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truth_n	bear_v	faith_n	zion_n	19	3	8.6321	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57248	The saints desire, or, A cordiall for a fainting soule declaring that in Christs righteousnesse onely ... there is life, happiness, peace ... also the happy estate of a man in Christ ... / by Samuel Richardson.	Richardson, Samuel, fl. 1643-1658.	1647 (1647)	Wing R1413; ESTC R35326	159,266	436

thou doest that which thou wouldst not as Rom. 7. 14. to 25. in our selves we are imperfect at the best Gal. 6. 1. The strongest is not able to stand alone also some of the Lords partake more of naturall choler which increaseth naturally and as that choler is we are more or lesse hasty and passionate A wicked man may be naturally patient and a childe of God may be sinfully passionate Jam. 5. 17. Thou shouldst not measure Gods love to thee nor the truth of his grace in thee by thy mortification of sin consider Rom. 7. God may for ends best knowne unto himselfe suffer corruption to be too strong for thee it may be to abase thee more as Paul Rom. 7. that thou maist see what need thou hast of a Lord Jesus to pardon and heale thee who knoweth but God may leave thy personall sanctification the more imperfect that we may minde and behold Jesus Christ and our righteousnesse in him and so live the more in him and our joy the more in our justification by him Rom. 4. 6 7. It 's one thing to have thy sinnes forgiven or not imputed Psal 32. 1 2. and another thing to be clensed from it live in the apprehension of the love of God and down goeth sin and all discouragements so live in discouragements and sinne prevailes as Psal 77. 2. 7 8 9 10. Wee ought not to fetch our comfort from our subduing of sinne but in Christ in whom we want no righteousnesse 1 Cor. 1. 30. Christ is ours and we are Christs and Christ is Gods When we are at the best we may not live in our selves nor by sight but by faith and when we are at the worst we are to live upon Christ by saith and comfort our selves in him and in him onely many when they want strength or comfort they seek what they want from their duties and comfort themselves in their abstainings from sin but for Christ he is not in all their thoughts Psal 10. 4. What I once felt is now decayed The ground of our faith is God in his Word and not our sight and feeling that is sensuall 2 Cor. 5. 7. We live not by sight and feeling but by faith Whilst thou maintainest feares and jealousies of Gods love to thee it is no wonder it is so with thee call to minde the dayes of old as Psal 77. It 's certain if ever God manifested his love unto thee he is still and ever will be the same unto thee having loved his owne he loved them unto the end Joh. 13. 1. With him there is no variablenesse or shadow of turning Jam. 1. 17. A child of God may decay in parts sight feelings and exercise of grace for a time as Phil. 4. 10. these are sometimes more and sometimes lesse but alwayes as God seeth best that wee might rest and relie upon nothing but Christ I see and feele nothing in my selfe or all is as nothing to me save onely Jesus Christ who is all in all to me We ought to beleeve that we neither see nor feele faith is the evidence of things not seene Heb. 11. 1. To live by faith is to walke after the Spirit and to live by sight and feeling is to live after the flesh Rom. 8. 1. I am discouraged because nothing is made good to me I doe not possesse it If thou beest included and art under the promise of it and under the hope of it thou shalt possesse it It may be made good unto thee without thy possession of it for wee must not ground faith in the possession of what it beleeves possession is sutable to sense and there is neither faith nor hope in what we possesse To have right in it and to possesse it are two things they died in faith and yet they did not possesse what they beleeved Heb. 11. 17 18. The possessiō of things gives no being unto faith nor is essentiall unto it no otherwise then as faith gives being unto it Abraham beleeved he should have a sonne here was his faith Rom. 4. 3. 17. 18. yet he did not possesse his sonne his sonne had no being but in the promise of God therefore to place enjoyment to be essentiall to faith is a very great mistake As a man must first beleeve God is before he can goe to God Heb. 11. 6. so a man must first beleeve in Christ to have remission of sinnes by him and after receive remission of sinnes as appeares Acts 10. 43. It thou hast power to close with God in the truth of his Word as Sarah did that shee should have a sonne not onely before shee had him but against reason shee beleeved shee should have him thou hast faith But I am not assured that I shall be saved therefore I have no faith Faith and assurance is not one thing but are differing and distinct assurance cannot be without faith but faith may be without assurance for assurance is not the proper act of faith assurance is an effect of faith and a higher measure then that is and the greater our feeling of assurance is the lesser our faith is Faith in the act is an assenting or cleaving to the truth and faithfulnesse of God in his promise not from any thing shee feeles in her selfe but from something it apprehends in God in his word Rom. 4. 20 21 22. The act of faith is sometimes attended with much strife and strugling for Satan saith to the soule it 's in vaine for thee to looke to Christ to beleeve in Christ Christ saith Come unto me beleeve I will ease thee Now for the soule to rest upon the fidelitie and abilitie of Christ in his promise is no small measure of faith assurance is not from the habit of grace nor from the direct act of faith but from the reflect act of faith which is for a man to see and know that he beleeves which assurance is from the immediate testimony of the Spirit of God in the conscience of one who is already a beleever causing the soule to know it beleeves The Spirit it selfe beareth witnesse with our Spirits that we are the children of God Rom. 8. 16. Now abideth faith 1 Cor. 13. 13. therefore faith doth at all times one way or other sufficiently evidence the truth of our estates if we did at all times truly discerne the testimony or true act of faith and the reason why we discerne it not is for want of a full measure of faith to withstand all that is opposit to faith for some there be who have faith yet by reason of their ignorance and unskilfulnesse as Heb. 5. 14 15. 10. 15. forgetfulnesse babes are unskilfull and have not experience of Gods dealings with his both for order and manner so that when faith doth not so lively act and when Christ doth not clearly appeare in the soule he begins to doubt whether he be not deceived and when

my words unto you 1 Tim. 4. 13. Rev. 1. 3. Pro. 1. 23. To meditate Thou shalt meditate therein day and night Blessed is the man that meditateth on thy Law day and night My meditation of him shall be sweet the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding Josh 1. 8. 1 Tim. 4. 15. Psal 1. 1 2. Psal 104. 34. Psal 49. 3. To holy conference The mouth of the righteous speakes wisdome the lips of the wise disperse knowledge my words shall not depart out of thy mouth they that feared the Lord spake oft one to another c. They that love it shall eate the fruit thereof Prov. 15. 17. Pro. 18. 21. Ma●a 3. 16. Psal 37. 30. Psal 71. 24. Isa 59. 21. To heare Christ and his Ministers Blessed is the man that heares me watching daily at my gates Heare and your soules shall live Pro. 8. 34. Isai 55. 3. To be baptized See here is water what doth hinder me to be baptized and Philip said If thou beleevest with all thy heart thou maiest and they went both downe into the water and he baptized him Acts 8. 36 37 38. He that beleeves and is baptized shall be saved Mark 16. 16. For Saints to receive the Lords Supper Doe this in remembrance of me it was given for you Take eate this is my body Luk. 22. 19. Joh. 6. 58. To be prepared for duties Thou wilt prepare their hearts If thou prepare thy heart c. Psal 10. 17. Job 11. 13 14 15. To obey God As soone as they heare of me they shall obey me Ezek. 36. 27. To be fruitfull in season His leafe shall be greene and he shall not cease from yeelding fruit he shall bring forth his fruit in season his leafe shall not wither Jer. 17. 8. Psal 1. 2 3. For abilitie to obey God The righteous also shall hold on his way and he shall be stronger and stronger they goe from strength to strength every one of them Surely shall one say In the Lord have I righteousnesse and strength my God shall be my strength I will goe in the strength of the Lord he gives power to the faint and to them that have no might be increaseth strength They that wait upon the Lord shall renue their strength they shall mount up with wings as Eagles they shall run and not be weary and shall walke and not be faint I can doe all things through Christ that strengthens me God gives strength and power to his people blessed be God Job 17. 9. Psal 84. 7. Isa 45. 24. Isa 49. 5. Isa 40. 29 30 31. Phil. 4. 13. Psal 68. 35. In all temptations That it shall not be above that wee are able to beare and for a good issue out of all temptations There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man but God is faithfull who will not suffer you to be tempted above that yee are able but will with the temptation also make a way to escape that yee may be able to beare it 1 Cor. 10. 13. Jam. 1. 12. Rom. 6. 20. To know the truth He that will doe his will he shall know whether the doctrine be of God or no The Spirit of truth will guide you into all truth The meeke will he teach his way He that feareth the Lord will he teach in the way he shall choose Joh. 7. 17. Joh. 16. 13. Psal 25. 9. 12. For direction in all our wayes I will direct all his wayes I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way that thou shalt goe I will guide thee with my eye For this God is our God for ever and ever and he will be our guide even untill death Isa 45. 13. Ps 32. 8. Psal 48. 14. To reprove others Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart thou shalt in any wise rebuke him and not suffer sin upon him He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour then he that flattereth with his tongue The feare of man bringeth a snare but to them that rebuke him shall be delight and a good blessing shall come upon them Levit. 19. 17. Pro. 28. 23. Pro. 29. 25. Pro. 24. 25. To correct children c. The rod and reproofe give wisdome but a childe left to himselfe bringeth his mother to shame but if thou beatest him with the rod he shall not dye thou shalt beat him with the rod Pro. 25. 15. Pro. 29. 15. Pro. 23. 13 14. For husbands to love their wives Husbands love your wives Ephes 5. 25. 28. 33. For wives to obey their husbands Wives obey your husbands in every thing lawfull Ephes 5. 24. For children to obey their parents Children obey your parents in the Lord Ephes 6. 1 2. For servants to obey their Masters Servants be obedient to those that are your Masters Ephes 6. 5 6 7. To obey Gods commands In keeping them there is great reward Psal 19. 11. Blessed are they that do his commandements Psal 19. 11. Prov. 37. 27. Rev. 20. 6. Rev. 22. 14. To leave false worship See 2 Cor. 6. 16 17 18. To dwell in Sion and to injoy the priviledges thereof The ransomed of the Lord shall come to Sion with joy I will take one of a Citie and two of a family and bring them to Sion They that love his Name shall dwell therein Isa 35. 10. Jer. 3. 14. Psal 69. 36. To be fruitfull there Those that are planted in the house of God shall flourish in the Courts of our God and bring forth fruit in old age and be fat and flourishing All that see them shall acknowledge them that they are the seed of them which the Lord hath blessed They goe from strength to strength every one of them in Sion c. Ps 92. 13 14. Isa 61. 9. 62. 12. Psal 84. 7. That God is present there He dwels in his Church He walkes in the middest of the seven golden Candlestickes Thou that dwellest in the gardens Rev. 2. 1. with Rev. 1. 10. Song 5. 1. 6. 2. 8. 13. For the acceptation of their services there see Song 5. 1. with Deut. 12. 5 6 7. For his blessing there The Lord shall blesse thee out of Sion I will abundantly blesse her provision they shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatnesse of thy house blessed are they that dwell in thy house for they shall he still praising thee Psal 132. 15. Psal 36. 8. Psal 84. 4. For protection there Thou shalt hide me in the time of trouble in the secrets of thy Tabernacle Psal 27. 4 5. For Saints to agree in the truth I will give them one heart and one way Jer. 32. 39. To have joy and gladnesse there The Lord shall comfort Sion and joy and gladnesse shall be found therein thankesgiving and the noyse of melody Isai 51. 3. In reproaches for Christ Blessed are yee when men revile you for my sake falsly rejoyce and be glad and leape for joy for behold great is your reward in heaven