Two treatises the first of fear, from Isa. 8, v. 12, 13, and part…

4. To conclude, the very reliance of your Souls by faith upon the power of God, your very leaning upon his arm engages it for your protection, Isa. 26. ⟨p. 187⟩3. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee, because he trusteth in thee. Puzzle not your selves therefore any longer about qualifications; but know that the very acting of your faith on God, the recumbency of your Souls upon him, is that which will engage him for your defence, how weak and defective soever thou art in other respects.

4. To conclude, the very reliance of your Souls by faith upon the power of God, your very leaning upon his arm engages it for your protection, Isa. 26. ⟨p. 187⟩3. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee, because he trusteth in thee. Puzle not your selves therefore any longer about qualifications; but know that the very acting of your faith on God, the recumbency of your Souls upon him, is that which will engage him for your defence, how weak and defective soever thou art in other respects.

2. Having thus entered by Faith into this Chamber of Divine power, the next counsel the Text gives you is, to shut the door behind you, i. e. after the acting of your faith, and the quiet repose of your Souls upon Gods Almighty power, then take heed lest unbelieving fears and jealousies creep in again and disturb the rest of your Souls in God, you find a sad instance of this in Moses, Numb. 11. 21, 23. After so many glorious acts and triumphs of his Faith, how were his heels tripped up by diffidence which crept in afterwards; good men may be posed with difficult providences and made to stagger. The Isaelites had lived upon miracles many years, yet