The mature `of jiíMing Faith; 3., And i. It is evident from what bath been difcourfed, that it doth not confft in, that it is not to be fully expreffèd by any one /tingle habit or Aft of the Mind or Will diftinaly whatever. For there are fuch Defcriptions given of it in the Scripture, fuch things are propoted as the Obje& of it,, and fuch is the Experience of all that fincerely believe, as no one jingle .ACt either of the Mind or Will, can anfwer unto. Nor can an exa&t method of thofe Aers of the Soul which- are concurrent therein be prefcribed. Only what is Effén- tial unto it is manifeft. 2. That which in order of Nature .teems to have the pre- cedency is the .Af ent of the Mind unto that which the. Pfalmif betakes himfelf unto in the firft place for relief, under a fenfe of fin and trouble,Pfal _i 3 0.3,.4. If thou Lord f ouldf mark Ini- quity, O Lord, who f au Jland. The Sentence of the Law and Judgment of Confcience lye againft him as unto any Accep- tation with God. Therefore he defpairs in himfelf, of,flan ding in Judgment, or beingacquitted before him. In this ftate, that which the Soul firft fixeth on as unto its relief is,' that there is forgivenef with God. This as declared in the Gofpcl is, that. God in his Love and Grace will pardon and juftifia guilty finners through the blood and Mediation of Chrift... So it is propofed, Rom. 3. 23,. 24. The Affent of the Minc4: hereunto as propofèd in the Promife of the Gofpel, is the' root of Faith., the foundation of all that the Soul loth la, believing. Nor is there any Evangelical Faith without it.. But yet confider it abftraetedly as a meer At of the MMind, the Effence. and Nature of Juftifying Faith doth not confif± folely therein,, though it cannot be without it. But, 2.. This is accompanied in fincere Believing with an Appro- .bation of the way of Deliverance and Salvation propofed, a an effeer of Divine Grace, Wifdom and Love., whereon the Heart Both relt in it, and apply it felt unto it,:, according to the Mimi God,. This is that .Faith. whereby we arc.i tfti- fied.. i
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