A treatise of faith : wherein methodically is handled, the nature of true, saving, justifying faith, in opposition unto counterfeit .. . d peace to all thy helpers, for thy Godhelpeth tk 73 lee. How faitb is decerned, and the true being thereof made manifest, both to the beleeuer him* felfey and to others. you to returne againe to yourformerfpeech yon were in hand with,I would,be glad to hearefomwhat more of that point:how faith (whichy oh hatie faid) may hauea being in a mans heart, when yet it is notfelt, commeth at all to be difcerned; and how at length thet
A treatise of faith : wherein methodically is handled, the nature of true, saving, justifying faith, in opposition unto counterfeit .. . d peace to all thy helpers, for thy Godhelpeth tk 73 lee. How faitb is decerned, and the true being thereof made manifest, both to the beleeuer him* felfey and to others. you to returne againe to yourformerfpeech yon were in hand with,I would,be glad to hearefomwhat more of that point:how faith (whichy oh hatie faid) may hauea being in a mans heart, when yet it is notfelt, commeth at all to be difcerned; and how at length thetrue being thereof may be made manifefi ? A. When the feed of God his Word, which is im-mortall and abideth euer, whereof this precious faith isbcgotten,is once fowne in our hearts,and becommeth foblefTed there, and profpered from aboue, as it fhootethout this bleffcd bud,and caufeth this pleafant plant of fa-uing faith (how tender foeuer it may appeare to be at thefirft),tofpringvpasfromamo{tfure lafting and liuelyroote, full of fappe and good nouriture, fo to feede andcherifti it alwaies,as it can neuer die afterward, till wee bd. Row faith isdifcerned, 74 Mans attim Obedience^ Ch a be faued. In whom it is fo planted, that this failing faithhath once giuen vnto it a found beginning of the truebeing therof,that it is now habituated and incorporatedinto the minde of the true beleeuer (whithis called thefirft a£t of faith); when (I fay) we once become to hauethe habiteofthis grace put into vs, and foundly plantedand feated in our hearts : the knowledge of this (if it canbe truly difcerned, and vndoubtedly fattened vpon), isqueftionleffethefureftandfafeft to truftvnto, for themthat are able to find out fuch a work thus to be wroughtin them: for this worke being once done, is neuer to doeagain e,becaufe it cannot be vndone for euer anymore;for fuch grace once truly had,neuer faileth the hauer af-terward, it being a part of the regeneration and new-bir
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