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 hath appointed, and thoſe we are to uſe, and no other than God hath appointed, without diſtracting cares about the ſucceſs. Uſe the means in obedience to God, and having uſed the means then trust for a bleſſing, Psal. xxxvii. 5. "Commit thy way unto the Lord, truſt alſo in him, and he ſhall bring it to paſs." Again, it is for want of faith, that cauſes us to diſtruſt God when it is low with us, as to all things of this world; therefore, labour to get faith, and exerciſe faith; the uſe of faith is one of the notaleſt means to keep the ſoul from being over-charged with care; act faith in the wiſdom and providence of God. Faith quiets the heart in want of any thing, by making it ſure and preſent, Heb. xi. 1. "Now faith is the ſubſtance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not ſeen."

Not only in regard of our ſouls, but in regard of our bodies; alſo in all things live, walk, and do every thing by faith, without faith we cannot pleaſe God, nor walk evenly before him.