orform of Faith. 89 mites of the, Gofpel, to believe with full Af furance, and accordingly did live more in the Fear and Confolation of the Holy Ghofl, than now we fee Chri'flians do. And I further' confefs, That as I judge the Dótrine ofpar- ticular Application to be moil agreeable. to Truth, that yet the Difficulties under which it labours, are not small, yet fupe- rable. And finally, I truly think, That ma- ny who in Words deny'particular Application to be of the Eílènce of Faith, do upon the Matter, and confequentially grant it, holding out the faithful Saying, Chrifl came to fave Sin- ners, to all, to be laid hold on. Now then, I fay, that Faith doth not only believe in ge- neral that there is a Salvation, that Chria is a fufficient Saviour, that force are redeemed, for whom Chrifl died to fatisfy Juftice. But I fay further, That a Man's own particular Salvation is the Obje& ofhis Faith that jufli- fies him ; or, which is the faine, That a Man bath not only Ground from the Evidence of Faith, or any other Grace in him to look . to be Paved ; but bath full and fufficient Ground comfortably to believehis own Sal- vation from the Nature of the Covenant of Grace, or Gofpel Promifes freely holden out to him, which he is bound to, and in Faith loth particularly apply to himfeif, My Grounds are fìríf from plain Teftimonies of Scripture, which affirm ourSalvation to be the
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