A treatise of faith divided into two parts. The first showing the nature, the…A treatise of faith diuided into two parts. The first shewing the nature, the…

Sixthly, we have the grant of pardon sealed in our consciences, and possess it privately in part, but as yet the Judge hath not solemnly pronounced his sentence of absolution, nor set us in full and real possession, of absolute, complete, entire acquittance & remission. This therefore we expect, and pray for, which will not be till the time of refreshing come.¹ So long as we walk by faith, and not by sight, we still pray for the sight of that, as touching which we have now but the comfort of faith and hope, which is in part and imperfect. By faith we know that we are redeemed both in soul and body,² yet still we sigh in our selves, waiting for the adoption, even the redemption of our bodies. Our adversaries object again, that by praying that Christs merits may be made ours in particular, we greatly abase them As though the prophet David did abase God in making him his in particular, saying,³ The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, my God and my strength, my shield, the horn of my salvation, and my ⟨p. 111⟩refuge: The Lord is my shepherd,⁴ I shall not want which agreeth sweetly with the voice of the faithful, He is our God, and he will save us; ⁵He is our Lord (not only by right of sovereignty, but of love and affection) and he will save us. As though Elihu did abase God in calling him, My Father; or Thomas did did abase our Saviour Christ in calling him,⁶ My Lord and my God; or Paul, when he glorieth and triumpheth in Christ after this manner,⁷ who loved me and gave himself for me; viz, in a special and peculiar manner, and not only as he loved Esau, Judas, and other reprobates. We do no injury to God to make him ours in particular, because he hath said,