TimSoralet efedualcalliug te Chriíf. 339 which we now fpeake ofin vocation,andDivines do truly fay that we are bound to trnft inGod by the firft Commandement, but that troll is not this faith, but it is ofa marvellous farre Jiff;rent nature : Know therefore that to truft and be- leeve in Chrift favingly is thus much, when the foule is wholly pluckt off from it felfe, and goes wholly to another for that which it hash not of it felfe : this Adam had not, for Adam could not feeke to another for a principle oflife, for hee had it in himfelfe, neither was it finne in him , for the Angels themfelves doe not beleeve in Chrift, neither is it required ofthetn. Againe, Adam had a kinde oftruft and confidence in God, but nor this trnff, nor this faith; butit was this, fo farreas the creature be- ing a fecond cattle, fhould flayand move it felfe according to the firft caule, and toconcurre with the firft caufe untoany worke : This Adamhad, and theAngels have it inHeaven, which beleeve not in Chrifi. The blefi'ed Angels have a power fpirituall in themfelves, and they lay that all power is firflly inGod, and that he dothgoverne them and all the Heavens too ,and flay themfelves upon God firflly,and fo co-worke with God : but this is farre different from faying thus; the An- gels flay themfelves firft uponGod, as being the firft caufeofall created fubftances, and togoe to God, to fetch a principle of life fromGod, thefe are contraries. Themine obje&ionofall is this; If (fay they) Objelt. ; Adamnever had power tobeleeve, and fo belee- ving
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