The humbled sinner resolved what hee should do to bee saved : or, faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the only way of salvation for sensible sinners .. . gcaeral nature of believing, which i«anaffcnt unco all fpoken by God, asmoft trueand credi-ble. Secondly, particularly, of juftifying faith. Faith (as you well know) hath a double afpcd, one is tothe whole revealed Word of God, another is to God inChrift, ortoJefusChrift. I am not now to fpcak of it, as an eye which may fee allcolours, buc as an eye fixing ic fclf on fome Angular and fpe- cial 3^ Faith in , dcjcrthed. Gh. j. Sed, j; $m
The humbled sinner resolved what hee should do to bee saved : or, faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, the only way of salvation for sensible sinners .. . gcaeral nature of believing, which i«anaffcnt unco all fpoken by God, asmoft trueand credi-ble. Secondly, particularly, of juftifying faith. Faith (as you well know) hath a double afpcd, one is tothe whole revealed Word of God, another is to God inChrift, ortoJefusChrift. I am not now to fpcak of it, as an eye which may fee allcolours, buc as an eye fixing ic fclf on fome Angular and fpe- cial 3^ Faith in , dcjcrthed. Gh. j. Sed, j; $mfd. ciaIobjea(v/«,.>on Jefus Chnft, in refpeft of whom, ic iscalled jiiftitying iauh : The bekevingoii whom may be thus dcfcdbeci. ^ CHAP. in Chrifi^ what, deferikd. T ts a (inguUr Grace ofGod^v^herelfy the heart and ^ VPiHofafe^Jihle ^nner^ doth tal^e and embrace Je- [pu Chrtfi m hu ferfettAnd offices^ and doih whotj or onelj refl 9n him for pardon ofJi»^ and eternal life. There are many things to be opened in this defcription ,forafmuch as all the force of true faith, cannot at once in afew fliort words be clearly expreffed, .. SECT, I. COnfider therefore, ihz ffnng or fount Ainoi this faith is atheaven • Gods eteru^l decree is the radical caufe of it: foAEis 13. 48. As many as were ordatnedto etern 4 Ufe^ believed •and the inftrumentAl caufe of it is the fVord ofGod, Rom. 10ly. Faith comes hj heaying^anl hearingIfJ the Word ofGodyindthe immediate a»d lingular cattfe ot it is the Spirit of Godr^ 21. there it is an exprefs peaking parti-ailarly of helleving on the Name of ChriB^ he addcth, verfe 13,mett come to this ^ not k ing horn of blood^mr of the wit! oftheftefht^nor of the wtllofma?i^ hut of God, That the will or heart of man (hould be brought off fromit felf,and to abhor its own condition and (ufficiency, and totake Chrift as God propounds him, to be the only rock uponwhich I muft build my Salvation, to bee the only Lord, to
Size: 1629px × 1533px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorsedgwickobadiah1600, booksubjectpuritans, bookyear1660
