,. of laving Faith® i3 5. x 3. lfa. 56. 4. 2 7hef. i. io. (2.) Becaufe Faith, as to its fubfiantial A &,1 is an Af- fent : And therefore muft have fome Tetii. mony for its Obje& : This Word then muft be the immediate Object of Faith. z 7hef. i. io. Becaufe our 'eflimony wad believed. (3.) Becaufe we muft receive Chrift a's he is hol- den out and offered to us ; but he is hol- den out in a Promife and Word : Hence the Covenant of Grace is frequently called a Promife. Gal. iii. 8. Rom. iv. 14. As iii. ult. Ifa. lv. 4. Yea Faith it Pelf is promif, ed, 7ohn iv. 16. 'Yob/ vi, 44. Ezek. xxxvi, 27. Hof ii. 19, 23. (4.) Look as it is in legal Gifts, if it be Money which is given, then is the Right of that Money convey- ed by Bond : If Lands by Difpofition, Char- ter and Seofn, which are called the Rights thereof, and a Man muft receive thee, ere he can have Right to the Land; fo when the Lord Jefus makes over himfelf to a Sin- ner, he gives force Word, Promife or Do- nation, whereby the Lord is conveyed to Inch a Soul, and in which the Soul receives him. Ifa. vii. 14. Pofl iTion without a Title is liable to Reduaion. (5.) God's Peoples Mercies are conveyed to them thro', a Pro- mile) that their Confolation may be con- fair, for Seale many Times fails, and no Chrift feen,or feit,what {hall the Soul nowdo ? Oh! Look to your Rights acid Charters, the 14 Word
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