Vindication of the doctrine of the Divine person, and eternal Sonship of Christ : with some things interspersed relating to the doctrines of the Blessed Trinity, and the satisfaction of Christ, being an extract of the sentiments of the Assembly of Divines at Westminster, and some modern authors .. . Dr. B A T E S, By Way of IKTROT)UCTlOll,Fag. T8g, to 5-97. ^^!^*S|<^- 5^/^i, difcourfing upon doflrinal^li^l faith, fays as follows: ,^]^ Dodlrinal Faith I will confider,i^ * I. In its nature. 2. The objecls« of it, 3. The motives. 4. Theefficacy. I. The nature of it. All the notions offait
Vindication of the doctrine of the Divine person, and eternal Sonship of Christ : with some things interspersed relating to the doctrines of the Blessed Trinity, and the satisfaction of Christ, being an extract of the sentiments of the Assembly of Divines at Westminster, and some modern authors .. . Dr. B A T E S, By Way of IKTROT)UCTlOll,Fag. T8g, to 5-97. ^^!^*S|<^- 5^/^i, difcourfing upon doflrinal^li^l faith, fays as follows: ,^]^ Dodlrinal Faith I will confider,i^ * I. In its nature. 2. The objecls« of it, 3. The motives. 4. Theefficacy. I. The nature of it. All the notions offaith agree in this •, tis a dependance upon thetruth of another. Thus trufl; is called faith ;be aufe ic relies upon the truth of a promife :and one is faid to keep his faith inv^iolate,when he performs the promife thai another re-lied on. Faith in the propriety of exprcfTion,is an affent to the veracity of the fpeaker : ac-cordly divine faith is a firm alTent of the mindto things, upon the authority of divine reve-lation. Tis diftinguidied from imagination,and from comprehenfive reafon. Fancy draws a copy of rhofe ohje(5LS thnt arcperceived by the external fenfes, or compoundsmany copies together, but creates no imaR;e3of things not perceptible by th? fenfes. Wecan imagine mountains cf gold^ bcc
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