;i S Of the Aft are thereby juftified, is a Jefus that not only faveth his People from the Wrath to come, but that faveth them from `their Sins, Matth. i. 2 I. Zech. ix. 7. Atis iii. 26.° {9.) Nor is Faith pro- perly a Willingnefs or Contentednefs to re- ceive Chrift : For however this be, the Seed of Faith from which it fprings, and a necef- fary Difpofitioti of the Soul for Believing ; yet is it not Faith formally, nor to this can the Notion of believing on the Name of Chrift agree : For, as Hunger and a Defire to eat; is not eating fo neither is a Willing- nefs to believe, or a Will to have Chrift,. pro- perly Faith. Faith is a receiving of Chrift, not a Willingnefs to receive him: The Wo- man's Willittgnefs to marry, a Man is not Marriage ; Contentednefs with the Offer of the Gofpel is that Fratne, whereby the Soul is fitted, difpofed, and as it were íhaped for Believing ; not believing it kif : When a Stone is fitted and fquarecl for the Building, it is not therefore united with the Building. Faith is that whereby the Soul is united to Chrift, not that by which it is fit for Union. Contentednefs is an A& of the Will purely : A Man may defire, and be very contented with that which he utterly is in Defpair of The poor Galley Slave in Turky is defirous of, and vvi.th all his Heart contented to be fet at Liberty, but yet defpairs of it Now jufti- fying Faith is inconfifient with this Defpair. This ANN
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