place; Thus while the soul is not fixed on Christ it's like a reed tossed up and down with every winde, as one in a journey, and at a stand, seeing two waies, and not knowing which way to go, or as a man that is uncertain between two arguments, like the ballance with equal weights, that doth not incline to one side more then another; These dispositions of the Soul oppose faith, and it's a resting and a determining of the soul upon Christ.

And Lastly, Diffidence and fear, these are made contrary to Faith, Fear not, but believe, Luk. 8.50. said Christ to his Disciples, which supposeth that faith hath boldness and confidence in it; We then may judge of the nature of faith, by the opposite sinfulness to it, and when we see fears, wanderings, uncertain tossings up and down of the soul, in no ways stable and fixed, then we may conclude that faith it self is a powerful, composing, and firm fixing of the soul upon the Lord Christ.

And Lastly, Diffidence and fear, these are made contrary to Faith, Fear not, but beleeve,