Of the 4a ing. Rom. iv. i6. and iii. 27. We muft there- fore fo conceive of Faith, as to make it anfwer this Defign of exalting Grace, and humbling of Man ; and therefore, if ye put any Thing in it, which may be any Occafion of Glory, ye have loft Faith. Faith there-. fore Inuit be fuch a Thing as comes out of the Creature it felf, like a Beggar to Chrift, for all Things from difcovered Senfe of Want, of Sin and Mifery ; and hence it is not a gi- ving Grace, as Love, Hope, Fear and Obe- dience, but it is a receiving Grace. (5.1ule) Faith is fuch a Thing as agrees to all, and thefe only which are juftify'd and fav'd. SECT. I L What Faith is not. T HESE Things thus premifed, I come to fhow, in the fecond Place, what is not Faith, or wherein the AE of Faith doth not confift. And, Firfi, Faith doth not pro- perly and adequately confift in an Ad of Knowledge; for the Affents of Faith and Knowledge are difièrent : Indeed I confefs there is fome Knowledge in Faith : For we in fome Meafure underfland and apprehend what we believe, and taking Faith Largely, we may fay, Faith is a firm Knowledge ; but taking Faith properly, it is not Know- ledge
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