42 Of the Manner, this I fuppofe,- as it is force Way the 'Ob- jeet of Faith,fo is our Affent terminated there- to firm and lure, fo as the Believer not On- 1y believes the general DoCtrine of the Go- fpel, but thereupon looks for Salvation ; and that by a. firm, full, and firong Faith and Perfwation. Some (as the Papifis) deny the Aflurance of Salvation altogether, and think it not ordinarily attainable, and others de- ny not the Poffibility of Salvation's Affur- anee, but think that there is no Affurance till after Faith, that it is not of the Eflence of Faith, but a Fruit of Faith, that the firft ACts of juflifying Faith,as it terminates to the Soul's Salvation is, and rnuft be but weak and uncertain. En the (z.) Place, I would therefore premife that as there is a double Objeet of Faith, fo there is a twofold Afinrance,one of Faith,and another of Know,. ledge, both of them terminated to Salvati- on as their Object :f The Aiutance of Sal- vation, which is of Faith, is founded on the Promifes of the Gofpel, as its formal Objeft holden out to the Soul : The Af- furance of Knowledge is that Affurance, which we, from a reflex Aec upon our Faith and the Fruits thereof, have of our Salva- tion, whereby we know and perfwade our {elves, that we ihall be faved, as when we know we are tranflated from .Death to Life, wc love the Brethren, and keep God's Com-.
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