22 F aith alone. our own, antecedent unto this Reception, nor at any time inherent in us. Hence we argue , That if the Work of Faith in our 7nflification be receiving of what is freely granted, giz era, communicated and imputed unto us, that ir, of Chrifl, of the Attonerment, of the Gift of Righteoufnefs , of the forgivenefs of Sins, than have our other Graces, our Obedience, Duties, Works, no influence into our yuJ(lification , nor are anÿ Caufes or Conditions thereof. For they are neither that which cloth receive , nor that which is received, which alone concur thereunto. 2. Faith is expreffed by looking. Look unto me and be laved, Ifa. 45. 22. A man fball lookto his Maker, and his Eyes ¡hall have refpeEi unto the Holy One of ¡frac!, Chap. 17.1. They ¡hall look on me whom they have pierced Zech. 1 2. to. See Pfd. 123. 2. The nature hereof is expreffed, 1óh.3.14, 15. As Mofes lifted up the Serpent in the Wildernefs , even fo me the Son of man be lifted up, that whofoever believeth in him, fhould not perifh, but have eternal life. For fo was he to be lifted up on the Crofs in his Death, oh. 8.28. Chap. 12.32. The Story is recorded Numb. 21. 8, 9. I fuppofe none doubt but that the Stinging of the people by fiery Serpents, and the Death that enfued thereon, were Types of the guilt ofSin, and the Sentence of the fiery Law thereon. For there things happened unto them in Types, I Cor. 1o. II. When any was fo flung or bitten, if he betook himfelf unto any other Re- medies, he dyed and perifhed. Only they that looked unto the Brazen Serpent that was lifted up, were healed and lived. For this was the Ordinance of God, this way of healing alone, had he appointed. And their healing was a Type of the Pardon ofSin with everlaffing life. So by their looking, is the Nature of Faith exprefléd, as our Saviour plainly ex- pounds it in this Place. So muff the Son of man be lifted up, that he that believeth on him that is as the ¡fraelites looked unto the Serpent in the Wildernefs. And although this Ex- preffìon
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