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Ephefians,Chap.
2.
V
E
R.
8.
Anjm.
I
anfwer, they
are
together
in
time, though
in nature there
is
an
anteccdencie.
aril
But
how
can
the pardon
of
fins, which
yet
is
not
really applyed,
be beleeved
anfwer,it
is
in
the eternall
determination,in the purchafe
of
Chrift,
in
the word
of
truth
,
it is fufficient
for faith
,
that
it
is
in
the
word
of
Promife.
4.
For the Properties
of
Faith which juftifieth
:
Ì'roperacsof
I.
It
is
Perfevering
;
A
fhield againfl
all the
fery
darts
of
the
devil.
iuniryiog
fa;th.
It
cannot be loft, nor overcome
of
any creature, becaufe it
is
built
on
r.
the
Reck Chrift
;
fo
as
the
gates
of
hell
shall
not
prevail
againft it.
Ephef.6.t6.
This
is
our
viétory,
whereby we overcome
the world, even
our
faith,
r
Joh.
5.4.
2. It
is
Lively, working
by
love,
it
maketh
that
we
/hall neither
be
Gat. 5.6.
idle
nor unprofitable :
It
is
no
dead
thing which will
(land us
in
head.
Dead
Faith
There
are indeed
manykindes
of
there dead faiths
;
tome
are blinde
ofdiver
:forts.
prefumptions, which
are
meetly
counterfeit;
fome
are Hiftoricall
perfwafions, touching the truth
of
the
articles
of
Religion,
without
any
particular confidence
;
force are
common
illuminations
in
the
points
of
the
GofFel, with mifgrounded perfwafions,like that
of
Ha.
Efth. 6.6.
mans, What (hall
be
done
to
the man
whom
the
King
will
honour ?
He
no
fooner heard
it
was in
the heart
of
the
King
to honour
a
man,
hut who
fhould
the
perfon be befide
himfelf!
There
are called faith,
becaufe they are inferiour
operations
of
the Spirit, and
have
an illu-
mination
likeas
Faith bath,
though
they
differ
much from that
which
is
juftifying
and
Paving.
3.
3.
Saving Faith
is
finkre
and
found, called therefore
Faith
with-
out
hypecrifte; as
which bath
his
laving effedt, Receiving
the
end
of
our
faith,
even the
falvation
of
your
fòuls.
All other
Faiths
are
like
rep.
1.9.
flips,
will
not
paffe
in
heaven,for the obtaining
of
fpirituall
blef-
tangs
through
Chrift,
becaufe
they do not truly
and inwardly
unite
us
with
Chrift,
otherwife then
as
a
Wen
is
united with
the body,
4.
4. It
is a
precious
faith,
within it fell
a
Pearl,
rare, and
of
greateft
t
Pet.
r.
r.
worth, the
leaft
grain better then
a
kingdom
:
molt
rare,
Almen
have
Tit.
r.
r.
not
faith
;
therefore celled,
the
faith of
gods elect, becaufe
it
is
given
to none
elfe
:
more precious then gold
;
for the
effès
t,
it
intituleth to
Yfe
Chrift,
and all treafures
of
grace and
glory
in
him.
Unheleerers
If
this be
fo
now,
as
I
have proved, that
Gods
grace
doth not
fave
taxed,
3.
forts.
but by
faith, many
are hereby to be
convinced. As
the
devil
pleaded
to
Chrift Gods
protthion,
though he
fhould
throw himfelf down;
fo
we fhall
do
well
,
though we go on
in
unbelief. But mark I
pray
you,
Without
faith it
is
imporible
to
pleafi
cod,
Hebrews
s
r.
6. Ex-
cept God
be pleated, thou
canft
not be faved.
Now
then
the
matter
being
of
life
and
death, it
concerns thee to look well to it, whether
thou
have
a
true Faith
or
no.
O6jeEî.
Why,
would you
make
me
a
Jew ! I hope
I
have
a
good
Faith,
elfe
I
would be
lorry.
Indeed