0 ~9~ The Faith c.f 0 • \ 0 blooq: ·and therefore is the only word, by which _. 0 favingo faith 0 is begotten fn the heart of a loft finner. In the word of the gofpel, the Lord and Savi~ur Chrifr, with all . his benefits and covenant, is, and 0 ~"' 0 that to be believeod. on; as appears from Rmn. x. 6, 0 ' 7, 8, 9• So that the word of the gofpel being receiv'd by believing, we haye Chrifi, o,,and his covenant, witll all the benefits thereof: faving faith being indeed. the eccho or the quickned foul to the word 0 9f grace _that bringeth falvation; a trufling of the word of 0 the gofpel, and the per(on, ' to wit the Saviour, and the thing, therein ·held forth to us, to be ·beljeved on : for falvation. Mark i. 15 .. , Believe the gojpe/. lfa. · – liii. L Who hath 6e(ieved our report? Gal-. iii. 2. CJ"he , hearing offaith. This is that believing by which we are united to Chrifi, entered into the covenant of grace, and enfl:ated therein unto falvation. 0 J The which, believing may be eY;plain'cl in (our particulars; (I.) The faith ofChri.fl:'s fufficiency. (2.) The faith Qf the gofpel·offer.' (3.) The faith of our I·ight to Chrifi. And (4.) The f.1ith. of particular trufi for falvation. So putting the 0 - _ ·~eflion., '' What is that beli~ving, by which I 0 a lo!l: finner under the curfe 'df the law, may unite with ]efus Chrifi, and f0 en~er into, and be enfiated in the covenant of grace, to my eternal falvation ?'.. We a11.[wer thereto directly in thefe four particulars, by way of direB:ion in this momentuous point, whereon falvation depends.. . I. The Faith ofChrifl's ~ufficiency. . In the fidl: place, 'you are to believe, That there is a fulhe{s offolva.tion in Chrifl for poor finn~rs . This is the confiant report of the-gofpel, concerning · him, Eph. iii. 8. 'That I iliould preach among the · Gentiles the unfearchable riches of CbrifL' Heb. vii . zs. ' He is able to fa.ve them to tbe utterrnofr, that come unto God by him)' In the word of the gofpel, ° Ch .ft ' rJ ·. . ~
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