The Li f e o fFaith. 2 2 I the natural order of intention; and we will Chrift as the Means for that End, and therefore but fecond.erily. Though in the 1ntelle&s apprehenfon and offnt,there be no fisch difference ; becaufe in the Truth, which is the ü:aderliandingr object, there is no difference, but only in the Gacdne/á which is the iriVs object : And as Goodnefs it Pelf is apprehended by the Vuder- franding, ut vera bonus'', there is only an objcdive d.fference of dignity. ) 14. Therefore as the G.afpel revelation corneth to us in a way ofoffer, prornife and covenant, fo our Faith mutt a4 in a wayof Acceptance & Covenanting withGod and the Redeemer and Sandificr. And the Sacrament of Baptifm is the fo- lemnizing of this Covenant on both parts. And till our hearts do eanfent to the Baptifmal Covenant of Grace, we arc not Be- lievers in a laving fettle, 15. There is no diftanceof tints between the Aunt ofFaith, and the firff true degree ofLove and Confetti. : (Though an un- found Affmt may go longbefore ; yet found Affene doth imme- diately produce Love and Confect ; ) and though a clear and full refolved.degree of content may be tome time afterward : And therefore the foul may not at the forf degree fo well under- hand it tell, as to be ready for an open covenanting ) 16. This being the true order of the work of Faith and Love, the cafe now lyeth plain before thofc that can obterve things diainUly, and take not up with confuted knowledge. (And noother ate fit to meddle with fach cafes) viz that the knowing or affenting as of faith in God as reconciled(lo far)aad inChritt as the reconciler,fo far as to give out the offer or Co- venant of Grace, are both at once, and both go before the as ofthe will, as the caufe before the immediate effect; and that this affent firti in order ofnature (but at once in time)caufetla the will to love God as our End, and to content to, and chufo Chrift in heart covenant as the means, and to in our covenant wegive up our feives to both : And that this Repentance and Love toGod, which are both one work called converfion, or turning from the creature to God, the oneas denominated frotta the terminus à quo, viz. (Repentance) the other from the ter- minus ad quern ( viz. Love) are twilled at once with tras Paving Faith. And that Shrift as the means toted by sd ís Eta.;, E s 3
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