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Saith Mr. Perkins on the Creed, Pag. 128. [To believe is one thing, and to believe in this or that, is another thing, and is contains in it three Points or Actions of a Believer. 1. To know a thing. 2. to acknowledge the same. 3. To put trust and confidence in it. And in ⟨p. 66⟩this order must these three actions of faith be applied to every Article following, which concerns any of the persons in the Trinity. And this must be marked as a matter of special moment. For always by adding them to the words following, we do apply the Article to our selves, in a very comfortable manner. As, I believe in the Father; and do believe that he is my father, and therefore I put my whole trust in him: and so of the rest.] So far Perkins.

Saith Mr. Perkins on the Creed, Pag. 128. [To believe is one thing, and to believe in this or that, is another thing, and is contains in it three Points or Actions of a Believer. 1. To know a thing. 2. to acknowledge the same. 3. To put trust and confidence in it. And in ⟨p. 66⟩this order must these three actions of faith be applied to every Article following, which concerns any of the persons in the Trinity. And this must be marked as a matter of speceal moment. For alwayes by adding them to the words following, we do apply the Article to our selves, in a very comfortable manner. As, I believe in the Father; and do believe that he is my father, and therefore I put my whole trust in him: and so of the rest.] So far Perkins.

And it's worthy to be observed which Peter Martyr saith Loc. Commun. Ch. 2. in expofit. Symboli, pag. 421.] Age, sigillatim videamus, quid propriè hoc sibi velit, Credo in Deū — eū esse agnoscendum uti Deū i. e. Deum esse aeternū — bonū ex quo bonū aliud quodvis oritur: Unde, patet eum, qui quippiam tanti aut pluris faciat quàm Deum ipsum, dicere verè non posse, Credo in Deum. Si enim eum ut summum bonū agnoscat, nihil ei unquam anteposueris. Neque etiam is hoc rectè credat, qui usquam alibi spem suam collocet: quum spes non sit nisi boni cujusdam; si ergò Deus sit bonum unde quodvis bonum defluat, quicunque aliunde boni quidpam expectârit, in eum verè non crediderit. Praeterea qui bona quibus fruuntur, suae justitiae, industriae, factis sibi denique ipsis accepta ferunt, sensum verúmque (ut sic dicam) gustum hujus primae nostrae sidei capitis non habent —proculdubio ejusmodi homines non Deum propriè, sed Dei loco phantasmata & sui cerebri inventa colunt. Res (mihi crede) maximi momenti est verum Deum modo suo habere.]