( 365 ) gelii.,- Crede in Dominam flan: efr- fic fides eft Obedien- tia erga Evangelium, inquit A- polog. Auguft. Confef pag. I25. ,Q,...aanturn ab Evangelto Lex dftat,tantain /me obedientia ab ilia diflerminatur (inquit Mentzerus in Encl. art 4. n. 5.) z.Etiamfides eft obedientia, quatenus per Snecdochen Me- tonymicam fignificat tottemcol- turn d fidelibto prxflitum ra- dicer); una cum fruElibus ; Yieb. 13.7. Rom.'. Thel, r . 8. mec&Jim eft' cum dicitur hoc eft mandatum ut credamus diligamue,1 joh.3. 23. Sicut in pracepto diligendi &habitat cha- ritata & fruElus atque opera,ad qua habitats ordinatur, mandata flint ; itaetiam in pracepto cre- dendi habitum fidei us ejus noba mandatosefle. Vn- de cum ipfit etiamCharita4 inter fruaus fitfidei, fit ut tota doari- na Chriftiana aliquando Ver- bum vel paedicatio fidei, tota Religio Chriftiana, tota (worm- mia Novireflament;Fides ap- pelletur,Gal.I. 23. I.Tim, 4.6. Gal. 5.6, & 3. 23. SicLutherus_rape per fide" prx- cif:me quicte &formaliter apprehenfionem promiffl- anis in Chrifio,& abnegationem emeriti proprii,includitfimul tota obedientiam a inclinationem ye- / an- theLord Jefus: And fo faith is obedience to the Gofpel, faith the Apologie of the 1.Aaguft. Confefflon, pag. 124. As far as the Law differeth from the Cofpel, fo far doth this obedi- ence differ from that, faith Mentz, &c j 2. Alfo faith is obedience as by a Metonymical Synecdoche it fignifieth the whole worfbip performed by believers ; the root with the fruits : Heb.13.7. Rom. 1,8 r Thef.I.8. [Nor is there zany doubt4hen it is faid, this iS the Commandment that we believe and loVe,1 lob. 3.23. As in the precept of Loving, both the Habit of Charityand the fruits and works to which the Habit is ordinated, are com- manded ; fo alto in the precept of believing, both the habit of faith and the fruits thereof are commanded to us j Whence it is that Charity it felf being among the fruits of faith, the whole Chriftian do6trine is cal- led the word or preaching of faith ; thewhole ceconomy of the New Teftament , is called Faith, gal. 1.23. I Tim. 4. 6. Gal,;6. 5 & 3.23. So Luther often undethand- ing by Faith , chiefly indeed and formally the Apprehenfion ofthepromife in Chrift, and the denyalofour own merit, inclu- deth withal our whole Obedi- ence
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