Sacramental meditations upon divers select places of scripture

First: The remains of unbelief in the Saints greatly dishonour God; and what is a great dishonour to God, cannot but be a great grief and burden to them. For look as faith gives God special honour above all other graces, so unbelief in a special manner, both wrongs and grieves him above all other sins. Unbelief in dominion makes God a liar, 1 Joh. 5. 10. and even the relics thereof in Believers, doth shake their assent to his truths and promises, and nourishes a vile suspicion of them in the heart; and how do those base jealousies reflect upon his honour? Certainly it cannot but be a grief to gracious hearts to see God dishonoured by others, Psal. 119. 36. and a much greater ⟨p. 138⟩to dishonour him our selves, hinc illae lacrimae. Upon this ground we may justly cry out and say with tears, Lord help our unbelief.

First: The remains of unbelief in the Saints greatly dishonour God; and what is a great dishonour to God, cannot but be a great grief and burden to them. For look as faith gives God special honour above all other graces, so unbelief in a special manner, both wrongs and grieves him above all other sins. Unbelief in dominion makes God a liar, 1 Joh. 5. 10. and even the reliques thereof in Believers, doth shake their assent to his truths and promises, and nourishes a vile suspicion of them in the heart; and how do those base jealousies reflect upon his honour? Certainly it cannot but be a grief to gracious hearts to see God dishonoured by others, Psal. 119. 36. and a much greater ⟨p. 138⟩to dishonour him our selves, hinc illae lacrimae. Upon this ground we may justly cry out and say with tears, Lord help our unbelief.