A treatise of faith : wherein methodically is handled, the nature of true, saving, justifying faith, in opposition unto counterfeit .. . at as touching theirgood and concerning them,he faith arter a fort,they maycommand him. By all which it may appeare,before weecan wrarrantably beleeue in God,as reckoning vpon hisfauour and loue to finde mercie at his hands, for the par-don of our finnes, and our owne gratious acceptationwith him: or for the receiuing any bleffing from him, orany rightcoufnefle as from the God cfourfaluation\ wee muft C h a p. 5. or the power ofGodlineffc. muft firft gee the
A treatise of faith : wherein methodically is handled, the nature of true, saving, justifying faith, in opposition unto counterfeit .. . at as touching theirgood and concerning them,he faith arter a fort,they maycommand him. By all which it may appeare,before weecan wrarrantably beleeue in God,as reckoning vpon hisfauour and loue to finde mercie at his hands, for the par-don of our finnes, and our owne gratious acceptationwith him: or for the receiuing any bleffing from him, orany rightcoufnefle as from the God cfourfaluation\ wee muft C h a p. 5. or the power ofGodlineffc. muft firft gee the knowledge of Chrift Iefus,and by faithfeeke to apprehend him : that being firft ingrafted intoChrift Iefus by faith, and admitted to a holy vnion andcommunion with the Sonne, wee may haue fellowfhipwith the Father,and fo be brought to God by him : ac-cording as he is faid to bepcrfeff/y able to fane all that doecome to God by him. And this is that which Peter fpea-keth of,when hee faith, that the faithfull doe by Chriftbeleeue in God; who raifed him vp from the dead, andgaue him glorie, that their faith and hope might be inGod. 25. Chap. V. The manner of knowledge of Chrift ^voith the per- fwafton that is necejptry to faith. manner of knowledge is that,which is ne-ceffaryfor vs to haue ofChrifi Iefus, thatfowe may the better beleeue in him ? A. Not a confufed or a generall know-ledge of Chrift alone; not a bare fpecula-tiueknowledge of him,and of the myfterie of faluationby him, which is the beft knowledge that the moft haueof Chrift; which is yet but idle and vnfruitfull, and auai-leth nothing to a cleare and diftinft know-ledge of the myfterie of faluation in Chrift Iefus, as thefame is reuealed in the Gofpell; whereby we may knowafluredly that it is he, and hee onely, whom the Fatherhath fealed & fent into the world,that the world by himmight be faued: who (being fore-ordained to this greatandbleflfed worke of mans redemption and fauing theworld,be
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