or Form of Faith. 41 caufe it is fo rooted and firmly implanted in the . Heart, that it cannot be rooted out, tho' many Times oppreffed and clouded with the Mills of Unbelief. (q..) Becaufe it is the Nature of Faith to affent particularly, and in its 'Tendency it reacheth to a full Affurance. (5.) In Refpea there is fo much as is fuf icient to do the Work, and r.o pro- duce its Et-féh:s, and that overcomes Doubt- ings. (6.) Becaufe any Doubtings that may be, do not arife from the Nature of Faith it felf, but from the extrinfecal, he- terogeneous, contrary Principles of Unbelief; wherefore, tho' There be Doubtings in the Believer, yet are there none in Faith ; and we define Faith in tl e Abflraét, and not ic. the Concrete. (7.) It may be called a íull Aifent, becaufe it reacheth to all the Soul ; we mull comae to the Lord with all our Heart, elfe it is but a feigned Turn- ing. (8.) In Oppofition to that uncertain Wavering, uaitable, loofe Faith, which is in many. Hypocrites, which is therefore both comfortlefs and fruitlefs. In a Word,There is fuch a gripping to the Promifes,as the Soul ne- ver lets go its Hold, and is infeparably joined toChrif . Fourthly, What is that Meafcre of Afru-, lance that is neeeffary and requifto to juflii eying Faith ? I ea2fwer, Look unto the Ends of Faith; which are the Salvation of the Soul from Sin
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