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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A10826	Spirituall encrease: or, Conclusions for pacifying the perplexed conscience of the weake Christian	Robertson, Bartholomew, fl. 1620.	1621 (1621)	STC 21098.7; ESTC S114561	50,019	237

made one with him in whom we are incorporated as members of his body we dwell in him and hee in vs and as a faithfull Mediator will performe the will of his heauenly Father For of all that he hath giuen him hee will lose nothing but shall raise it vp at the last Day CON. 12. Our saluation hangeth not vpon the sufficiency of our faith repentance or righteousnesse for they are neuer such as they ought to be EXPLA. It is not the valew or worth of any thing in vs that can merit pardon but in faith there is a sincerity and truth required For wee are Iustified freely by the grace of God through the redemption which is in Christ Iesus whom God hath set forth for an attonement for vs by faith in his blood onely by faith I say tha● it may bee of grace that the promise may be sure to the seede that through the name of Christ euery one that beleeued in him shall haue forgiuenesse of sinnes for as many as are vnder the workes of the Law are vnder the curse for it is written cursed is euery one that continueth not in all things that are written in the booke of the Law to doe them now the Law is not of faith but he sayth he that doth these things shall liue in them Yee are voyded of Christ yee are fallen from grace that will bee iustified by the Law for if they which bee of the Law bee heires then faith is made voyde and the promise is made of none effect if the inheritance bee by the Law it is no longer by promise but God hath giuen vnto vs eternall life and this life is in his Sonne So eternall life is the gift of God through Iesus Christ our Lord. Neither yet shall we euer haue that fulnesse of grace here to keepe perfectly the commandements yet as grace increaseth so wee increase in keeping of them in this life and in the end sinne being wholly abolished for euer we shall bee fully conformed to the Image of righteousnesse that God desired in the Law Now Christ was circumcised for vs and he that is circumcised is made debter to the whole Law in the which circumcision hee entred bond for vs and shed fewe drops of blood as a pledge hee would shed all the rest for vs thereafter CON. 13. By the grace of God begunne in vs though mixed with many imperfections our faith receiued further confirmatiō that he which wrought this beginning of life will go forward therewith to the end EXPLA. God who made vs partakers of one part of his promises will also make vs partakers of the other while wee take these first fruits of sanctification as a pledge frō him of the performance of the whole for if wee hunger and thirst for righteousnesse hate sinne grone vnder the burden of it hanging so fast on this light of saluation shining in vs though not fully cleere may bee ouercast with clouds yet neuer shal haue any night for God doth accept our endeuour and pardon our defects and not onely by Christs death as by the death of our sacrifice by the blood of his Crosse as by the blood of the Paschall Lambe the destroyer passeth our vs and we shall not perish but also by his death as by the death of our high Priest for hee is Priest and sacrifice both we are restored frō our exile euen to the former forfeited estate to the lād of promise CON. 14. Our faith it selfe is as infallable as the word of God that assured vs of it but not alwayes so in our apprehension and feeling for though the principall be true which wee beleeue yet are wee iealous lest wee haue mis-applyed it to our selues EXPLA. There are diuers degrees of faith little faith great faith full assurance of faith euen as a weak eie a strong eie he weake eye seeth weakely and vnperfectly and the strong eye seeth strongly and more fully discerneth the thing seene a little faith beleeueth faintly though truely greater faith beleeueth more stedfastly full assurance of faith beleeueth vnder hope against hope they were as wel saued from the biting sting of the venimous serpents which were young and could not well perceiue and the old which were bleare and sore-eyed when they looked vpon the brazen Serpent as they that were vigorous strong and of most quick sight This we see in the Apostles We beleeue say they and know that thou art Christ the Sonne of the liuing God which 〈◊〉 was soone shaken and therfore our Sauior telleth thē that hee did forewarne them of his death and resurrection that when it was come to passe they might beleeue not with a new faith but repaired and increased Peter vpon Christs word beleeued that he should bee saued in the water but the faintnesse of his faith made him begin to sinke and said Master saue me to whom he answered O thou of little faith wherefore didst thou doubt and so another time to the Disciples which said Master saue vs we perish Christ answered Why are ye fearefull O ye of little faith So this little faith is not voyd of doubt or feare which is yet true faith and maketh vs run to Christ for sometimes the godly by hasty cogitations questioned their faith and are ouer-taken as Dauid in that case sayd I am cast out of the sight of thy eyes and therefore wee ought to pray Lord increase our faith that we may reioyce vnder the hope of the glory of God which is the proper effect of faith and to know by faith that wee haue eternall life howbeit by occasions wee bewray great infirmitie in the apprehension thereof CON. 15. Alwayes pray and by faith rest assured that vndoubtedly we haue that for which we pray according to his will EXPLA. We pray for forgiuenesse of sinnes not for that wee haue not assurance therof but for that we desire greater assurance that our hearts may bee enlarged that the testimony of the Spirit may more freely sound into vs Thy sinnes are forgiuen thee for our faith hath sometimes a full sometimes a wane as Peter confesseth Christ to be immortall another while he is afraid Christ should die Now here we walke by faith and not by sight and doe pray for the sight of that which we haue but by the comfort of faith hope so doe we beleeue that wee are redeemed both in body and soule and still yet we sigh in our selues wayting for the ●●demption of our bodyes So the Lord hath taken away Dauids sinne and yet hee prayed Haue mercy vpon me O Lord according to thy great goodnesse according to the multitude of thy mercies doe away my offences then doe wee pray we may inioy by realitie possession that which we beleeue we already haue in Gods affection CON. 16. We must withdraw our eyes from our selues and assuredly beleeue that