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A09950	The breast-plate of faith and love. A treatise, wherein the ground and exercise of faith and love, as they are set upon Christ their object, and as they are expressed in good workes, is explained. / Delivered in 18 sermons upon three severall texts, by the late faithfull and worthy minister of Iesus Christ, Iohn Preston, Dr. in Divinity, chaplaine in ordinary to his Maiesty, Master of Emmanuel Colledge in Cambridge, and sometimes preacher of Lincolnes Inne.	Preston, John, 1587-1628.; Sibbes, Richard, 1577-1635, ed.; Davenport, John, 1597-1670, ed.	1630 (1630)	STC 20208; ESTC S105956	328,230	606

Paul in Eph. 1. in all the former part of the Chapter to the 18. Verse hauing declared the great Mysterie of saluation he takes himselfe vpon the sudden and beginnes to thinke with himselfe though I shew you all this it is to no purpose if GOD send not the Spirit of reuelation c. Therefore hee lifts vp his heart to GOD beseeching him to giue them the Spirit of revelation to open the eyes of their vnderstanding that they might see the hope of their Calling and the riches of their inheritance with the Saints So should Ministers learne to doe to pray for the people that GOD would infuse and send his Spirit into their hearts that they may be able to perceiue these things effectually with a right apprehension to see the secrets of GOD in them you also should goe to GOD and beseech him to helpe you with his Spirit that so you may be able to apprehend these things and that they may be powerfull to worke the same thing for which we deliuer them to you and so wee haue shewed you these three things First what effectuall faith is namely in shewing you why it is called effectuall faith Secondly wherein the efficacie of faith consists and Thirdly how it is wrought Now last of all wee are to shew you the reason why GOD accepts no faith but that which is effectuall And there is good reason why no faith should be accepted of GOD but that which is effectuall First because otherwise it is not faith at all if it be not effectuall and if it be not faith it is no wonder that he doth not accept of it I say it is no more faith then a dead man is said to be a man you giue the name of a man to him yet he is not a man no more is faith that is not effectuall any faith it hath only the name of faith and there is no more in it but as dead Drugges which haue no efficacie in them or as dead Plants or dead Wine which is turned to Vinegar it ceaseth to be Wine it is no longer Wine but Vinegar so it may be said of ineffectuall faith it is not faith it hath the name and the shaddow of faith onely and therefore God accepts it not Againe GOD will saue none vnlesse they be reconciled to him and be such as loue him for that condition is euery where put in All things shall worke together for good to them that loue him and he hath prepared a Crowne for them that loue him Now if faith be not effectuall there will be no loue and if loue be necessarily required GOD cannot accept that faith that is ineffectuall Againe if GOD should accept of a faith that is ineffectuall the Deuils haue such a faith by which they apprehend the Word and a faith that brings forth effects for they feare and tremble but this is not the faith that purifieth the heart it is not an effectuall it is not a purging liuely faith Againe CHRIST receiues none but them that deny themselues and are willing to take vp their crosse and to follow him that mortifie the deedes of the body by the Spirit Now an ineffectuall faith doth none of these and therefore that faith that saueth must bee a working faith or else these things should not be necessarily required Againe it was Christs end in comming into the world that he might destroy the workes of the Deuill and for this end hath the grace of God appeared that men should deny vngodlinesse and worldly lusts and for this end did hee giue himselfe to purifie to himselfe a people zealous of good workes He comes to be a King as well as a Sauiour to rule among his people to haue men obey him which could not be if faith were not effectuall if it did not purifie the heart and enable men to deny all worldly lusts and to liue soberly righteously and godly in this present world And last of all good workes are required of necessity as the way to saluation Eph. 2.10 We are Gods workmanship created in Iesus Christ vnto good workes which he hath ordained that we should walke in them Good workes are required of necessity GOD judgeth vs according to our workes Rom. 2. and at the last day the reward is pronounced according to that which men haue done When I was in prison you visited me when I was naked you cloathed me c. And if they be required of necessity then it is not a dead liuelesse workelesse faith but a powerfull energeticall faith a faith that is stirring and actiue a faith that is effectuall which GOD requires without which we cannot be saued We come now to make some Vse of what hath beene said First If GOD accept no faith but that which is effectuall it should teach vs not to be deceiued in a matter of so great moment It should teach vs to looke to our faith to consider whether it be a right faith or no. If a man haue Euidences vpon which his lands and whole estate dependeth if one should come and tell him that they were false Euidences it would affect him he would at the least be ready to looke and to examine them and yet these are matters of lesse moment If one be told that his Corne is blasted that all the Trees in his Orchard are dead that all his money is counterfeit a man would looke euen to these things a man would haue that which he hath to be sound and not counterfeit and shall not we then looke to the faith that we haue vpon which the saluation of our soules depends seeing God accepteth none vnlesse it be ●ound and seeing there is so much counterfeit faith in the world It should teach vs to looke about vs and consider what our faith is For as Iames saith faith without workes cannot saue vs. What auaileth it my Brethren if a man say he hath faith and hath not workes can his faith saue him So I say to euery man in such a case thou that thinkest thou hast faith if there be not workes too if it be not effectuall if it be not a liuely faith will such a faith saue thee If a man should come and say to one that brags of the Balsome or Drugges which he hath that are dead and haue lost their efficacie Will such a Balsome heale thee If a man haue a guilded Target made of paper a man may say to him Will that Target defend thee And so I say when a man hath a counterfeit faith Will such a faith as this saue thee It will not saue you you may please your selues in it as a man is pleased with a false dreame but when you are awaked you will finde that you are deceiued Learne therefore to consider of your faith to see if it be effectuall When the LORD proclaimed himselfe to be a mercifull God forgiuing iniquity

be a Sauiour to none but those to whom he is a Master His seruants you are to whom you obey saith the Apostle If you will obey him and be subiect vnto him in all things if you make him your Lord that he may haue the command ouer you and that you will be subiect to him in euery thing if you take him vpon these conditions you shall haue him as a Sauiour also For as hee is a Priest so you must know that he is a King that sits vpon the Throne of Dauid and rules those that are to be saued by him Therefore I say you must not onely take him as a Priest to intercede for you to petition for you but to be your King also you must suffer him to rule you in all things you must be content to obey all his Commandements It is not enough to take CHRIST as a head onely to receiue influence and comfort from him but you must take him also as a head to be ruled by him as the members are ruled by the head you must not take one benefit alone of the members to receiue influence from the head but you must be content also to bee guided by him in all things else you take him in vaine Againe this must be marked that I say you must take or receiue him you must not onely beleeue that he is the Messias and that he is offered but there is a taking and receiuing that is necessary to make you partakers of that that is offered those words Iohn 3. make it plaine God so loued the World that he GAVE his onely begotten Sonne c. Giuing is but a Relatiue it implyes that there is a receiuing or taking required For when CHRIST is giuen vnlesse he be taken by vs he doth vs no good he is not made ours If a man be willing to giue another any thing vnlesse he take it it is not his It is true indeede there is a sufficiency in CHRIST to saue all men and hee is that great Physician that heales the soules of men there is righteousnesse enough in him to iustifie all the World But my beloued vnlesse we take him and apply him to our selues we can haue no part in that righteousnesse this is plainely expressed in Matth. 22. where it is said the King sent foorth his seruants to bid men to the Marriage of his Sonne And so in Eth. 5. the same similitude and comparison is vsed by the Apostle where he setteth foorth the vnion that is betweene Christ and the Church by that vnion there is betweene the Husband and the Wife put the case that a Husband should offer himselfe to a woman to marry her and she shou●d beleeue it yet vnlesse there be a taking of him on her part the match is not made and so it is ●ere and in this thing the essence of faith consists when CHRIST offereth himselfe vnto you you must beleeue that there is such a thing and that God intendeth it really but it is the taking that consummates the marriage and when the Wife hath taken the Husband then all that is his is hers she hath an interest in all his goods so also it is here there must be a beleeuing that Christ is offered that hee is the Messias and that there is a righteousnes in him to saue vs but that is not enough we must also take him and when that is done wee are iustified then we are at peace with GOD. But that you may more fully vnderstand what this faith is I will adde these 4. things more First I will shew you the obiect of this faith Secondly the subject or place where it is Thirdly the manner how it iustifieth vs. Fourthly the actions of it I say that you may more fully vnderstand what this faith is consider first the object of it and that is CHRIST as I told you before and herein this is to be marked that a man must first take Christ himselfe and after the priuiledges that come by him And this point I could wish were more prest by our Diuines and that our hearers would more intend it I say first remember that you must first take CHRIST himselfe and then other things that we haue by him as the Apostle saith Rom 8. If God haue giuen vs him that is Christ he wil● with him giue vs all things else but first haue CHRIST himselfe and then all things with him And so 2 Cor. 1. All the promises IN HIM are Yea and Amen That is first we must haue CHRIST and then looke to the promises this must be still remembred that we must first take his person we must haue our eyes fixed vpon that And so that place before-named Ioh. 3. God so loued the World that he gaue his onely begotten Sonne hee giues his Sonne as a Father giues his Sonne in marriage the Father giues the Sonne and the Sonne himselfe must bee taken So that we must first take CHRIST wee must fixe our eyes vpon him For faith doth not leape ouer CHRIST and pitch vpon the promises of Justification and Adoption but it first takes CHRIST The distinct and cleere vnderstand●ning of this will helpe vs much in apprehending and vnderstanding aright what iustifying faith is wee must remember to take CHRIST himselfe for it is an adulterous affection for a Wife not to thinke of the person of her Husband but to thinke onely what commodity she shall haue by him what honours what riches what conueniences as if that made the match to be content onely to take those will this thinke you make a match amongst men Surely no there must be a fixing of the eyes vpon the person that must doe it Doe you loue him are you content to forsake all that you may enioy him It is true indeed you shall haue all this into the bargaine but first you must haue the person of your Husband therefore remember to fixe your eyes vpon Christ take him for your Husband consider his beauty and his excellencies which indeede are motiues to vs as a Woman that takes a Husband is encouraged by the benefits that shee shall haue by him but still remember that he himselfe must bee taken As it is in other things if you would haue light you must first haue the Sunne if you would haue strength you must first take meate and drinke before you can haue that benefit by it so you must first haue Christ himselfe before you can partake of those benefits by him and that I take to be the meaning of that in Mar. 16. Go preach the Gospell to euery creature vnder heauen he that beleeues and is baptized shall be saued that is he that will beleeue that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh and that hee is offered to mankinde for a Sauiour and will be baptized that will giue vp himselfe to him that will take his marke vpon him for in that place by baptizing is meant nothing else but

it to clense it And therefore we should learne to make vse of our Faith to set it on worke It is a generall Rule in all things and as true in this If a man haue an estate what is he the better to haue it if he doe not vse it To haue a friend what is a man the better if he doe not vse him Shall a man be a Fauourite of a Prince and get nothing by it Faith makes a man a Fauourite of GOD a friend to GOD and will you make no vse of GOD It is that which he expects at your hands will you haue GOD in vaine Shall hee be your GOD and will you make no vse of his power of his wisdome of his ability to hold you vp to helpe you vpon all occasions You should make vse of him all that is his is yours if you make vse of it by faith Againe shall men haue such priuiledges as we haue by faith and shall not wee comfort our selues by them What is it for a man to haue great estates great Titles of Honor and Houses and Lands if a man doe not thinke vpon them that these considerations may cheere him We should doe so with faith this is the vse of faith Againe if faith be vsed it is able to doe much for vs if it lye still it will doe nothing You know what they did Heb. 11. They hauing faith it made them doe that it was but the vse of their faith So it is with vs Looke how much thou vsest thy faith so much thou shalt be able to doe Therefore Christ saith Be it according to thy faith that is not according to the habit of thy faith that lyes dead as a Talent wrapped vp there but be it vnto thee according to the vse of thy faith If thou set faith on worke it will be able to doe great things it will be able to doe wonders it will be able to ouercome the world it is able to worke righteousnesse it is able to preuaile with GOD and men it is able to goe thorow the greatest matters But you will say How shall I vse it That is the thing indeed which I purposed now to haue shewed how faith must be vsed how we must liue by faith I should haue shewed how you should vse it First in comforting of our selues for that is one vse of Faith thou shouldst set it aworke to fill thy heart with ioy out of the assurance of the forgiuenesse of sinne and of the priuiledges which thou hast by CHRIST When a man hath faith and finds his heart no more affected then other mens he findes no reioycing there more then ordinary Now set faith on work learn to beleeue and that throughly First set faith on worke to beleeue to trust perfectly as the Apostle speakes Gal. 3. In the grace reuealed by Iesus Christ trust perfectly that is thou shouldst beleeue the full forgiuenesse of thy sinnes thou must not beleeue it by halues so that there should be a distance as it were betweene GOD and thee some odde scores vnacquitted vncrost but thou shouldest beleeue so that thy joy may be full thou shouldest beleeue throughly that thy sinnes are forgiuen that all are acquitted thou must not limit God in his mercie at all as thou shouldest not limit him in his power Thus a man should set faith on worke that he may be able to say My Beloued is mine and I am his I know there is a Match made betweene vs. For vnlesse you lay this ground a man shall not reioyce This is all therfore now vse thy faith If Satan now come and tell thee of some sinnes and of some circumstances of those sinnes and of some wants in thy repentance and humiliation what serues faith for now What serues all this for that you haue learned heere concerning the Doctrine of Faith but to teach you that these should be no scruples you should beleeue and that perfectly When this is done that you see there is a Match a Couenant made betweene GOD and you now you must know that all that Christ hath is yours whatsoeuer hee hath by Nature you haue it by Grace If hee be a Sonne ye are sonnes If he be an Heire yee are heires and when ye haue done this then consider all the particulars of the wealth of a Christian that all is yours whether it be Paul or Apollos or the world c. These things wee haue often spoken of you should runne through and consider of them If a man will consider that he is a King that the world is his that whatsoeuer is in CHRIST belongs to him and oweth him a good turne and will doe it at one time or other when he considers all the precious promises A man reckons his wealth not onely by his money which he hath lying in his Coffers that he hath present but by Bils and Bonds and Leases c. So how many promises thou hast there is not a promise in the Booke of GOD but it is thine set thy faith on worke to consider this and to reioyce in it set faith on worke so to see them that thou maiest reioyce in them and weyne thee from the things of this world not to regard them for they are small things of no hold Shall a King regard Cottages and trifles No if thou thinke in good earnest that thou art such a man why doest thou regard trifles Thou shouldst doe this when other men reckon their Lands and their Houses and their friends a Christian reckons he hath GOD hee hath many good workes in store hee hath so many precious promises laid vp in the Land of the Liuing Set thy faith on worke thus not onely to reioyce but to bring in a holy magnanimitie answerable to such a condition and let not Faith giue ouer till it haue brought thee to this Certainely a man that beleeues he is a King he will haue another spirit for there is no other reason wherefore it is said Saul had another spirit but that when he came to be a King he had a spirit answerable When thou beleeuest these priuiledges when thou settest thy Faith on worke to beleeue indeed to beleeue them to be reall things and not fancies and notions there will be bred a disposition answerable a carriage and spirit suteable thou wilt not admit of things that are vnfit for such a person thou canst not doe it but as one that is a Prince that hath those hopes actually he cannot admit of thoughts that other men haue no more can a Christian when he is borne from aboue by the immortall seede there is such a disposition wrought in him that if he will set his faith on worke to beleeue these things he shall not be able to admit of those base things which hee did before and which others doe Againe if a man set his Faith aworke to beleeue these things he would be able to vse the World

10. We receiued the sentence of death that wee might learne not to trust in our selues but in God that raiseth the dead GOD meant to deliuer him when he saith he receiued the the sentence of death that is there was no helpe in the World that he could see in himselfe or in any other creature Now he was brought to trust in him and then God answered him in his trust so you shall finde Zeph. 3.12 I will leaue among you men that are humble and poore people and they shall trust in the Name of the Lord. Why did not these trust in the Lord while they were rich Our nature is so backward and so exceeding deceitfull that wee cannot till other helpes are gone I will leaue among you a sort of poore people and they shall trust in my Name As if he should say When men are brought to that that all other things are taken away and till then they will not trust in him Indeede till then it is not trusting And therefore in 1 Tim. 1.5 She that is a Widdow is left alone and trusts in GOD. Till she be left alone till the other props be taken away a man cannot trust in GOD. Hence it is that commonly when men are brought to the lowest they are nerest to GOD they haue best accesse vnto him because when they are brought to such an exigent then a man will pray best and when he prayes best then hee speedes best then faith is set on worke and it workes best when it is alone when it is stripped of all other helpes And therefore you shall finde in the Booke of GOD when men were lowest they had neerest accesse to GOD. ●sa when he was come against with many thousands he trusted vpon GOD though he went against them with halfe the number and God deliuered him because he prayed and sought to GOD and saw that he was not able to doe any thing he trusted in GOD. Another time when Asa had forgotten GOD when he was strong when he thought himselfe more able when hee was to deale with one that had a weaker Armie a great deale the King of Israel hee was ouerthrowne and shut vp that he could not stirre because hee sent to the King of Aram for helpe It is GODS manner to defer sending of helpe till a man be brought to the Mount as hee did with Abraham hee might haue done it before but you know how he did with Abraham he brought him to the last cast And Dauid he was brought to the very point of perishing by the hands of Saul before he deliuered him And so he did with Iacob Esau comes against him with foure hundred men with a full resolution to destroy him before hee would deliuer him It is GODS manner to doe thus And so hee did with Iob and other seruants of his his fashion is to doe so to bring men vnto the very brow of the hill till their feet be ready to slip when they are euen going and then hee delights to appeare and deliuer them Therefore in such cases trust GOD put all vpon GOD that is when GOD in any turning of thy life brings thee to such an exigent that thou seest all at the point to be lost that thou art at the point to be vtterly vndone learne to trust in GOD in good earnest and that shall guide thee and turne thee the right way when thy flesh is ready to goe another way What was the reason that CHRIST when he was on earth would doe nothing except they beleeued in him When thou hast any thing to doe if thou beleeue in God that will make him ready to helpe thee because then it is an acknowledging and an attributing to his power If hee should doe it in another case he should lose his labour hee should lose his glory men would not be built vp in him by that which he did Therefore make vse of faith set faith on worke as I said I should come to this now to moue you to trust in GOD in all cases If I could perswade this men would turne the courses of their liues and would trust in him for know if thou trust in GOD he neuer failes any that trust in him as Dauid saith in Psal. 37. I neuer saw the righteous for saken c. As if he should say Aske all his seruants aske all men that euer haue knowne him all the men that haue liued with him that haue finished their course with him aske a seruant of GOD when he comes to dye how GOD hath dealt with him whether hee hath fayled him all his life I am perswaded that there is not a seruant of GOD but will say that he neuer failed him and if he were to leaue an exhortation behinde him he would exhort others from experience of his trust It cannot be that GOD should faile thee if thou rest vpon him Thinkest thou that GOD can faile thee when he saith himselfe so often he will neuer faile thee nor those that trust in him Will a man faile one that trusts in him Wee vse to say Oh I will not faile him for hee trusts in mee and doest thou thinke that GOD will faile thee in such a case If GOD should faile men in such cases there is no man that would seeke him But that men should bee encouraged to serue him hee hath promised not onely not to faile thee but hee is abundant in truth hee will bee better then his word hee doth what hee sayeth and more too If thou wouldest trust vpon him in such a case thou shouldst finde that he will answer thee But thou wilt say I see not how he will doe it the case is such a hard and difficult case Thou must know that there are strange passages in GODS prouidence he is able to bring things to passe though thou know not how it should be See his prouidence 2 Kings 5. The Woman there the Shunamite shee beleeued the word that the Prophet had said that there should bee seauen yeeres Famine shee left her Land and Countrey this was an act of Faith that made her doe this See how this Woman beleeued now she followed the direction of the Prophet she did that which GOD appointed her to doe see how GOD brought it to passe that the seruant of Elisha Gehezi should be there with the King and that hee should be telling the King of Israel of the great act of Elisha That there should be such a concurrence of all things that shee should come iust at that time and no other when the man of GOD was there yea when hee was telling of that very story that then she should come in and so she got her Land or else it is likely that the Woman hauing liued away so many yeeres it is likely shee had had a hard suite of it but Gods prouidence brought these things together So againe looke on Mordecai It is a strange

case It was concluded that hee and all the Jewes should bee slaine The Decree was gone out there was nothing in the World for ought hee saw that could hinder it the very night before Hester was to come to the King to make her request if it had beene but a night longer perhaps it had failed but that there might be a concurrence of all this it is said in Hester 6. The King hee could not sleepe that night and when hee could not sleepe he might haue called for another Booke then the Booke of the Chronicles and when hee had the Booke brought he might haue falne vpon another place and not vpon that where Mordecai's act was record●d but that there should bee a concurrence of all this in that very time Is not GOD the same GOD why should not wee bee ready to trust in him still Doe wee not see the same daily If his Workes were recorded and obserued in our remembrance certainely we should trust in GOD. But you will object The LORD doth euery thing by meanes hee doth not worke Wonders hee workes not Miracles now a dayes And when I see no meanes I hope you will not haue mee to expect Miracles at GODS hands to tempt him You must remember Ahaz his case when GOD came to Ahaz and told him by the Prophet Esay Isai. chap. 7. That Aram and Remaliah's sonne those two smoking Fire-brands should not haue their wils should bee disappointed that he would fight for him against them Saith the Prophet to him Aske a signe of the Lord in the Heauen aboue or in the Deepe below No saith hee Ahaz will not tempt GOD. What is the meaning of that That is I will prouide for my selfe I will not trust to his Word I will looke vnto my selfe I will prouide an Armie I will not tempt GOD That is I will not goe about it without meanes I will looke about mee And for such a signe as resting on that promise If I should doe this I should tempt GOD. See heere is a faire excuse Take heede of such excuses say not I shall tempt GOD. And know that though there be not Miracles yet GOD he workes wonders now a dayes as well as then his hand is not shortned now he is the same GOD he is as powerfull as hee was It is true now as it was in Dauids time that wonderfull are thy workes And CHRIST now in the time of the Gospell his Name is wonderfull In Isai. 9. The gouernment is vpon his shoulders and his Name shall bee called wonderfull that is in the gouernment of his Church hee doth wonderfull things that is when a thing seemes to bee neuer so strong and well built when the strength of the Enemy seemes to be neuer so great and inuincible hee is wonderfull to disappoint them Againe when the strength of the Church seemes to be little he can make that effectuall to doe great matters it shall doe wonders and therefore I say GOD is able to doe wonderfull things now Now those very things which seeme wonders to men are not Miracles though they may be great workes That Wonder that Elisha said that the next day things should bee so cheape you see that was reckoned so great a matter yet it was done after an ordinary manner There was but a false feare scattered in the Armie and it was done Therefore he that workes wonders he can doe the same now That deliuerance which the Iewes had it was a thing that may be done now So those wonders those great acts which God did when men trusted in him they are things which he doth daily now Therefore to answer punctually because men doe deceiue themselues in that when we exhort them to trust in GOD they say still we must vse the meanes I will giue a threefold answer to it It is true that GOD vseth meanes but they are meanes of his owne prouiding and not the meanes many times that thou pitchest vpon For thus farre it is true GOD doth it not but by meanes that is he doth things by second causes hee doth them not by an immediate hand of his owne though hee be able to doe it But now what those causes are thou knowest not Therefore this set downe that GOD doth it by meanes of his owne and not by those meanes thou seest It may bee thou pitchest vpon some particular meanes and thinkest surely it must be done by this and because thou seest no other thou thinkest if that fayle all is spoiled But it is not so GOD will not doe it by these but GOD is so farre from doing it that his vsuall course is when men haue pitched vpon particular meanes and thinke surely the businesse must bee brought to passe by this or else all will faile GOD many times vseth not that but a meanes which thou neuer thoughtest of In such a case it fares with vs as it did with Naaman the Assyrian when he comes to the Prophet of GOD hee thought before-hand that the Prophet would haue spoken some words and haue healed him but he bids him goe and wash which was a thing that hee neuer thought of So thou many times thinkest of these meanes thou preconceiuest things in thine owne heart thou thinkest thou art right thou thinkest it must needes be done this way thou seest no other meanes but it may be GOD will not doe it this way but he will doe it a way that thou thinkest not of So Ioseph when hee was in fauour with Pharoah his Steward one would thinke that this should haue beene the meanes of Iosephs aduancement and of bringing to passe that promise but this was not the meanes that GOD vsed Againe when that Pharoah his chiefe Butler was deliuered one would thinke that that should haue beene the meanes to haue wrought his exaltation but yet these were not there fell a meanes that Ioseph thought not on and so GOD doth daily Many times the thing that we most trust vnto and put most confidence in doth faile and deceiue vs GOD dasheth in pieces such meanes and vseth other meanes to helpe that neuer came into our hearts to thinke of Doe we not see it oftentimes Againe that meanes which wee thinke will not doe oftentimes doth it Therefore say not I trust in GOD that he will doe it by meanes for GOD delighteth to doe it by meanes Men are ready to say Oh if had such a Physician or if I had such ayre or such meanes I should doe well enough How doest thou know that It may be GOD will not vse that So those that are in distresse Oh if I had such a man to comfort me Why thou knowest not whether that be the meanes that GOD will vse or no. Therefore say not because I see not meanes therefore I will not trust in GOD. I say GOD will doe it by meanes but he vseth meanes of his owne prouiding and not of thy seeking This is the first answer