;csa The third Sermone Ëe are now córrie to the account it (cite, andto the Matterofthee'aducbrconfeffion :Ibeleeue that ereisteller a c 7riae r. S `o ! Chrii t ie theSono fGod . The plai n doftrinehere is¿ That the 6eleenng oflefue Chrifl to be theSon ofGod ittheneryfubftascc f thatfaitbwmss'htareyuiredtfat nation. This is plainely tobee gathered hence. The Eunuchdefired Baptitme, (the badgeof a Chril}i- an:)Philip enquirethof him, whether liehaue that which maketh a Chrillian ; heeanfwcreth, I Mettle forThis anfwer is approued and taken for funicient ;. to that beleeuethat which thisEureeeb hereackaowledgeth, is the very ífcoffacing faith,it is the fummeofall that is required to fàluaticn, and without it therein nofaluation. And thiicolle/licn isiu(liliabk fhom hence,lo mud therather,becauferhechiefeconfefiionsandabridgementsoftheCltrilli- anFaith, whichare in the newTetiament,confilvpon this pointchiefly : as,that aXlat.r6.16, memorableone made byPeter in the nameof th-e cell ofthe Apoflles, .7he* art the Chrifl theSonof theliming God: then that in ;oh* (which it maybe is the famewith the former, itteffeet I imbue it differs ah not)Webeleeneandknow that hloh,6.69. thou'artthe Chrifl theSon ofthe ltnmgGod": Thirdly,thstofthe blindeman,Def6 e Ieli.9.35 .18 thou6eleeucintheSonofGod? Lordlbeleene5.: Fourthly, that cifillartha, lbeleeue dIoh.tt.ag, that thouar:theChrifttheSonofGod,thatjhouldsortie into the worldd,Therefolemn declarationsof theFaith required to faluation, doall concurre in this onegene, tall point,}clueChrftit theSonof God. The doetrineofScripture iscalled, the cRow.to n wordoffaithe;itis therefore committed' co record thatmen mightbeleese£. Now floh.sò;s. the pith of thewholeScripture is,lefn;Chrrft; Flee isthe endftheLawn; robins iealltheProphets witne eh, and thefummeofthe Gofpell is,that whofeeuer de. [email protected] 8 itoh. 3,t6 leeuethin himJbouldnotperifb, but hatee lifeeuerlaftin i., if then Christ bee thetab fianceofthe Scripture,needsmufl thebuilding vpon himbe the femmeofFa?tb. . Faith goeth no further thentheWord, and the Wordbath nomore to teachbut ksIoh.ç.si. this, that Godbathgismovntovseterna(life, and thie lifeit inbit Son k. Thus fora generallopeningofthis do&rice. To theendit may bethemoreproftdble,we Trull confiderfomewhatmore exaftly, what it is, tobeleene thatfella' ChrOtathe Son of God: Firs ingenerali to beleeue, betokeneth two things. r To hold a matterto bea truth, and foit is an aftion of the vnderfianding power, a. To trot} to a thing, or torelyvpon it,andfo itis an aft ofthewill,and itTueth outof the former. Secondly, (accordingto this) tobeleese that refit Chriftis theSonof god,comprehendeth two things. t. Toapprehendthisas afound and vndeni, able truth, that fella ChrU is theSonofGod. a. Toconceive itas a doetrine into weh a mans felt hath fomeinteref},and foto relyand reti thereupon for future benefit. Fir ti, that thispropottion,lefttuu the SonofGod,isanabfolute and un- deniabletruth, it mutt beerefolueel: It is the ground-worke of Faith, and the foundation without which it cannot Hand. It was the errandupon which lohu Bapti(I fent hisdifciples untoChrilt, that theyfrom his owne mouth might bee 1Tlat:v.;' made fore, thatit was FleethatJhouldcome,and seediertobeleokedfort. The cee- Auaoritatde: taintyherein is gottenby the Scripture : andindeed (to beleeue)os it is an aftof ßcmus quoit thevnderttanding, is properly tosilent veto amatter, and to take it asa truth, etedimrrt vpon the report and credit ofanother, So then, a man mull beepoffeffed with Auguft.
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