K, . ,gemware for waJhing : and Godly farrowwith itsfever 'Daughters, 2 Cor. 7. t I . are clenfing things. Dr. Scoughton,Righteous mansplea for Kapp. Serm. 6.pag.3 Faith comprehends not only the dl! of the Vn.ierflandin7, bast the At1 of the Will too, fo a" the Will loth embrace and adhere, and cleave to thofe Truths Which the underflanding conceiver : a=.d nut only embracing mser!yby /IfJent to the Truth of it;but by e!ofang with the Good of it : (' What is that but loving ? ) .flitag dnd relifhng it. Arfaith in Chrifa is not only the "'Owing of a mans mind that Chriff is tb Savioa.r, but a refalt.ancy of the Will on Chrifi as a S4vi2rar, embracing of him,and loving, ofeeming anal honouring him as a Saviour. The Scrip-are comprehends both thefe together, and there is a rule for it ? which the Rabbins give for theopening of theScripttere,viz.Verba (enfus etiano denotdnt of- felius,4s Jo.17.3. [hu it eternallife to know thee,&c. It is not bare Knowledge the Scripturemeans, bat Knowledge joined with affe_ Elions, ] You fee Dr. Starrzhton took Love to be full as near Kin to Faith as I do. Many the like and more full in him I pals. I cited in my Append. i jfledins, yanius, Paræus , Scharpius, Aretiur,Ball, &c.makingFaith;&Obedience,&Gratitude Condi- tions ofthe new Covenant (&who faith not the fame ?) [fall thefe be homileticaland popular,I much miftake them; which yet I cite not as ifno words might be found in any of thele Authors that feem to fpeak otherwife ; but to thew that I am not wholly lFngular,( Though if I were,I cannot help it when I will. ) On the next Q.Whether a dying trap may look on his Faithand Qbedience,&Duey as the conditionof theN.Cov. by himperf rm- ed ? You would perfwade me that I cannot think that I fpeak to the point in this:but you aremiftaken in me: for I can mittake more then that comes to; and indeed I yet think I fpoke a di- redly to the quefiion in your terms laid down, as was pofsible for I changed not oneof your terms, but mentioned the Affir- mative as your felfexpreffed it : If you did mean otherwife then you fpoke, I knew not that, nor can yet any better underf}and you. Only I can feel that all the difference between you and me muff be decided by dif#inguithing of [ Conditions : ] but you never yet go about it fo as I can underftand you. Youhere ask me, [Whether Ithinkyou deny agodly life to be a comforts bit.
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