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vf.
:.
Aâs
as.9.
Vfe3.
Luke
x7.
q.
Yfe
4.
The
t'opifl h
not
the true
faith.
Ephefans,
Ç
hap.
3.
V
R
R.
Iî.
This
may be
atohchftoneof
true
beliefero
confider
that
it
is
tech
as
bringeth .Chrift into
the heart;
for though
faith
be commonly
pro
-
felfed,
yet
how
rare
is
that
beleeverof
whom
it may
be
Paid, not
he
now,
but Chrift
liveth
in
him
,
whofe
heart
is
purified
by
be-
And
this alto
to
confider
that
he here,& above fpeaketh 'offaith, viz.
that
we
are
raved byit,
that
we
have
entrance
with
boldne
ffe
by
it,
that
Chrifï
dwefeth
in
our
hearts
by
it,
this fhould make
us
fee
w
sat
a
jewcll
faith
is,
and
feeke
it,
crying with the
Apoffles,
Lordincreafe
our
faith.
Laftly, this doth improve the
Papifts
faith,
that it
is
not
a
true
faith: for
the
Scripture here
teacheth that
the beliefof
all
that
are
not
Counterfeits
is
fuch
as
bringeth Chrift to dwell
in
the the heart.
Ns
w
the Popifh faith maketh no application
of
Ch
rift
:
Nay
they
count
that the
bringing and reaching
of
him
in
particular
to
us,
a
notable pre.
fumption.
a.
They
fay
that faith,
though
it
be
the
firft vertue
begotten,
-yet it
is
not the
root which importeth
fappe and livelihood
to other
graces;
but this they afcribe to love
:
But
that which
reacheth
Chrift
to
live
in us,
that
caufeth all the Chriftian converfation
:
For of
a`1
of
it
this
may be laid,
not
we
live,
but
Chri(I in
us:
and
love it
felfe
is
let
on work
by
faith; for why
doe
we
love,
but
bccaufe he
path loved
us
?
Now
what
Both
fiat
lay hold
of
Gods
in
Chrift,
but this vertue
of
faith
c
And
therefore
1
Tim.
j.
S. The
end ofthe Law
is
love
to
God
and man: but
whence mutt
this proceed
e
from this
as a
roote
, a
Faith
un-
feigned.
V
a
R
S.
r
8. Thatyet
being rooted
and grounded in
love,
may
be
able
toxpmprehend with all
Saints,wbat
is
the
breadth,and
leeegth,anddeptb,and
41
ght.
Hereis
expreffedthe
a't.
principall petition:
The
fumme
of
which
is,
that they
iatight have
a
fight
of
the love,cf
Chrift,that
fo
they might
fharein the
afliûions
of
the Gofpell
of
Chrift without
fainting.
For the order;
e.
He
fetteth
dowse
the
meane
of
attaining the
thing
requefted.
2.
The
requeft it
felfe.
The
meane, that
being rooted
and
grounded
in
love:
The
requeft
it
felfe,
which
is
for
the
knowledge
of
Chrifì.
1.
As,it
is
getting. z.
As
it
is
now
gotten
:
for though
fore
make
it
the propounding
of
one
and
the
fame thing,
r.möre
obfcurely,z.
sore
plainly; yet I think there
is
fore
difference.
The
knowledge
as
inget-
ting
is
the apprehending
of
the height,length, &c.
as
gotten,
is
the
ha-
ving
in
us
the knowledge
of Chrift
his
love which
paffeth knowledge.
For
the opening
of
thewords:
r
.
It
may
be asked
what this
love
is
r
For.anfwer:
Gods
love in
Chrift
,
Chrifts
love ; the context doth
caft
us
on this
fenfe:
2.
Our
love
is a
branch, not
a
root
:
It
is
the love
of
Chrift
in
which wee take firme rooting
cniy that
nothing
can (hake
us. Again,
if
he Ihould
fpeake
of
our love, the Greek phrafe
fhould be
put
as
abfolute, which
is
more
harfh and
hath
leffe
authority
both
an-
cient