184 Of the_Subjea Manner of its acting, viz. Cordially, be in thw Till; yet of Faith in the Concrete it' may 13"è faid, to be in the LTpderftanding; be .,caufe its phyfïcal A:&, and what it faith reflo, is in the Underftanding, viz. Affen tut the 'Truth is, the Qzie.ftipn is not very material, but is more in the Way of.Expreffi- on than any thing elfe. If we plaée Faith in the Heart, and exprefs it by any .A& which gives Glory to God, and furniThes no matter of Boaftingy and by any qq whole Ídoneisy and Fitnefs to juftify maybe conceived ; and ifConfent or Election do this, or any A& of the Will, I fhall not gainfay rhefe who place it partly in the Will, and make it confift either in EleCtion or ConfPnt`; which as they unite the Soul with Chrift, by whofe Righteoufnefs we are j i;ftified ; lo do they. give little Ground of &ailing: For what Beggar will boaft of his begging', and confenting to be rich,. or to take what enriches hirn : That which only nicks with me, befides that Faith," by pla- ç:Lg it in the rJncierfiaridïr7g and, Will, muf{ needs b.e an aggregai.e, 'and not a fiiiple. Vit- tue, is, that I fee not how Election or Confer,t can be anywife conceived to be properly ex- pieCz by the Phrafe of believing on the Name of lGhrifl ; fizrely Believing is neither EleCtion, nor Coulent of the Will: And if the whole Nature of Faith be fiifficiently expreft by the oiicept of Believing on the Name of .Chlift, an4
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