Some general directions for a comfortable walking with God delivered in the lecture at…Some generall directions for a comfortable walking with God deliuered in the lecture at…

The Protestants teach, saith he, that a man is justified by special ¹faith, whereby he persuadeth himself, that he is just. Now then he reasoneth thus: When I begin to believe that I am just, I am either just or unjust. If just, then I am not justified by faith, by which I believe my self to be just, because this faith is after my justification. If unjust, then this faith is false, and so a man should be justified by a lye.

The Protestants teach, saith he, that a man is iustified by speciall ¹faith, whereby he perswadeth himselfe, that he is iust. Now then he reasoneth thus: When I begin to beleeue that I am iust, I am either iust or vniust. If iust, then I am not iustified by faith, by which I beleeue my selfe to bee iust, because this faith is after my iustification. If vniust, then this faith is false, and so a man should be iustified by a lye.

1. 1Bell. de notis Ecclesiae, cap. 11▪ Sect. Sectarij nostri temporis.]

To this horned Argument we answer thus: There are sundry acts of special faith: for my purpose at this time, take notice of two.

To this horned Argument wee answer thus: There are sundry acts of speciall faith: for my purpose at this time, take notice of two.

1. A fiducial assent, resting upon the merit of Christ, an affiance, dependence, adherence, reliance, or if there be any other word expressing that act of an humbled soul, whereby it casteth and reposeth it self only upon Gods promise in Christ, for the obtaining of remission of sins, and everlasting life. In this act, the poor soul enlightened and affrighted with sight and sense of its sin and misery, and seeing an infinite impossibility of satisfying God for the one, or freeing it self from the other, by any means or merit in heaven or earth; but only by the propitiatory mediation of