An exposition of the Symbol or Creed of the Apostles according to the tenor…An exposition of the Symbole or Creed of the Apostles according to the tenour…

Some again are of mind, that love is the very nature and form of faith: but it is otherwise. For as confidence in God, so also love is an effect which proceeds from faith. 1. Tim. 1.5. The end of the law is love from a pure heart and good conscience & faith unfeigned. And in nature they differ greatly. Christ is the fountain of the waters of life. Faith in the heart is as the pipes & leads that receive in & hold the water: & love in some part is as the cock of the conduit, that lets out the water to every comer. The property of the hand is to hold; & of it self it cannot cut: yet by a knife or other instrument put into the hand, it cuts: the hand of the soul is faith; & his property is to apprehend Christ with all his benefits, & by it self it can do nothing else: yet join love to it, & by love it will be effectual in all good duties.¹

Some again are of mind, that loue is the very nature and forme of faith: but it is otherwise. For as cōfidence in God, so also loue is an effect which proceeds frō faith. 1. Tim. 1.5. The end of the law is loue frō a pure heart and good conscience & faith vnfained. And in nature they differ greatly. Christ is the fountain of the waters of life. Faith in the heart is as the pipes & ledds that receiue in & hold the water: & loue in some part is as the cocke of the cōduit, that lets out the water to euery cōmer. The property of the hād is to hold; & of it self it cānot cut: yet by a knife or other instrumēt put into the hād, it cuts: the hād of the soule is faith; & his property is to apprehend Christ with al his benefits, & by it self it cā do nothing els: yet ioyn loue to it, & by loue it wilbe effectual in al good duties.¹

1. 1Gal. 5.6.