fjuffyzvgFa:i/i were it ofperfeEVlork, or ofWorks wrought by our own Power, it were not' of Grace,; but of Works indefinitely ; therefore, what- ever eflablifheeh Salvation upon any Thing we do unto the Lord, or wherein we may glory mull= be renounced here. (8.) Faith is not a Prefumption, or groundlefs Imagi- nation and Fancy of Salvation, it is not a confident Saying, The Lord is ours, and is a.mongfl us and therefore, no Evil Mall come to us, for this is the Faith of Hypo- crites, Mic. iii. and i is .fä, xlviii. 2. Hofea Viii. 2. Many carnal Dogs that {hall be thruft out of Heaven at laf}, do never queftion their Salvation, and prefumptoully hope from the Mercy of God to be Paved, to whom the Lord Jefus {hall profefs, I know you not; de- partfrom me ye Workers of Iniquity. With this, Faith's Adverfaries bran d us, as ifwe thought Faith an Imagination, or. firong Fancy, or Opinion. Opinion, Fancy, or Imagination, is groundlefs; but Faith that juftifieth, bath the ftrongeít and fureft Foundation imagi- nable: This prefumptuous Faith, tho' it dole with the Promife of Mercy and Salvation, yet clofes not with the Promifes of Sanaifica- tion ; and hence is a dead Faith, yam. x3. which is never a juftifying Faith Juf}i fying Faith, is a lively operative Faith, purz- fying of the Heart, and working by. Love. The Lord Jefus on whofe Name we believe and art
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