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A68217	The history of the woman of great faith Recorded by Saint Matthew, ch. 15. v. 22. &c. and by Saint Mark, ch. 7. 24. where three very strong encounters are beaten back by her vnmatchable faith. Treatised and expounded for some help to the weake in faith. By Robert Horn, a Minister of Iesus Christ.	Horne, Robert, 1565-1640.	1632 (1632)	STC 13822; ESTC S116726	104,742	350

righteousnesse but what is his Rom 5.22 Hereupon the same Apostle Saint Paul speaking of himselfe a iustified sinner saith that the life he hath in the new life of the Gospell is not his but Christs who breathed it in him and liueth in him Galat. 2.20 all his minde ranne vpon the gaine he had by Christ hauing his righteousnesse all other things in the world were but losse and dunge to this Philip 3.8 9. Therefore in his Epistles to the Romanes to the Galathians and Ephesians hee strongly pleades the cause of faith in the power of iustification without workes plainly in the second Chapter of his Epistle to the Ephesians vers 8. and 9. he excludeth the best things left in nature and the best workes in new nature from the merit of saluation saying We are saued by grace not of our selues against Pelagius and not of workes against Papists and giues the reason which is to preuent all boasting in our selues as if wee did as Papists say we doe bring somewhat in hand to the purchase of our saluation And so we see that faith maketh our way to God and that works follow Reasons The reasons Our workes the best of them are imperfectly good and partly euill and what account can such haue before him whose eyes cannot behold euill Haba 1.13 that that pleaseth him is Christ absolutely holy Christs righteousnesse perfectly good onely 〈◊〉 that but neither hee nor this is ours further then by the grace of faith wee can make them so with application to our selues Secondly the best come out of an vncleane pit and their best works are but as foule ragges Isa 64.6 And who can bring a cleane thing out of filthinesse Iob 14.4 Now can any thing that is vncleane and filthy enter into so holy a place as heauen and stand before so holy a person as the Lord or if it cannot our persons not purged by Christs holinesse and our works not couered with his iustice whither shall they go in heauen there is no place for them and they must stand without with dogges sorcerers and other sinners Apocal. 21.27 22.15 It was sinne that brought vs out with God it must be that which we haue not perfect righteousnesse that must bring vs in againe And this is the Sonne in whom the Father is well pleased Matth 3.17 all other things as we heard are losse and dunge and what good sauour in workes of dunge This is against the Papists Vse 1 who like dogges barke against the truth of sole iustification by faith Their tenet is that the righteousnesse whereby we are iustified is inherent in vs. But the righteousnesse that doth iustifie is called a robe and why a robe but because wee haue it as wee haue our clothes from another out of our selues Flesh and skin we haue from our mothers but our apparell is made vs. So nature we haue by birth but grace by gift in the hand of faith Therefore Saint Paul desired to be found in Christ Philip 3.9 clad with him Obiect True say the Papists all wee haue in our first iustification or change to righteousnesse wee haue from God onely and all is due to him for it But say they there is a second iustification or change and that as a stocke giuen vs to set vp for themselues as it increaseth vnder our hand maketh some part of pay to our saluation Answer But if the Apostle as we heard had knowne any iustification but one and that one onely and altogether by gift hee would not haue giuen away his owne part as hee did and haue acknowledged no other iustification but that of beeing in Christ And further the Apostle giues the reason why hee did so though in another place For speaking of God that iustifieth and saueth onely hee saith For and that for must stand For saith he of him and through him are all things Rom. 11.36 by all things wee must vnderstand all good things specially the good things of life eternall and these all are of and from God And now where wee speake of faith we vnderstand not such a faith as Saint Iames reproueth which is a faith without workes and so dead as the bodie is dead that breatheth not Iam. 2.26 but a saith accompanied with or breathing in manifest symptomes of new life such a faith this woman had which in her was so commended And yet faith only iustifieth our persons before God good workes serue but to iustifie our faith before men Iam. 2.18.21 Also though wee acknowledge good works to be the quicke pulses of a louing faith yet withall wee say that they come not to God in way of iustification For true it is that wee must do good works if we will bee saued and yet it is as true that wee shall not bee saued for them An admonition to Christians to labour to get and hope faith Vse 2 so greatly commended in this woman of great faith and to do so wee must vse the meanes as first the Word faith is by it Rom. 10.17 If then wee will wrestle with God by faith when he proues our faith by temptation we must know what promises God hath made in his word and vpon what tearmes Psal 9.10 so wee shall hold him by the words of his owne mouth and with Iacobs hand till he blesse vs who will surely doe it for bee cannot deny himselfe But how shall wee know what promises God hath made in his word and to whom and vpon what conditions when we know neither East nor West in it and when wee turne from it in the day of hearing When Sathan shall sift vs in the maine point how shall we hope in more then the chaffe if we be not sound graine by the knowledge of saluation Faith is by hearing and hearing by the Word Rom. 10.17 Therefore no hearing no faith and without what possibilitie to please God Hebr. 11.6 and not pleasing him what hope to bee saued A fearfull darknes therefore must needes bee vpon all that want this Sunne of their holy faith And let them thinke of it who as one saith well haue passed an estate of their soules to ignorance for tearme of life neither haue they heard nor will they For how can such obey when they know not God and not knowing him how can they escape the vengeance that is threatened in the flame of fire 2. Thessal 1.8 Secondly if we would haue and get faith wee must pray for it to the authour and finisher of our faith Hebr. 12.2 Mark 9 24. Luk. 17.5 They deserue not good things that will not open their mouthes for them and we haue a saying Spare to speake spare to speed Faith then being of good things the best how vnworthy shall wee shew our selues of so faire a Iewell if wee will not aske it Thirdly as we get faith by the Word and prayer so being had we must keep it in a good conscience For faith and good conscience are relata

betweene the outward Court and the Sanctuary was rent at Christs death Matth. 27.51 and then hee said to the prisoners goe forth Esa 49.9 The vse is for instruction Vse 1. teaching that great grace is come to vs the sinners of the Gentiles that wee haue great cause of glorying in God for his mercifull health We that were dead in sin and trespasses are quickned Ephes 2.1 now wee are written among the liuing in the Gospell whose names before where not in the booke Our dutie in this case is to beware that wee race not the booke by our contempts neither blotit and our names in it with the pen of our sins Rom. 11.20 21. Be we aduised then how we ioyne in answer with those who bidden to the great Supper absented themselues by their farmes yoakes of Oxen Luke 14.18 19. God hath pitied vs let vs not be cruell to our selues he loued our saluation aboue the life of his Sonne Iohn 3.16 let vs not vnderualue it with Esau to a portion of meat Hebr 12 16. nor let vs with the Papists open a shop of our owne doings when the Lord hath done alfour works for vs Esa 26.12 for God hath not giuen vs this great stock of his gracious bounties to set vp for our selues but to occupie for him Matth. 25.25 much lesse to put it out to bad vses or to consume it on our lusts Iam. 4.3 Is the saluation of God come to the Gentiles and if to any to vs of this nation it reproueth the cold affections of the most among vs who receiue it with no better welcome The Lord hath cast the seed of his word and the precious stone of his Gospell among vs where others labour and trade with earthly wares he hath made vs the Merchants of a rich Iewell wherein is life saluation but this ignorance that is among vs and this vntowardnesse that is in vs either to learne the good will of God or to practise that wee know hath made vs the merchants of the earth and not Merchants of so heauenly a treasure It cannot bee denied but that great grace is come vnto vs that the Lord hath set vp his Altar in this Realm for his worship but as when the Arke of God was with great gladnesse receiued of the Bethshemits after it came from the Philistims but with little reuerence vsed it became the death of 50000 and 70 persons who died in that contempt 1 Sam. 6.19 so it is to be feared and almost to bee looked for that if generally more care be not taken that the Arke of the Gospell haue better rooms among vs welcome to vs than now it hath or of late hath had that euen that worthy thing which otherwaies would haue bin our life will proue our death and the death of all the whole Realme without such redresse of our waies as one well saith what can bee thought but that which otherwaies should haue beene and would haue beene the water of life to saue vs will bee but a sea of waters to drowne vs and become for a sweet powder of health a strong dose of destruction and for meat to feed vs poyson to kill vs and for a word of glad newes a word of the saddest that euer was heard So much for the occasion of this conference in the Pharises the other occasions follow out of the text of S. Marke Marke 7.24 25 26. And entred into an house would haue no man know it but he could not be hid For a certaine woman whose young daughter had an vncleane spirit heard of him came and fell at his feet The woman was a Greeke a Syrophenician by nation and shee besought him that hee would cast the Deuill out of her daughter IN these words which we take vp for supply of what S. Matthew hath not we haue the other occasions of the following conference where concerning it the Euangelist S. Marke speaketh of certaine adherent circumstances and then of the occasions themselues and first there is a barre set against the womans comming to Christ for he would not bee knowne and then it is remoued for he could not be hid Christ neuer shewed himselfe but his power was great full of excellencie and wonder yet as Ioh. 7.3 6.10 so here hee shunned all opennesse He was alwaies worth the seeing yet here and now he would not be knowne And now this humble minde in Christ who though he might haue honoured himselfe would not Doct. doth teach all Christians to bee humble in their gifts When Christs brethren would haue him to get credit by seeking to be openly knowne he would not ante-date his fathers time nor goe openly to the feast but secretly and in no shew Iohn 7.4.10 In the Chapter before some would haue made him a King but his hand such as it was then being not fit to hold the Scepter he got him frō them to a mountaine where was no companie Iohn 6.15 Further he commandeth his to learne of him and what is the lesson it is to bee meeke and lowlie in heart Mat. 11.29 Hereupon the Apostle S. Paul biddeth Christians to cary the minde that was in Christ who emptied himselfe of all outward glorie and made himselfe of no reputation Phil. 2.5.7 so humble he was in his rare excellencies and high place that he washed the feet of those who should haue worshipped at his feet Iohn 13.5 and thus Christians though of neuer so great gifts and eminent place should be humble in them for what are their drops to his full sea Reasons the reasons First much good will come vnto vs by doing so for where the ambitious and proud are tossed vpon a restlesse sea of cares we shall finde rest vnto our soules Matth. 11.29 where they haue a storme of perturbations in their mindes wee shall finde nothing but a sweet calme of quiet affections in them Secondly it shall be for our greater honour for they that humble themselues shall bee exalted Luke 14.11 Men shall lose nothing by humilitie as they shall get nothing by pride by which what man euer made a sauing bargaine the lower or deeper we lay the foundation the stronger the building is Luke 6.48 and so the humbler in grace the surer of grace and who hauing any good thing would not bee sure of it Thirdly by pride in our gifts wee pull from God to take to our selues as our owne that which is his and can this glorying be good which is so vniust The vse is for reproofe of th●se that swell as if they had a T●●panie because their gifts exceed the common rate of vulgar or ordinarie Vse Christ would not be knowne but such would not bee hid Moses countenance shone and he knew it not Exod. 34.29 these knovv all and more too but thus following their owne shaddow they driue it further from them the way to catch it is to fall downe vpon it so they that praise