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…

AS if it were a light thing, that God should forgive all our sins,¹ and heal our infirmities, he hath given promise of everlasting life to be conferred of his rich grace upon them that believe in Jesus Christ. God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish, but have everlasting life. ²And Christ hath purchased life everlasting no less for us, then righteousness:³ By the blood of Jesus we may be hold to enter into the Holiest, by the new and living way which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, His flesh. For this cause he is the Mediator of the New Testament, ⁴that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions, that were under the first Testament, they which are called, might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. And therefore as he is said to have made reconciliation for iniquity, ⁵and to have brought in everlasting righteousness: so also to have abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light. And he makes promise of everlasting life to them that hear and obey his voice.⁶ My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me; And I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish. In the Gospel we find eternal life promised upon condition of faith in Christ; Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved: and what God promiseth of free grace, that faith doth certainly receive. Life is promised upon condition of faith, and by faith we are quickened, entitled unto, and made partakers of life everlasting.⁷ He that believeth on the Son, hath everlasting life; He that heareth my Word, ⟨p. 257⟩and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life,