The breast plate of faith and love ..: delivered in 18 sermons upon three severall texts . to thelaft point. The righteoufheffc of C h x i s t is reuea-led from faith to faith. The firft poynt yee haue heard • that, RighteoufncfTc is reuealed and offered inthe Gofpell to as many as will take it. As alfo, Thclecond, That it is by faith by whichwe arc made to partake of this righteoufnefTe,it is reuealed from faith to faich j that is, it isfo reuealed as that it is taken by faith. The third point, that we are now to han-dle, is this,ti at. Faith admits degrees y and wee ought euerjCbriftian togr
The breast plate of faith and love ..: delivered in 18 sermons upon three severall texts . to thelaft point. The righteoufheffc of C h x i s t is reuea-led from faith to faith. The firft poynt yee haue heard • that, RighteoufncfTc is reuealed and offered inthe Gofpell to as many as will take it. As alfo, Thclecond, That it is by faith by whichwe arc made to partake of this righteoufnefTe,it is reuealed from faith to faich j that is, it isfo reuealed as that it is taken by faith. The third point, that we are now to han-dle, is this,ti at. Faith admits degrees y and wee ought euerjCbriftian togroivfrom degree to degree* In this proportion faith admits of degrees, | dc£rcesand that we ought to grow from one degreeto another, I finde two parts; Firft,rhat there are degrees of , that we orght to grow from de-gree to degree. Forthefirft, that I may run through them asbriefcly as I can, There are degrees in 1 faith in thefe foure refpc&s: as there arc s [H 3] two Dott. %. Faith admits Two parts inthe Doftrinc. Faith admitsof degrees , fm-*m*mi*mm. Of Faith. In jpcrfwaficn. ObhSt Anfi. two a&s of faith,onc whereby we rake Chrift>and that we call a direft a<ft,by which we tru-ly lay hold on him,& receiue him as our Lordand Sauiour. The fecond is that aft of faithby which we know we haue receiued him,thereflc&aft which is aflurance, both thefe re-ceiue degrees: The fir ft receiues degrees inthree reipe&s : the laft receiues degrees,I willname but one,and (o make vp the fourth. The firft ad: by which we receiue and takeCbrifi the Mefiiai offered vnto vs, it admitsthis firft degree,there is a great degree of per-fwafion that ehrifi is offered, and that heeisours,that he is giuen by God the Father ; andthough I find this propofedin the Word,thatChrtft is giuen to vs, yet there are degrees ofthe perfwafion of the truth of this ; and thiswe need not wonder at; for though it be faith,and though the perfwafion be true, and good,and firme, yet not
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