The Breastplate of Faith and Love

So our Saviour said to Peter, Why doest thou doubt? Certainly Peter believed, or else he could not cast himself upon the water; and yet there was doubting indeed mingled with it: And indeed, if faith were not mixed with doubting, who should have faith? Did not David trust GOD much? and yet his faith was mixed with doubting: saith he, I shall perish one day by the hand of Saul, and yet he had faith: Therefore, I say, there may be faith, though we have not so full a persuasion.

So our Sauiour said to Peter, Why doest thou doubt? Certainely Peter beleeued, or else hee could not cast himselfe vhon the water; and yet there was doubting indeede mingled with it: And indeede, if faith were not mixt with doubting, who should haue faith? Did not Dauid trust GOD much? and yet his faith was mixed with doubting: saith he, I shall perish one day by the hand of Saul, and yet he had faith: Therefore, I say, there may be faith, though we haue not so full a perswasion.

¹But, you will say, how differs it from opinion?

1. 1Object.Obiect.

¹Opinion is an assent to a truth, with a fear lest the contrary may be true:² it differs from opinion in the object: the object of opinion is something in its own nature uncertain, but Faith pitcheth upon the Word of GOD, which is in its own nature infallible, and cannot deceive.