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A commentary or exposition, upon the five first chapters of the Epistle to the…A commentarie or exposition, vpon the fiue first chapters of the Epistle to the…
A commentary or exposition, upon the five first chapters of the Epistle to the Galatians: penned by the godly, learned, and judicial divine, Mr. W. Perkins. Now published for the benefit of the Church, and continued with a supplement upon the sixth chapter, by Rafe Cudworth Bachelor of DivinityA commentarie or exposition, vpon the fiue first chapters of the Epistle to the Galatians: penned by the godly, learned, and iudiciall diuine, Mr. W. Perkins. Now published for the benefit of the Church, and continued with a supplement vpon the sixt chapter, by Rafe Cudworth Bachelour of Diuinitie
Cambridge: printed by John Legat, 1604Cambridge: printed by Iohn Legat, 1604
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The internal means of Adoption, is Faith in Christ. And for the better conceiving of it, three questions are to be propounded. §20The first, what a kind of faith is this? Ans. A particular or special faith: and it hath three acts, or effects. The first is, to believe Christ to be Jesus, that is, a Saviour: the second is, to believe that Christ is my or thy Saviour: the third §25is, to put the confidence of heart in him. When Thomas felt the wounds of Christ, he said, My Lord, and my God: and thereupon Christ said, Because thou hast seen thou believest. Joh. 20. 29. Here mark, that to believe Christ to be my Christ, is faith. Against this special faith, the Papists object three arguments. §30The first is this: Every special faith must have a special word of God for his ground: but there is no special word that thy sins, or my sins, are forgiven by Christ: therefore there is no special faith. Ans. We have that which in force and value is equivalent to a special word: namely, a general promise, §35with a commandment to apply the said promise to our selves. Secondly, I answer, that the word and promise of God generally propounded in Scripture, is made particular in the public Ministry in which when the word is preached to any people, God reveals two things unto them: one, that his ⟨p. 240⟩will is to save them by Christ: the other, that his will is that men should believe in Christ. And the word thus applied in the public Ministry in the name of God, is as much as if an Angel should particularly speak unto us from heaven.
The internall meanes of Adoption, is Faith in Christ. And for the better conceiuing of it, three questions are to be propounded. §20The first, what a kind of faith is this? Ans. A particular or speciall faith: and it hath three acts, or effects. The first is, to beleeue Christ to be Jesus, that is, a Sauiour: the second is, to beleeue that Christ is my or thy Sauiour: the third §25