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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A67397	The life of faith in two sermons to the university of Oxford, at St. Mary's Church there, on the 6th of January 1683/4 and June the 29th following / by John Wallis ...	Wallis, John, 1616-1703.	1684 (1684)	Wing W592; ESTC R18108	31,157	46

wandered about in Sheep-skins and Goat-skins in Deserts and Mountains in Dens and Caves of the Earth were Destitute Afflicted Tormented c. rather than not Obey the Commands of God And thus through Faith obtained a good Report S. Paul allso as to himself I go bound sayth he in the Spirit to Jerusalem not knowing the things that shall befall me there Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every City that Bonds and Afflictions abide me But none of these things move me neither count I my Life dear unto me so that I may Fullfill my Course with joy and the Ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus Nor would he be disswaded though he knew thus much from going thither Being ready he tells us not only to be Bound but to Dy at Jerusalem for the Name of the Lord Jesus So great an Incentive there is in Faith to the Obedience of Gods Commands Thirdly As we are thus to give heed to the Commands of God So to the Threatenings of God likewise And this is a part of our Living by Faith allso By Faith Noah being moved with Fear prepared an Ark for the Saving of his House He being warned of God of things not yet seen that the World should be destroyed by a Deluge though as yet there appeared no Likelihood of it Gave Credit to that Threatening while others its like Scoffed at it and at Him too for giving Credit to it and accordingly by Gods direction took Care to Avoid it as to himself and his family while others perished in it By which he Condemned the World and became Heir of the Righteousness which is by Faith And I choose to give Instances all along in such Examples as are here cited in the following Chapter Heb. 11. Because all that Cloud of Witnesses are there designedly brought-in as a Confirmation of what is here asserted That the Just shall Live by Faith Thus Solomon likewise tells us to the same purpose A Wise man Feareth and Departeth from Evill Forbears the evill of Sin and Avoids the evill of Punishment But the Fool Rageth and is Confident he runs-on without Fear or Wit A Prudent man Foreseeth the Evil and Hideth himself But the Simple pass on and are Punished Like as it was when Moses from God threatened the Plague of Hail in Egypt Who so feared the Lord amongst the Servants of Pharaoh made his Servants and his Cattell to flee into Houses But who so regarded not the Word of the Lord as not beleeving it Left his Servants and Cattel in the Field which were destroyed by the Hail which Smote all that was in the Field both Man and Beast Now Solomon's Wise man is the Good man and his Fool is the Wicked man He that makes a Mock of Sin to whom it is a Sport to do Mischief Who goes on as Solomon speaks of the Wanton Young-man as an Ox to the Slaughter and a Fool to the Correction of the Stocks Till a Dart strike through his Liver as a Bird that hasteth to the Snare and knoweth not that it is for his Life Not like the men of Niniveh who Repented at the Preaching of Jonas Who when Jonah preached Yet forty days and Niniveh shall be Destroyed Beleeved God and proclaimed a Fast and that Every one should turn from the Evill of his ways For who can tell say they if God will Turn and Repent that we Perish not But rather like Lot 's Sons in Law when he warned them of the Destruction then coming on Sodome He seemed to them as one that Mocked and accordingly they mocked at him they looked upon him as one that talked idly or but in jest till in good earnest God rain'd fire and brimstone on them and destroyed them Much at the same rate with those Scoffers who as S. Peter tells us should come in the last days walking after their own Lusts Laughing at Gods Threatenings and saying scoffingly Where is the Promise of his coming For since the Fathers fell asleep all things continue as they were from the beginning of the Creation The grave Fathers that talked of these things be Dead and Gone and the World goes on as it was wont to do notwithstanding their Threats Who if they be told from God by his Ministers that Except they Repent they shall all likewise Perish They look upon them as those did on Lot as a company of Brain-Sick men that talk idly Till suddain Destruction come upon them as a Thief in the Night which they did not Expect and as Pain on a Woman in Travail which they cannot Escape Who first Walk in the way of the Vngodly and stand in the Way of Sinners and then Sit in the Seat of Scorners Till at length when 't is too late they shall with those in Wisdome be convinced of their own Folly and Value the Righteous whom before they Despised When with Anguish of spirit they shall say within themselves of him whom before they had in Derision and a Proverb of Reproach We Fools accounted his Life Madness and his End without Honour But How is He numbred among the Children of God and his Lot is among the Saints while We have wearied our selves in the way of Wickedness and Destruction and have not known the Way of the Lord. Who when they Hear the words of the Curse Bless themselves in their Heart saying I shall have Peace though I walk in the Imagination of my Heart adding Drunkenness to Thirst I shall do well enough though I take my pleasure But the Lord saith Moses will not Spare that man he will shew him no mercy His Jealousy shall Smoak against him who sins thus Presumptuously and Promiseth himself Peace notwithstanding Gods Threatenings And all the Curses written in this Book shall light upon him The Lord will Separate him unto Evil out of all the Cities of Israel he will Single him out to make him an Example That others may Hear and Fear and do no more Presumptuously These are those who Beleeve not the Threatenings of God nor fear to incur his Displeasure But Happy is the man that feareth allways That so feareth as to depart from Evill He that so Feareth the Threatenings of God as to Avoid his Judgments And thus to fear is to Live by Faith Fourthly As we are to beleeve the Threatenings of God So to Beleeve the Promises of God allso And so to Beleeve them as to Rest upon them to fetch Strength and Comfort from them And this is one great part of a Christians Living by Faith And of This also we have Examples in the Chapter following By Faith Abraham sojourned in the Land of Promise the Promised Land as in a strange Countrey dwelling in Tabernacles as not taking up his Rest there with Isaac and Jacob Heirs with him of the same Promise Looking