288 netiouo gtzít°. De Incar- nat. lib.2. Quefï. 7. Maria in verba Angeli confentiens dixit ; Ecce ancilla Domini, flat mihi fecundum verbum tuum, Lu%. I. 38. faith Zanchy. No fooner did fhe fay an Amen of Faith to the Promife, but Chrift was conceived in her ; therefore after her Faith, the Angel immediately departed from her, as having his errand already dif- patched:anfwerably the Chriftian firft believes, and then Christ is formed in him in all thofe fandifying Graces which make up the holy Image of Chrift.The Apoftles expreffing thofe Graces under the notion of forming Chrift in ur, Gal. 4. i9. feems to hint out this Con- gruity. Seventhly, This way there will be a Congrui- ty between the being of thefe Graces, and the ail- ing of them; whileft both proceed from Faith depending upon Christ the head of Grace. The Believers life is in Scripture called a life of Faith;not as if there were not Love,Meeknefs, Obedience, Patience, with all the other Graces in him, but becaufe Faith is the grand princi- ple which moves every one of them. Faith worketh by love, faith the Apoftle, Gal. 5. 6. and fo it worketh by Meeknefs,Obedience,Pa - tience, and all other Graces, being as it were blood and fpirits running in every part of the New Creature. All Graces are fet a working by Faith, and if they alto receive their being through it, there is a Congruity between their being and working. Upon thefe Congruities I take it, that Faith is firft in order, and then other Graces. As
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