An Expofttion of the Epiflle 194 ~ The Second reafon why he mentioneth both is this, He fpeaks of Faith, (as Ser.X IV. you fee, who jirfl.trujled ittChrifl; itJ _whof!11' alfo tr~fled, and aper y_ottbe– ~ Jievtdy_ou werejealed, (!$c.) Now Fa1th, tt IS feated m two faeulnes, m the Vtiderflmzdit~g, and in the_Will. Anfwerably, what bath the Gofpel? To fa– tisfie ·the Underfiandmg, 1t bath the greatefi truth m the World, 1t 1s the word of truth, the Underfianding clofeth with that. To fatisfie the Will, it bath the greatefi good in the World, it is theGofpel of Satvatiotl, So that now fir!\ , a man being perfwaded of the lruthof the Gofpel, and that truth being matter of falvation, his will bath reafon to clofe with it, and fo he makes up the bargain with God, that is, believeth. Heb,u.q. After they faw the Promifes, and were perf..vadtd of them, they embraced them. There was feeing and being perfwaded of them, as being thewordof truth ; there was embracing of them, as being the falvation of their Souls. · Thus you fee why the Gofpel is aword of trttth and the Gofpel of Salvation, and why the Apo!lle here joyns them both together. There remains the third thing in the Text to be handled; After thatyott btlievedyott werejtaled, which Sealing is an Earntf/, for fo it followethverfe 14. SER-
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