i 14Q Of .yullificaiion by Faith. S E x M. that it may have any good effea upon us, VI. we muff believe it. And accordingly it is i'"'"v""j obvious that faith is what the gofpel requires as a firft and fundamental duty : That we íhould believe in God, and believe in our Lord Jefus Chrift. Whereas by the religion of the Jews, efpecially in their latter days, and of thofe who endeavoured to blend Ju- daifm with chriftianity, the great ftrefs was laid on a fcrùpulous and exaét obfervance of the ceremonial appointments : Therefore the gofpel is called by St. Paul, the faith, and the other the law. Thus in the firft to the Rom. and 5th ver. he declares the end of the apoftlefhip which he received from Chrift, that it was for obedience to the faith. What can the meaning of that expreffion be, but obedience to the law of Chrift, or the gofpel, which_ God publifhed by him to the gentile world ? as it is faid, Aas vi. 7. that a great number of the pri ells were obe- dient to the faith. And in the third of the +Gal, and zd ver. this only would I learn of you, received ye the fpirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? and ver. 5 he that minreth the fpirit, and worketh miracles among you, doth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Where
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