Selected quad for the lemma: faith_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
faith_n	believe_v	lord_n	unbelief_n	5,320	5	10.6764	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41728	The life and death of Mr. John Rowe of Crediton in Devon	Gale, Theophilus, 1628-1678.	1673 (1673)	Wing G146; ESTC R18383	49,518	150

expected from Christ alone And as he was eminent for his living by faith on the Person of Christ His living by Faith on the promises so likewise he was eminent for his living by faith on the Promises and resting upon the Lord in all his straits when he could but take sanctuary in some promise and find out some word of God for his faith to rest upon he thought himself secure he was delighted in the mentioning of that passage of Abraham that Abraham gave God glory by believing he thought that the highest way of honouring God it was by trusting of him on his naked word and promise It is true he was often assaulted by temptations of infidelity as hath been hinted before but these were but occasions to make him pray more fervently and his Faith got the deeper root in the conclusion the main stream of his prayers in his older years ran this way that he might not stagger at the promise through unbelief that he might be established in Faith and that his Faith might not fail and the Lord heard him herein for his Faith held out in its strength to the very last as will appear when we come to relate the passages of his death When ever he was in any strait or difficulty and knew not which way to turn the Lord bare up his heart in believing that he would make out his way at last and provide for him some way or other One time having complained to a near Relation of some touches of the stone and other infirmities that he laboured under he added But the Lord Supports me in whom I trust also that he will support me When he told his friends that he endeavoured to answer their desires in praying for them he would say he did indeed pray for them daily but it was with much weakness and infirmity yet said he our trust is of acceptance in the Lord Jesus which sitteth at the right hand of the Father and maketh request for us But that which was the Crown and Ornament of his other graces His singular Humility was his singular humility As his grace and experience was extraordinary so he had a more then ordinary measure of humility No expression was more familiar with him then that of the Apostle accounting himself the chief of Sinners There was no corruption that he did oppose or set himself against more then Spiritual Pride He would often mention that passage of St. Peter God resisteth the proud but giveth grace to the humble when ever he begged any other grace from God he would still beg humility as that which must prepare him and make him capable of receiving that grace His expressions in prayer were such as these empty us of self that we may be full with thy fullness that we may receive more grace make us more humble And as he was most watchful against Spiritual pride in himself so he would warn and admonish others especially to watch against this corruption Watch said he against that stratagem of Satan wherewith he usually assaulteth Souls in the growth of Spiritual guifts which is to puff them up Another time he spake to this purpose As he said fight not against smal nor great but only against the King of Israel so say I above all fight against self and pride Writing to a near Relation he had this expression Truly I find in every days success the Ebullition of that remainder of Pride in me and I rejoyce at your sensibility of it and I have you in remembrance as to this very thing I think I may say daily But as this holy man was most sensible of the stirring of Pride in himself so by his long and daily praying and striving against it he got so great a victory over it that others that beheld him never saw greater demonstrations of humility then in him He was never known to boast of his own excellencies but he would often spake of his infirmities that so as he said God might have the more glory and himself shame When he speak for God or in the cause of God he would spake with as great Majesty and authority as ever any of so private a capacity as he was was known to do when he spake of any thing relating to himself he would still abase himself and manifest the greatest lowliness of mind and self-denial and he loved not that others should think too highly of him To one that had a great esteem of him for that grace of God that did so eminently appear in him he wrote thus Think of me no otherwise then you see only I hope I have obtained mercy to be faithful He was very curious in this to arrogate nothing to himself The Love he had to the glory of God his great care was to put off all from himself and to attribute all to the free grace of God as St. Pauls expression was not I but the grace of God in me So when he was carried out to any special or eminent exercise of grace he would still express himself to this sort I have received grace to do this or that duty or to believe this or that particular promise And it was one of his familiar sayings let us remember to expect all from him and ascribe all to him When he had heard of the grace of God in others he would rejoyce much in it and in this he had a peculiar excellency he was never observed to envy the gifts or grace of any but rejoyced exceedingly to hear of the graces of others and blessed the Lord for the grace bestowed upon others as well as that which was given to himself He loved Holiness for Holiness sake and therefore when he saw it in any he rejoyced in it as much as if it had been in himself When he had heard of the grace of God bestown upon some he said blessed be the Lord for ever and ever who are we that we should be able to will any thing after this sort the Lord keep it in the purpose of our hearts for ever and prepare our hearts to him The great thing which he begged of God for himself and his nearest Relations was that God would make use of him and them some way to be serviceable to him whilst they lived and he said one thing more have I begged of God and shall beg that both me and you and all that receive the benefit may look up and give God alone all the glory Herein lay the perfection of his grace and that wherein he came nearest to the holiness of the Saints in heaven that although he desired to be most serviceable and to be carried forth in the highest way of exercising grace yet when all was done he desired not that he might be eyed or looked upon the more but his great desire was that all that was done by him might be seen to be of God and that he might be admired the more Writing to a near Relation he had this