`ihe Bapsi ing o f theEunuèlá. Wichthis tiuth, by theauthority and teflimonyoftheScripture, thathe who ii called, lefrea ChrifI, is the verySonne of God, whothGod ofold promised to lend,beingmadeOf woman, to be the Prince of our faluation, and to make peace betwixt God andman, by hisblóodìThis isone neeeiray principle to be apprehendedonto laluaaon, neithercanany reportfettle a mans knowledge in this,but onlythe report ofGodhimfelfë fpeaking tovs in hisWord. Seéondl, ly, thistnARado be laidhold on,as a mattermore particularlyConcern ln§the beleeuet., Fora bare a,feot onto thispropolition, (lefus Chr f sa theSonof Cod) Cannot lose, lk ow;ha rhosare,(laid the cui(fpirit,therin he fpakeashe thought, and wasperfw:aded,) éuenthehal yoxeofgodm .And(hallwethinkthatthiswasall, mtu'k Was intended in the Epee hr acknowledgement, that hee gasiecredit voto the t't cripti coudhmgIrfa fhrr,Iiube theSonofGádt God forbid. HeMight haire doneto Sc yet never banebits faced. He had notbelëesi.d mlàhallhiaheart,ifhehad doneuo ntoreçltwas nece(lary there thould be álfoa relying;a reft calling himlelfevponChrift;a trufling to him, anexpefting faltiationby his indanes, à finingOf this generali truthtouching Chrilt, to his owifepártitul'ar for the ail-char ofhis Mule in the fight ofGod. And indeed thii is to necelTary a part of faith, that as (e cannot be without the former,.. (for mancannot rely%pod Chrilt, vnlefte he be certáihe, hei, the petfon tobe relyed vpon.;) fo the former is not rightly andsrnely apprehended vnleife thin; litter beeattained to or at mt. Iealtendeavoured for, For, fiat igenerally, if iserne that thepointsand articlrsi Offa;th,are focontrived,that thefatling'tn one,ouerthrowethall. Then, fcond ly, a mancánnot properly bee raid co beleéue the report of theScripture coud.. thing Chrilt,vnleffe he doe apply it to himfelfe:, Forhow,doth a man giveire- ait to this, that Orin it the Sonneof(îod,. andaS.reiosr,ifhi himfelfedö -notrely andhang vpon hint for hisovine fàluaraon. Sb that indeed it is iso,fall andcom- pleareanent, where therewants an aperlication of that ruthwhich is atfented into, to amans ovine particular,., klcwdan.I beletueChrilbtobe my Sauioura incept I know hip, t6be theprotpifedSauiour p andhowdoe I beleeuehitu t'á O<iee the promisedsattioyriifI dare not trait himwithMy mime Coale, and ant backyrardto dependupon him.fortt ÿ fclfe'' And the'ttfore in this, truely faith the ApcHe., that he mgkeih G,daEyer, that Bothnot práeedefront thegenefalL dbçtane of the pointofparticalarapplieation, that Godhash niae5(vr)etérnall n t Ioh;q.ró;` lfü. lt thenWee yceld (as wee needs mufiythattheEuhiechtdmorethenal- Pent n; this general! audiosids revealed in the Sctiptúre,and didla i holdvp . on ìt as a matter intonhiehhimielfe had interelt, tcannctbut follow'thence,. that the faith required to faluátion, bath in it betide the acknowledgemefitof the trnthin thevnderLanding, an tmbracirg it alfoi% the Will, and a depen- dancethereon, for the perfonallgood ofhim inwhom it isl And thus of this doetrinerouching thematter and akaof.Faith, leiru Chrif theSonnoofGod,: apprehended by the authorityoftheScripturetobefo3and laidholdvpon aía Saviours The efe is; principally.to mouevs to a due and diligentenquirie, whether 74 T%a' wewho fpeake ofFaitb,and,dot altomake full account ofbeing^faued by Chnik; doe fo beleene,as bathbeetle defcribed, and asout Mall doubt thisEmitted, did; nsmely,howwemay begroundedMad retied in thisby the teachingoftheSergi. lure, that leers Chrif it theSana?df God,in whom only God is pacified;and then next, how 'medicdependvponhimin partidular for our friars; with whatwar.. rant, and vpon what ttarwes. This isa matterthatdeferueth fcanning in the álolet of every heart that would bee faued. Certrinely it will appeare vpon Enquiry made, that if this bee to beleerle, furely then the number of beleeuers isexceeding final For fir ft, howrawe,hoeiconfufed, howvneertaine(gene- tally) is mens knowledge in this fnndathentali point, touching the per- fun, and orrice- of (Thrill Was f. How. few are able to prooue unto their Dd 3: owns
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