Mofes his Seife-deniaff . givesa fubflantiallbeing to the things of eternal life : now when faithcomes in, fhe glorious myfteries of the Gofpel, the high priviledges of thegodly, she exccllencie and beauty of grace, the great things that God bathprepared for his fervantsare tnanifeftly difcerned. It is a notable exprefiion ofprom Godwould have fuch liabilityoffaith inus, that the things which we beleeve fhouldbe morecertaine to us, then the things wejufer; and the things hopedfor, íhould be in more reality with us then thingsfe ßbieto sue: thefe things arenow a pre.:nded as reali andcertain things, although they be fuch things, as the A- pofile faith, Eyehath notfeene, norcare heard , neither have they ertred into the heart ®fman toconceive, yet Godhath re- vealeà them to us by his Spirit,even that Spirit that f archeth the dopethings ofGod: now there muff be fotnething in us to taxe thisrevelation ofthefpirit,and that isfaith. TheSpirit reveales them not as notions, not as uncertain things, and fo faith t ekes them. The Spirit of God, fases Luther, dos not writeopinions,but afiertions inour hearts, worecertain then 143 7'antam in nobk fidei ftabilitatem domino efe defiderat, ut certius effe quod credi- mks quam quodpatimur judecerrus; (7verius babeamua. f.:11fde:fibi. liaHieronym ep. .ad virg!- nem iuexits- ummifam. Tom. 9. 4 I Cor. a. 9) IO X
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