, ' · ·_ Tru(l for Salvation. 3rt wilt· keep him in perfeCt: peace, whole mind is frayed ., on thee: becaufe he trufieth in thee.' And indeed one cannot devife, what way a perfon can reil: on a word, or a foul or fpirit can reil: upon a perfon, but by trufiing them, or trufiing in or on them. It is fclid, 2 Chron. xxxii. 8. 'The people refied them– felves upon the words of Hezekiah. What way can , one imagine they did fo, but by trufiing them ? Chap. xiv. 1 I. 'Help us, 0 Lord our God; for we , refi on thee.' How could they do fo, bu.t by trufiing on him for their help ? . Secondly, This is believing, in the fcriptural ufe of that word, which in .our entry on the quefiion -UQder · con!ideration, we dl:ablifhed' from the Scripture it– fe lf. For, it is a tru!Hng of, or trufl:ing in a perfon, namely, jefus Chrifi, an·d God in him, the perfonal ObjeCt: of faving faith, ACl:s xvi. 3 I. a trufiil~g in a thi'ng, namely, the righteoufnefs of Clu:ifi, the ulti– n iate real objeCt of faith, Rorn. i. I]. and a trufiing in a word, namely, t,he record and tefiimony of God, the- word of the promife of the \gofpel, the proximate or nearefi real objeCt: of faith, ibid. And ~11 this for the great purpofe qf falvation. And then, 'tis nothing but fuch believing : for, thus faith is not explained away into, but. is a thing quite difiinCl: from,. the nature of a work, as the Scripture ,con~ra• clifiingui.fheth works to faith. . Wherefore, we conclude, That this lrufl is that , believing on Chrifi, by which the foul is united .to him; and favingly enfl:ated in the covenant. And for openiQg ofir, we !hall take notice of thefe five things plainly imported in it. Firjf, This trufi itnports, not only a willingnefs, but a fincere and honeit defire, to be delivered from fin and wrath; a defire to be fanCl:ified, as well as to -be juflified; to be delivered from the reigni-ng power, ,Pollution, praCl:icct, and inbeing of fin, as well as from the guilt of it ; according to that of the Apofile, · RomJ ..
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