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It should be our wisdom not to seek after that which commends us in the world, and which commends one of us before another; but we should seek after that which commends us all to God. We may have many things that may appear worthy of commendation before the eyes of men, and yet, for all that, we, and all that we have, may be odious before God. And therefore, since we see that faith is so much commended before God, and I may say, faithless is graceless also, and that is sure, if we get not grace here, we shall never get glory hereafter, we would therefore labour, by all means, to have this divine plant of faith into our souls. We have indeed many weeds into them, and our hearts are fertile for these weeds; but except the Lord, by his own finger, plant in us this plant, it will not grow. Faith is evermore the thing which in all ages and generations commended the children of God; and if so be that we will join ourselves to the people of God, it must be in faith. And, therefore, since that this is the work of God only, let us at this time humble ourselves before the Lord, and crave pardon of him for our great unbelief, which has rung (reigned) into us, and beseech him that he would plant in this divine plant of faith into our souls, to his honour, and our eternal comfort, in Jesus Christ.