122 Of the Objec tien to hirnfelf through his Grace ; or believes on Chrif}'s twine for Salvation ; and having this Confidence, he boldly pleads for it. Ere I Thew my judgment, I crave leave to .13remife a few Dil.finCtìons. (i.) That there Is a Faith which juftifies, or materially con- Iidered ; and Faith may be conlidered as it juiifies, or formally By Faith materially confidered, we believe all that is contained in Scripture by the Authority of God. (z.) Yen. would diftinguifh betwixt the Phyfical Aft of I Faith,which is Aífent,and the Manner of the tending of this Aft, betwixt Faith as it is an .A.ffent aQd in the Underfanding, and as this Ad is terminate in the Will, the elicits As of Faith and the imperate Acts of Faith. (3.) There is an adequate SubjeEt of Faith, and there is an inadequate Object of Faith. (4..) There is the formal Objeci of Faith, which is the Object for which Inch a Thing is believed ; and there is the material Objeá of Faith which is believed for filch a Thing, (s.) Chrift may be coníìder'd, as his Name is that on which the Soul believes, or the Ordinanceof God in Order toSalvation ; or Chrift may be confidered as the End of Faith, our Happinefs, and that to which Faith is terminated. (6.) There is an imme- diate ohjeaum quo, and there is a mediate `Oújeha m pod, or which we believe: As in a Lodkmg-giafs, the Glafs felf is the imme- diate
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