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truth_n	apostle_n	faith_n	know_v	1,815	5	3.8869	3	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91736	The comfort and crown of great actions. In a sermon preached, Decemb. 4. 1657. Before the honorable East-India company. By Edward Reynolds, D.D.	Reynolds, Edward, 1599-1676.	1658 (1658)	Wing R1242; Thomason E934_4*; ESTC R207682	18,609	36

20. The Church professeth That in the name of their God they would set up their Banners Psal. 20. 5. David went unarmed in the confidence of that name against Goliah because God was the God of the hosts of Israel 1 Sam. 17. 45. In all their marches and motions in the Wilderness this was their comfort That they had a God which went before them as their Captain who was able to scatter all their enemies Num. 10. 35 36. Psal. 68. 7 8. In this confidence Asa and Jehoshaphat applied themselves to God as their God and went on with courage and comfort against huge armies of enemies 2 Chron. 14. 11. 20. 6 7 11 12. By this faith Gideon Barak Sampson Jephthah David subdued Kingdoms obtained Promises stopped the mouths of Lions quenched the violence of the fire escaped the edge of the Sword out of weakness were made strong waxed valiant in fight c. Heb. 11. 32 34. 1. Faith is an active and working grace Remembring your work of faith saith the Apostle 1 Thes. 1. 3. It will not let men be idle or unfruitful 2 Pet. 1. 8. It knows what a back and strength it hath in the truth and power of God through whom it can do all things Phil. 4. 13. And thereupon what it findeth to do it doth with its might 2. It is an Heroical grace as the Philosopher saith of Wisdom That it is {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} {non-Roman} the knowledge of the most honorable things so we may say of Faith That it undertaketh the most honorable things eyeth great objects pursueth great ends looketh upon all things as possible Mark 9. 23. and therefore is not dismayed at any What an Heroical Faith was that of Joshuah whereby he prevailed with God in Prayer to stop the course of the Sun and Moon while Israel was avenged on their enemies Josh. 10. 12. And though Ordinary Faith be not a Faith of miracles yet it hath a nobleness and a greatness in it whereby it can in the assurance of its interest in God set upon great actions which are conformable unto his Will 3. It is a valiant and victorious Grace is not afraid of Men or Devils when it hath made sure of God It quencheth the fiery darts of Satan it overcomes the world One David having God for his God was not afraid of Ten thousand of Armies of men Psal. 3. 6. 27. 3. By his God he can run through a Troop and leap over a Wall and break a Bow of Steel Psal. 18. 29. Nothing is invincible to Faith it can level Mountains Zach. 4. 7. It can more then conquer greatest difficulties Rom. 8. 35 37. As one man by an Engine may move Bodies which an hundred without it could not stir so by the Engine of Faith things are many times effected which to sense and reason do seem impossible 4. It is a Patient Grace it is not discouraged with every obstacle nor dismayed with every terriculament nor wearied with every encounter but like Box or Holly and such other Trees retains its verdure in the Winter and holds out amidst all difficulties unto the End knows how near the promised mercies are and doth chearfully press forward towards them says with those in the Prophet Isai. 25. 9. This is our God we have waited for him and he will save us Faith doth not suffer a man to draw back but patiently to continue in well-doing that he may after a little while receive the promises Heb. 10. 36 39. Rom. 2. 7. 5. It is a Praying Grace can in every exigent and distress call down invisible help from God And none go with more vigor about any enterprise then they who being backed with potent friends and having free-access unto great Treasures are able in any extremity to obtain the concurrent counsels and succors of others to further their designs The Apostle bids us by Faith to ask wisdom of God that thereby patience may go thorow and have her perfect work Jam. 1. 4 5 6. God hath honored Faith and Repentance in the Gospel above other graces because they have a peculiar vertue to carry us out of our selves in Prayer unto God And no graces do more promote great actions then self-denying graces when men have ends and aids above themselves Carnal ends domestical interests and private affections do usually obstruct noble undertakings because such men as soon as storms arise and difficulties shake them forsake the proper and internal merits of the business and hold or alter their resolutions according as their own personal hopes or fears do dictate unto them And therefore the best way to make strong and steady progress in any serious employment is to have God for our God that in every difficulty we may be able to have recourse unto him for counsel wisdom succor support and may be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might II. As Faith is a special principle of action in great undertakings so it is a special ground of comfort in the reviewing of them when we can say In this action though full of many difficulties yet Faith in God as my God hath upheld me and carried me through it to the end I have undertaken it not in mine own strength nor in the confidence of mine own wisdom but in an holy fear and comfortable dependance upon God I have aimed at his glory and at publick interest I have not immixed nor interwoven in it any carnal counsels or sinful projects of mine own I have labored to keep a good conscience in doing of mine own duty and have cast my self upon his holy providence for the event In this case the Lord doth ordinarily return such an answer of peace to works that are done in the fear of his name by the rule of his Word in the comfort of his promises and with submission to his providence as that one way or other the heart shall be able to take comfort in it For Faith is a successful grace and hath a promise of prospering Believe in the Lord your God so shall you be established beleeve his Prophets so shall you prosper 2 Chron. 20. 20. By Faith Israel passed through the Red Sea and saw the victory of their Faith in the ruine of their proud enemies Exod. 14. 30 31. If the Lord bless the undertaking it self with a desired success Faith hath this comfort That it is a blessing received from the hand of a Father an evidence of his love an accession unto the gift of his Son with whom he freely giveth all other things It is the portion which God hath graciously given unto his servant and though the thing given be good it self yet the favor and blessing of God which comes along with it is much more excellent as the Money in the Mouth of the Fish or the Pearl in the Body of the Oyster is more precious then that which was the vehiculum of it And on the other hand if the Lord