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quieting, according
to that,
Being`jâftified
by
faith,
we
have
peace
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
refieth
on
Chrift
:
the
Effect
, as
it
bringeth
gee
of
faith.
forth true peace
and
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
of
Faith;
I
anfwer,it
is
the Heart
onely:
2.
With
the heart man beleeveth
to
falvation,
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 Doctrine
of
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.
it
flrange, 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
of
Faith, that which
is
called
Application,
estty
Lord,
and
my
God
:
and
as
Paul faith
of
himfelf,
Gal. 2.
20.
1
live
by Joh.
20.
is.
the
faith of
the
Son
of
God, who
loved me,and
gave
himfelf
for
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,
fahh
geoeral!
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
of
God,
and
pardon
of
fin
in
Chrift.
Chrift with
all his
benefits,
or the
benefits
with Chriff,
are
the ob-
2
jell
of
Faith. And this the Scripture
and experience
doth
manife(f,
that
Chrift,
as
in
whom
is
forgiveneffe
of
fin
and
life,
is
it which
Faith onely
layeth hold
of;
as
it
juftifieth and faveth.
But
it
may be
objeled,ifa
man
beleeveforgivenes
of
fin in
Chriff
%e¿!.
to
juflification,
then
he
beleeveth
his fins
are
pardoned before they
are pardoned, before he
is
juflified.
I
anfwer,