t etfouk aftbi lairs fidei, f rd achis fidei 2 charitati$ f mul; believe in God if not precifely an at! of Faith,bstt of Faith and Charity together.So infepitable are thefe two Graces. But leaving the School'= men, I (hall proceed. Faith conne6is allGraces together in a triple way; it connects them the fontal caufe, the holy Spirit, which it re- ceives ; all Graces are from the Spirit, and the Spirit is received by Faith ; hence rivers of living water flow. in the Believers heart, Joh. 7. 3 8. that is, All Graces flow there as waters from a fountain ; it connects them in the Rule; the Command of Göd, which it univerfally re= fpeá s. It is obferved by Divines, That the five lait Commands in Veut. 5: run thus, dhoti J alt not kir, and thou jhalt not commit Adulte- ty, and thou bah not Steal, and thou halt noiè bear falfe Witnef and thou (halt not Covet; Z he word, And, points out to us,that all the Corn= mands are coupled together by God, like the Curtains of the Tabernacle ; all are as it were one body, and Faith hath a refpet to every one of them, and in every one owns the fame Ramp of Divine Authority. He that laid, Love thy God, faid allo, Love thy Neigh- bour : 14e that faid, Be Zealous, Paid alto, Be Meek, and Patient, and Obedient, and abun- dant in all Grace. It conneeks them allo in the end, th5Glory of God, which it looks at in ali things; all Graces tend to that Glory, and :,Faith is the fìngle eye which guides them ail nárr. iri thither. Boman opus intentio facit, intentzonenï Pfal.3;, itt fide: diriiit, faith St. Auf in ; Faith knows Praf. Y a what 313
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