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 .. . ch there can h no remt&j\ for as muchas it is 2ifin awaits ft the onelj remedy of a finful foul. The fen-tence ot the Law may be repealed by the Gofpcl, bur not e6«?^f ry^There is no plaifter for the foul but the blood ofGhriftJwh^ yet iinbelid will ncjt take and receivei ; - J S^^j 3 Icisa f:n which ,(aS much as in it lies) makeiVoia!and Vain all the .Cuvenanr of (jr»^^^,^ turning alUthc gobd-nefs of it into nothing, and all the truths of it int
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 .. . ch there can h no remt&j\ for as muchas it is 2ifin awaits ft the onelj remedy of a finful foul. The fen-tence ot the Law may be repealed by the Gofpcl, bur not e6«?^f ry^There is no plaifter for the foul but the blood ofGhriftJwh^ yet iinbelid will ncjt take and receivei ; - J S^^j 3 Icisa f:n which ,(aS much as in it lies) makeiVoia!and Vain all the .Cuvenanr of (jr»^^^,^ turning alUthc gobd-nefs of it into nothing, and all the truths of it into lyes, andmakes the blood of Chrifi to befhed in VAin, Hi that helievetbnot maizes God a IjarJbecAufe he believethnot the record that Godgave of hit Son^ I John. ymlO. 4it is a fin which ^/rr^/y murders thofotil: becaufc it dothwiltuUy hold it off from (Shrift, who would upon believing,pardon, and juftifie> and fave. All thefe things being prcmifed, let us now defcend co-Wards the trial or evidences of tru^ faith in Chrift, where Ib?feechyouobIerve, . !:.^-: ^»iTiii ./jT) 1^ in I ;,[ii^iaii* N CHAP. 50 » CHAP. XIII. # Rules for the difcovery of faith. [Irft/ome Rulis ofT>ire[iiony{ot the manner of ef idence and teflify ing of faith, that you may 1;W« chif gs. I^S ^^HB| neither be deceived by frefrnfffttan^noc fCffUi^ td fcy ^xrtfr ^»^ donbtingv \ i 1 // f \ i\ ^ - ?• Secondly ,/tfWf lively wfimfesol trtitf faith^asi^he word oi God doth clearly reprcfent them*The Rules of difcovery and fiodbg out faith, which are T ^^^^ •^^ •^^^ things without which faith cannot be inX the heart>. and yet they dq iwui^andinfaliibly conclude that a man hath taith. .., . r^\^ ^ . - : ? They do well diftinguifti in the Schools twixt an Antece^dent^ and a Gaufcja Cm[e is fuch a thing as is before the effed,and which being pur, the effect alfo is^ pur, one will not gowithout rhc othev; But an Antecedent is that which muft gobefore another thing; yet
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