Seven sermons on several select subjects preached

Use 2. Of Exhortation.

Oh! Let us above all things labour for this heart-fixing grace of Faith. Trusting in God doth corroborate and animate, and bear up the heart in death-threatening dangers: Oh get this heart-fixing grace of Faith! But alas! who will not say, that he is resolved, and he is sixth? If a Storm doth arise, he for his part trusts in God: who will not say, he trusts in God? Therefore we must bring our hearts to a Scriptural Touchstone: it is worth while: Let us try whether our trusting in God be right or no. You shall know it thus.

Oh! Let us above all things labour for this heart-fixing grace of Faith. Trusting in God doth corroborate and animate, and bear up the heart in death-threatning dangers: Oh get this heart-fixing grace of Faith! But alas! who will not say, that he is resolved, and he is fixt? If a Storm doth arise, he for his part trusts in God: who will not say, he trusts in God? Therefore we must bring our hearts to a Scriptural Touchstone: it is worth while: Let us try whether our trusting in God be right or no. You shall know it thus.

First, If our Trust be right, then we commit our chief Treasure to God: our Soul is the Jewel, the chief Treasure, and we commit this to Gods care and custody, Psal. 31.5. Into thy hand I commit my Spirit; we lay up all our hope in God, Psal. 39.7. What wait I for? Lord, my hope is in thee. As in time of war, a man puts all his Money and Plate in a safe strong place, so must we lay up all our hopes in God as a strong Tower.