or `` Form of Fit& ¶7 Perfwafion of his Salvation'; neither yet only after Faith, is he to have any ffich Perfwafion but in Faith he is to believe certainly and fully : For the Perfwafion of Salvation, through, and only from the Me- rits of Chrift, is Faith`, before which "Faith, confefs, there is no Perfwafion : For Faith cannot be before it fell, (z.) There feerns to be force inconceivable Myftery in this Ob- jection, through confounding of the Affurance ofFaith, and the Affurance of Evidence For I frill enquire, Whether the firfi A&- of Faith, . which you fay is the Condition of Your Affurance, whether it ought to have Affurance, or not ? It is the Obje&of jufti fying Faith that is called for 'till. I ask, What is the humbled Soul to believe, which believed, may be Ground of this Perfwa- fion ? Is it, that Chrift is fufficient to fave him ? This cannot be the adequate Obje& of Faith; thou Faith that juftifies Both na- turally believe it : Becaufe many do believe, that Chrift is able to fave them who yet are never Paved. I ask further, What Ground of Confidence give ye to a poor humbled Sinner, that is prepared for Chrift but yet path not a&ually doled with him, to rely on Chrill confidently for Remiffion of Sins? if ye make Humiliation, Gbod Delires, the Ground of the Confident . relying. on Chrift, ye turn them from Chrift, and.caule them run to
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