V g R. 8. Ephfian,r,E:hap.z. 245 quieting, according to that, Being`jâftified byfaith, wehavepeace with God, Rom. 5.1. But it may be faid, Confid ence is an eff.&of Faith, therefore not Con objfideóienn. the Ail of Faith. ce It is both the formal]. Ad and Effe&,diverfly confidered ; the Act, both as aft, h. as it apprehendeth , and refiethon Chrift : the Effect , as it bringeth gee of faith. forth true peaceand liberty. But it may be faid, Faith caufeth confidencç, therefore is not objet].:, confidence. It followeth not; the fire giveth me light and heat, is it not there- e/laf fore light and hot f Secondly, for the Subject ofFaith; I anfwer,it is the Heart onely: 2. With the heart man beleeveth tofalvation, Rom. to. 1o. if thou belee- Subie& of vefi with all thine heart, Acts 8. 37. T'rufi on the Lord with all thy a . tite heart, Nov. 3. 5. And it were better to flay in thefe bounds of the Scripture, then to mince thefe things. The old Scriptures have in them the Doctrineof Faith, and yet they have not proper words for Beware of theminde, brain, will, in them all; now the proper functions of thefe P' Philofo- two powers do both concur in Faith. And though force have count- phy. itflrange, yet in School Doctrine this hath been juffified, that one and the felt fame habit may be in two divers powers of the mitíde. A. great deal of Difcourfe about Free-will was very abfurd, if this were not warrantable : for the Scripture ufeth words noting the fun- ¿lion of the Will, Receiving, coming, &c. Again, when the minde I hath determined this or that, as true and good to me, the Will pre- fently imbraceth from the determination. When the underilanding hath judged aright of the Promifes, and - adjudged them to our felves that they belong to us, then the Will welcomes them, claps about them, hugs them, and (as it is, Hebrews 1t.3.) kiffes them. This laft äPraoá ¢vor. ac`l is the very pith ofFaith, that which is called Application, estty Lord, andmy God : and as Paul faith of himfelf, Gal. 2. 20. 1 live by Joh. 20. is. thefaith ofthe SonofGod, who loved me,andgave himfelffor me; fpeak- ing in the perfon of true beleevers. Thirdly, the Ohjeéì of Faith muff be confidered generally; the 3. fullu(fifyin and the particular object about which it is occupied, fahhgeoeral! and particular The generali or common objell is even all thofe things about 1. which Faith is converfant, in the whole obedience of it, when now we are juftified. It doth not juflifie, but onely as it apprehendeth Chrift, or the righteoufneffe ofGod, and pardon of fin in Chrift. Chrift withall his benefits, or thebenefits with Chriff, are the ob- 2 jell of Faith. And this the Scriptureand experience dothmanife(f, that Chrift, as in whom is forgiveneffeof fin and life, is it which Faith onely layeth holdof; as it juftifieth and faveth. But it may be objeled,ifaman beleeveforgivenes of fin inChriff %e¿!. to juflification, thenhe beleeveth his fins are pardoned before they are pardoned, before he is juflified. Ianfwer,
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