Secondly, §2Though the way to Jesus Christ be clogged with many difficulties, True, saving, justifying Faith, will carry us through all difficulties, discouragements, and natural Impossibilities to Jesus Christ. 'Tis that grace that is opposed to the sinful [Greek or Hebrew] that the Apostle speaks of; He being not weak in Faith, he considered not his own body [Greek or Hebrew] he staggered not; the word you translate staggering, in other places 'tis translated doubting, Nothing doubting; but the same word is translated also; discerning; Not discerning the Lords body. 1 Cor. 11.29. And, so the word will fully bear that signification. When a man looks upon things with an eye of reason, he makes a discretion of Dijudication of things: some things are facile easy; some things are hard. But when a man looks by faith, upon the power of God, there is not that discretion there. All things are easy to the eye of faith, that looks at the power of God. You shall observe therefore, that when our Lord and Saviour himself, would bear up the hearts of his disciples over all discouragements, he directs them to this work of believing with a saving, justifying faith; you know the place, Let not your hearts be troubled, 1ye believe in God, believe also in me. An Hebraism, noting a Similitude: The father works hitherto, and I work. That is, as the father works, so I work. So here, ye believe in God, believe also in me. That is, as ye believe in God the father, so believe also in me; ye believe that God the Father is able to ⟨p. 196⟩provide for you: believe in me, that I am able to satisfy for you. If you would not have your hearts troubled that I am now to leave you, at the many discouragements that you are to meet withal; 'tis not enough for you, that you believe in God, as God; but you must believe in me also, as your mediator, and rest upon me: True, saving, justifying faith, is the only means to bear up your hearts through all this trouble, And if you look into the 17. of Luke, you shall find, that when our Saviour Christ would teach his Disciples how to do a hard work, he does point them unto this justifying faith. And the Lord said, (at the sixth verse) If ye had faith as a grain of mustard-seed, you might say to this Sycamine-tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the Sea, and it should obey you.
Secondly, §2Though the way to Jesus Christ be clogged with many difficulties, True, saving, justifying Faith, will carry us through all difficulties, discouragements, and naturall Impossibilities to Jesus Christ. 'Tis that grace that is opposed to the sinful 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 that the Apostle speaks of; He being not weak in Faith, he considered not his owne body 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 he staggered not; the word you translate staggering, in other places 'tis translated doubting, Nothing doubting; but the same word is translated also; discerning; Not discerning the Lords body. 1 Cor. 11.29. And, so the word will fully bear that signification. When a man lookes upon things with an eye of reason, he makes a discretion of Dijudication of things: some things are facile easy; some things are hard. But when a man lookes by faith, upon the power of God, there is not that discretion there. All things are easy to the eye of faith, that lookes at the power of God. You shall observe therefore, that when our Lord and Saviour himselfe, would beare up the hearts of his disciples over all discouragements, he directs them to this worke of beleeving with a saving, instifying faith; you know the place, Let not your hearts be troubled, 1ye beleeve in God, beleeve also in mee. An Hebraisme, noting a Similitude: The father workes hitherto, and I work. That is, as the father workes, so I work. So here, ye beleeve in God, beleeve also in me. That is, as ye beleeve in God the father, so beleeve also in me; ye beleeve that God the Father is able to ⟨p. 196⟩provide for you: beleeve in me, that I am able to satisfy for you. If you would not haue your hearts troubled that I am now to leave you, at the many discouragements that you are to meet withall; 'tis not enough for you, that you beleeve in God, as God; but you must beleeve in me also, as your mediator, and rest upon me: True, saving, justifying faith, is the onely meanes to beare up your hearts through all this trouble, And if you looke into the 17. of Luke, you shall find, that when our Saviour Christ would teach his Disciples how to do a hard work, he does point them unto this justifying faith. And the Lord said, (at the sixt verse) If ye had faith as a graine of mustard-seed, you might say to this Sycamine-tree, Be thou pluckt up by the roote, and be thou planted in the Sea, and it should obey you.
- 1John 14.1.Iohn 14.1.
