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A50397
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Tria sunt omnia, or, A necessary narration and distinct discussion of faith, hope and love legible in The idea of the book / by R. Mayhew ...
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Mayhew, R. (Richard)
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Wing M1444; ESTC R16612
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early in the morning he riseth up taketh his Son goeth to the place and goeth about his work A great and a strong Faith will bear great Delayes Though God doth not answer in Kind and give a present answer to prayer yet a great Faith saith I shall have it in due time A weak Faith is soon out of Breath but a strong Faith makes not haste Isa 28.16 He that believeth maketh not haste He shall not be as a man at his wits end running backward and forward but expect a timely and a thorough Issue A great Faith will stay Gods leisure Oh saith Faith if I may not have the mercy now I will stay longer Then said I I am cast out of thy sight Jon. 2.4 yet will I look again toward thy holy Temple A great and a strong Faith will take no Denyal This ye may run and read in the trial of the Woman of Canaan which by the Evangelist is introduced with a demonstrative Adverb behold Behold Mat. 15.22 a woman of Canaan Is it wonderful that there should be a Woman in Canaan when that was a Land and had many Women in it No it is not wonderful that there was a Woman in Canaan but this looked like the Woman in Canaan this looked like a Woman of Women But what of this Woman She comes and cries unto Christ Have mercy upon me Ver. 23. O Lord thou Son of David She comes to him as God and Man acknowledging his Divine and humane nature My Daughter not a servant is vexed not troubled grievously not a little with the Devil not with a common enemy But what entertainment doth She find She finds repulse upon repulse Though She comes and comes right to Christ yet Christ answers her not a word Christ is a mute will not the Saviour speak to the Sinner As the Father knows not how to bear the Child 's not asking so the Child knows not how to bear the Fathers not answering The Sinner speaks but the Saviour is silent he answered her not a word Here Christ seems to neglect her His Disciples say unto him send her away for she crieth after us Christ answered I am not sent but to the lost Sheep of the house of Israel Christ Ver. 24. was sent to be a Saviour of the Gentiles as well as of the Jews I will give thee for a light to the Gentiles Isa 49.6 that thou mayst be my salvation to the end of the Earth He was first sent to Israel Jerome saith one Junius He was while in the form of a servant sent onely to Israel saith another Here Christ seems to deny her Ver. 25. She comes now and worshipeth him saying Lord help me The words are few but forcible He answers Ver. 26. It is not meet to take the Childrens bread and to cast it to Dogs Here Christ seems to disgrace her but all is for the exercise of her Faith and patience A man would have thought that one repulse from Christ whose Looks are Loves had been enough but this poor Woman is repulsed three times as if she had resolved here I will live here I will lie and here I will die but I will have an answer of peace She was a Gentile and Christ speaks after the manner of the Jews who call the Gentiles Dogs Is it meet to take the Childrens bread and cast it to Dogs The Woman seems to answer by an ingenious inversion retorting the words of a blessed Jesus upon himself Truth Lord yet the Dogs eat of the crums which fall from their masters tables As if She had said 't is true I am a Dog but Dogs are indulged Crums If I may not have a Feast let me have a Fragment If I may not have a Cordial let me have a Crum for Crums belong to Dogs If I be a Dog I am thy Dog and let me be indulged the Fare of a Dog The Woman will take no denyal and this is called by him that best understood it a great Faith Now Christ cries out as one conquered as if she had made a conquest upon him by her Faith Jesus answered and said unto her Ver. 28. Oh Woman great is thy Faith be it unto thee even as thou wilt and her Daughter was made whole from that very hour I have though not a Cedar in Lebanon but a Shrub in the Valley and the most unworthy been weakly discussing the Signs of a great and a strong Faith Vlpian Did one complain that there were few Philosophers I may complain there are few true Believers at least that have a great and a strong Faith Is it not unbecomming to have a great God and a little Faith It dishonours God as much and more when we believe little as when we do little Though Man is not worthy to be beloved yet God is worthy to be believed Suffer me therefore to encourage a great Faith by a reflection of six particulars which call for a great Faith Great Services call for a great Faith There is great doing work for believers and this great doing calleth for great believing Believers they are to do what Christ commandeth where Christ commandeth when Christ commandeth as Christ commandeth and this calleth for a great Faith When Christ in a way of mercy hath laid Seige to the Souls of persons their cries have been what shall we do Men and Brethren what shall we do Sirs what shall I do to be saved Lord what wilt thou have me to do Believers may have great work yet to do before they go off the Stage and be gathered unto their Fathers which calleth for a great Faith Believers may have great work yet to do before they go to the grave of silence to the house appointed for all living and this calleth for a great Faith There is a Testimony to be born to the Headship of Christ which is the generation-generation-truth as the Head of the Body the Church and this calleth for a great Faith Who knows but the question may be is there any King but Caesar Is there any Head of the Church but the Prince or the Pope Rev. 11.2 Christ will have his witnesses though they be but Two A few comparatively Chap. 12.17 the remnant of the womans seed which keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ Great Sufferings call for a great Faith As great Action so great Passion calls for a great Faith There may be dying as well as doing work for Believers and great Passion calleth for great Faith The Cross is the way to the Crown Passion is the way to Paradise the Wilderness is the way to Canaan This way the Head went Luke 24.26 Ought not Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into his Glory This way the Body must go Act. 14.22 Thorough much tribulation we must enter into the kingdom of God The Cross is the Churches Armes yea she glories in