Faith produces reverence to God. Faith breeds in us humility.
Faith works fervency and earnestness of spirit.
Faith works in us a holy confidence that what we ask God He will undoubtedly grant. In Puritan style, Cotton gives the explanation, the doctrine, and the uses of the verse, together with its setting. The type is large, white space is plentiful, and the words are of simple construction. John Cotton, an early Puritan, first in England, then in New England. At the age of 28, he was appointed vicar of the large parish of St. Bodolph, where he remained 20 years.