(318) Preeept, fuch as forgiving others, u ling Sacraments, etc. nor Chrift as commanding ; but the Declaration of the Accorn- plifhments ofChrift, end the counfel ofGod in him, i Cor.ig, I . c. Rom.' 16,17. G21.3.8. Ergo Obedience is not an Ef- fential part. 9. 1f it be an eff.ntial part , then either Genus or Diffe- rence ; for no other Eff:ntial parts belong to a quality or A&i on : not the Genus,that'sAffent. Aph. p.254. 274. when the objeâ is a Propofition : when it is an Incomplex term, Trull is the Genus : not the Difference, chats chiefly taken from the obje6t. Keker.fyfß. Logic. I. I. frft.i.c. 2. can. Dtfin, Accid. 5:7. Obedience may make known Faith asa fig; but not as a part , its at leaft in order of Nature after; the caufe is afore the effeet the Antecedent beforethe Confequent ; and faith is fuck, Heb.1 I o. If Faith bea compleat entire motion of the whole foul toChrift, then it fhould be Love, Joy, Hope, Underftanding, Will, Memory, pear ; But this is not tobe faad. Ergo. It is alleadged, I. Faithmu ft be the Aá of the whole foul; elfe part fhould receive him, part nor. nfir. Faith is expreffed by the Metaphor of Receiving, 7010.1.12. Col. 2,.6. And he is Received by the Receiving ofhis Word, roh.1 2.48. I Thef..2.I 3 . which is Received by Affent. 2._ The whole foul receivesChrift,though by other Gracesbe- tides faith. z, Áí`1.r 8.37. Rom. 10. I o. Anjrv.The term [Whole] notes not every inward faculty ; but (as after) fincerely,not feign edly, as Simon Maple. So Illyricut. 3. Faith iscalled Obeying the Gofpel, Rom. ro. 16- I Pet. 1.22. 6" 4..17. 2Tbef..I.8.Ga1>3.I. er 5.7. Heb.s.9. But the Gofpel commandeth All thus to obey Chrift as Lord,forgive others,lovehis people, bear: what fufferings are Impofed, dili- gently ufe his Means and Ordinances,confefíing,bewailing fins, praying for pardon fincerely and to the end. Heb.5.9, fpeaks ofobeyng Chrift,but cloth not call faith obeying Chrift : but be it granted,Faith is called obeying of Chrift, or the Gofpel ; doch it follow that it is obedience in doing thole named Acts ? It may be obedience by Affent to the
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