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4. Special. If thou wouldst make thy battle strong in any part, do it then against Infidelity, and whatsoever upholds and contributes unto it. It is granted, that the Radical principle of thy doubts is original sin; but then the immediate principle of it is remaining Infidelity. Out of it immediately come all thy staggerings, and reelings, and ⟨p. 121⟩questionings, and doubtings: That is it (O weak believer) which disables thy apprehension of the Covenant, of Christ, of the Promises, of thy Title: That is it which perverts thy judgment, and mis-persuades it with cunning reasonings, so that either thou canst not discern the full truth of Gods Promises, or thou canst not see prevailing reasons to persuade thy self that they belong to thee.

4. Speciall. If thou wouldst make thy battell strong in any part, doe it then against Infidelity, and whatsoever upholds and contributes unto it. It is granted, that the Radicall principle of thy doubts is originall sinne; but then the immediate principle of it is remaining Infidelity. Out of it immediately come all thy staggerings, and reelings, and ⟨p. 121⟩questionings, and doubtings: That is it (O weak beleever) which disables thy apprehension of the Covenant, of Christ, of the Promises, of thy Title: That is it which perverts thy judgment, and mis-perswades it with cunning reasonings, so that either thou canst not discerne the full truth of Gods Promises, or thou canst not see prevailing reasons to perswade thy selfe that they belong to thee.

Therefore let the main care and work of thee be, to strike at unbelief: Be humbled much for it, beseech the Lord to cure thee more and more of it, to remove the ignorance of the Covenant out of thee, and to cast down carnal and proud reasonings, which give the lye to the way of Gods free and full Grace; which would have thee to be first, and of thy self, that which thou ⟨p. 122⟩