What are the Strengths and Forces of Faith, whereby it obtains this Victory? IV. How it comes to pass, that notwithstanding them, Faith is so often overcome by the World?
What Are the Strengths and Forces of Faith, whereby it obtains this Victory? IV. How it comes to pass, that notwithstanding them, Faith is so often overcome by the World?
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If you then would know, Who is the great Conqueror of the world? It is not he, who out of a restless Ambition and insatiable Thirst for Glory and Empire, carries his Victorious Arms to the remotest Parts of the earth;
If you then would know, Who is the great Conqueror of the world? It is not he, who out of a restless Ambition and insatiable Thirst for Glory and Empire, carries his Victorious Arms to the Remotest Parts of the earth;
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is not transported with excessive Joy in the acquisition of them, nor overwhelm'd with disconsolate Sorrow in the missing of them, or parting from them.
is not transported with excessive Joy in the acquisition of them, nor overwhelmed with disconsolate Sorrow in the missing of them, or parting from them.
and this is properly call'd Faith, and that Faith that overcomes the World; to wit, an hearty belief of all those things that God heretofore by his Prophets,
and this is properly called Faith, and that Faith that overcomes the World; to wit, an hearty belief of all those things that God heretofore by his prophets,
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whether they be Precepts, or Prohibitions, or Promises, or Threatnings, or matters of Fact, especially the Actions and Passions of our Blessed Saviour,
whither they be Precepts, or Prohibitions, or Promises, or Threatenings, or matters of Fact, especially the Actions and Passion of our Blessed Saviour,
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or Declarations concerning the Nature of God, the workings of the Spirit, and the meritorious Effects and Consequences of the Son of God's great undertaking in order to Man's Salvation.
or Declarations Concerning the Nature of God, the workings of the Spirit, and the meritorious Effects and Consequences of the Son of God's great undertaking in order to Man's Salvation.
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Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? For he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God, must believe all that he said, and taught, to be true.
Who is he that Overcometh the world, but he that Believeth that jesus is the Son of God? For he that Believeth that jesus is the Son of God, must believe all that he said, and taught, to be true.
and may find an Answer in these following particulars. 1. As the Christian Faith affords many Excellent Precepts to this purpose; To name some of them;
and may find an Answer in these following particulars. 1. As the Christian Faith affords many Excellent Precepts to this purpose; To name Some of them;
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Precepts of that direct use and tendency to the Ease and Tranquility, to the Honour and Perfection of Human Nature, that were they not enforc'd by Divine Authority, would yet be sufficiently recommended by their own intrinsick Worth and Excellency.
Precepts of that Direct use and tendency to the Ease and Tranquillity, to the Honour and Perfection of Human Nature, that were they not enforced by Divine authority, would yet be sufficiently recommended by their own intrinsic Worth and Excellency.
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Now what can more effectually breed in us a disregard of this World, with all its deceitful Pomps and Vanities? What can more perfectly reconcile our minds to the heaviest pressures of affliction that can be laid upon us? than to behold what a profound Humility and Self denial, what an invincible Patience and Magnanimity, what a generous greatness of Soul,
Now what can more effectually breed in us a disregard of this World, with all its deceitful Pomps and Vanities? What can more perfectly reconcile our minds to the Heaviest pressures of affliction that can be laid upon us? than to behold what a profound Humility and Self denial, what an invincible Patience and Magnanimity, what a generous greatness of Soul,
and contempt of the World, he manifested through the whole course of his life. His Example shews the conquest of the world to be both practicable and honourable.
and contempt of the World, he manifested through the Whole course of his life. His Exampl shows the conquest of the world to be both practicable and honourable.
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The world has already been conquer'd by the Captain of our Salvation; so that we have but a vanquish'd Enemy to encounter with, broken Forces to resist;
The world has already been conquered by the Captain of our Salvation; so that we have but a vanquished Enemy to encounter with, broken Forces to resist;
and can any thing be more glorious, than to be, and to do like him? Thus our Lord buoy'd up his Disciples Spirits under all their Conflicts and Tryals;
and can any thing be more glorious, than to be, and to do like him? Thus our Lord buoyed up his Disciples Spirits under all their Conflicts and Trials;
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God knows, that, as the case now stands betwixt us and the world, our weak Natures are so unequal a match for the many and strong Temptations that are against us, that we can promise our selves no security without large supplies of Grace from above;
God knows, that, as the case now Stands betwixt us and the world, our weak Nature's Are so unequal a match for the many and strong Temptations that Are against us, that we can promise our selves no security without large supplies of Grace from above;
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If you that are evil know how to give good things unto your children, how much more shall God give his holy Spirit to them that ask him? That most kind and benign Spirit, whose delight is with the Sons of men, stands always ready to assist the generous Attempts of all sincere Persons after the Divine Life and Nature;
If you that Are evil know how to give good things unto your children, how much more shall God give his holy Spirit to them that ask him? That most kind and benign Spirit, whose delight is with the Sons of men, Stands always ready to assist the generous Attempts of all sincere Persons After the Divine Life and Nature;
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he is daily insinuating into our minds, after a secret and invisible manner improving the light and reason of our Understandings, enlarging the power and liberty of our Wills, subduing of our Affections to worldly Objects,
he is daily insinuating into our minds, After a secret and invisible manner improving the Light and reason of our Understandings, enlarging the power and liberty of our Wills, subduing of our Affections to worldly Objects,
The Devil is not so cunning to deceive us, to lay snares to entr•p us, to administer sui•able solicitati•ns to those Lusts and Appetites that are most predominant in us,
The devil is not so cunning to deceive us, to lay snares to entr•p us, to administer sui•able solicitati•ns to those Lustiest and Appetites that Are most predominant in us,
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Of the truth of which he himself was an eminent Instance, being able from his own experience to say, The world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world;
Of the truth of which he himself was an eminent Instance, being able from his own experience to say, The world is Crucified unto me, and I unto the world;
it cannot but give away a little Popular Air, a little shining Dirt, the momentary Pleasures of a Lust, the neither Pleasures nor Profits of an Oath, the sick Delights of an Excess,
it cannot but give away a little Popular Air, a little shining Dirt, the momentary Pleasures of a Lust, the neither Pleasures nor Profits of an Oath, the sick Delights of an Excess,
they saw the Glory that was set before them, and this raised their minds above this world, above its Pomps and Vanities, above its Frowns and Persecutions;
they saw the Glory that was Set before them, and this raised their minds above this world, above its Pomps and Vanities, above its Frowns and Persecutions;
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Nay, the Patriarchs of old by a far dimmer Light, some broken Beams from under a Cloud, Types and Shadows, discover'd so much of the Heavenly Canaan, that it made them love God,
Nay, the Patriarchs of old by a Far dimmer Light, Some broken Beams from under a Cloud, Types and Shadows, discovered so much of the Heavenly Canaan, that it made them love God,
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The Pleasures of the Court, the Treasures of Egypt, the Lustre of a Royal Family, signified nothing to that Faith that ey'd better things, and had respect to the recompence of reward.
The Pleasures of the Court, the Treasures of Egypt, the Lustre of a Royal Family, signified nothing to that Faith that eyed better things, and had respect to the recompense of reward.
for the Powers of the World to come, being made as certain by Faith, as those of this World are by sight, those of this World are so infinitely inferior, that they cannot stand before them.
for the Powers of the World to come, being made as certain by Faith, as those of this World Are by sighed, those of this World Are so infinitely inferior, that they cannot stand before them.
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a Loss, that in the Judgment of our Saviour (who best knew the Value of Souls, that purchased them with his Blood) the gain of the whole world is not able to repair and make amends for:
a Loss, that in the Judgement of our Saviour (who best knew the Valve of Souls, that purchased them with his Blood) the gain of the Whole world is not able to repair and make amends for:
and have a Confluence of all the sweetnesses the whole Creation could afford him, and that he should enjoy these without interruption, from the very first moment of his life, to the last;
and have a Confluence of all the Sweetnesses the Whole Creation could afford him, and that he should enjoy these without interruption, from the very First moment of his life, to the last;
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and import thus much, How great things will a man give in exchange for his Soul? Where our Saviour alludes to that known Proverb among the Jews, Skin for skin,
and import thus much, How great things will a man give in exchange for his Soul? Where our Saviour alludes to that known Proverb among the jews, Skin for skin,
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And his Argument runs thus, If a man condemned to dye, and to suffer the Pains of a cruel Death, would willingly give all that he possesses in this world, to be delivered from it,
And his Argument runs thus, If a man condemned to die, and to suffer the Pains of a cruel Death, would willingly give all that he Possesses in this world, to be Delivered from it,
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How much more would he give the whole world, had he it in his power, to be delivered from an Eternal Death? because thereby he would not only be rendred uncapable of enjoying this world, but become moreover everlastingly miserable.
How much more would he give the Whole world, had he it in his power, to be Delivered from an Eternal Death? Because thereby he would not only be rendered uncapable of enjoying this world, but become moreover everlastingly miserable.
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it may be said, If the Forc•s of Faith are so Strong and Numerous, how comes it to pass, that notwithstanding them, Faith is so often overcome by the world?
it may be said, If the Forc•s of Faith Are so Strong and Numerous, how comes it to pass, that notwithstanding them, Faith is so often overcome by the world?
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or to abuse himself, rally up all the Forces of Faith against it; did he consider that the Pleasures of Sin are transient and vain, unsatisfying and empty;
or to abuse himself, rally up all the Forces of Faith against it; did he Consider that the Pleasures of since Are Transient and vain, unsatisfying and empty;
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and so they would, did he remember them, think and consider of them: But alas! he shuffles all these Arguments together, forgets them as soon as he heard them;
and so they would, did he Remember them, think and Consider of them: But alas! he shuffles all these Arguments together, forgets them as soon as he herd them;
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and at this Door also are we to lay in a great measure the many shameful Baffles and Overthrows the Christian receives from the world, his Corrupt Opinions and Doctrines;
and At this Door also Are we to lay in a great measure the many shameful Baffles and Overthrows the Christian receives from the world, his Corrupt Opinions and Doctrines;
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they soon enfeeble and dispirit it, by degrees taint the whole mass, and so alter its very Constitution, that it becomes another Faith, and administers to other purposes.
they soon enfeeble and dispirit it, by Degrees taint the Whole mass, and so altar its very Constitution, that it becomes Another Faith, and administers to other Purposes.
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That whatever Doctrine amongst the one, or the other, that tends to stifle Endeavour, and to bolster men up in a lazy Presumption of God's doing all for them;
That whatever Doctrine among the one, or the other, that tends to stifle Endeavour, and to bolster men up in a lazy Presumption of God's doing all for them;
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The Conclusion of all is this; That since it's Faith that overcomes the world; and it is, through the weakness and corruption of it, that it so often miscarries;
The Conclusion of all is this; That since it's Faith that overcomes the world; and it is, through the weakness and corruption of it, that it so often miscarries;
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The Catholick Faith was once deliver'd to the Saints, transmitted down to Posterity in the Sacred Writings of the New Testament, so clear and full as to its main and fundamental Points, that it neither needs an Infallible Judge to interpret it,
The Catholic Faith was once Delivered to the Saints, transmitted down to Posterity in the Sacred Writings of the New Testament, so clear and full as to its main and fundamental Points, that it neither needs an Infallible Judge to interpret it,
If it be not, why was any of it written? If it be, why not the whole? But that it is the best way, appears from the Holy Ghost's making choice of this way,
If it be not, why was any of it written? If it be, why not the Whole? But that it is the best Way, appears from the Holy Ghost's making choice of this Way,
