The life of faith in three parts, the first is a sermon on Heb.…

3. Experience to make this knowledge and belief to be satisfactory, powerful and firm. Especially the experience of the Spirits effectual operations in our selves, by the means of this word, Rom. 5.4. & 8.9. Gal. 4.6.

4. The historical knowledge of the Scripture matters of fact, and how God in all ages (since Scripture times) hath fulfilled his Word, both promises and threatenings, and what Christ, and Satan, Grace and Sin, have been doing in the world. Therefore the Scripture is written so much by way of history; and therefore the Jews were so often charged to tell the history of Gods works to their children, 1 Cor. 10.1, 2, 6, 7, 11. Exod. 12.29. Deut. 26.22. Josh. 4.6, 21, 22. & 22▪ 24, 27. Therefore the writing of Church-history is the duty of all ages, because Gods Works are to be known, as well as his Word: And as it is your forefathers duty to write it, it is the children's duty to learn it (or else the writing it would be vain.) He that knoweth not what state the Church and world is in, and hath been in, in former ages, and what God hath been doing in the world, and how error and sin have been resisting him, and with what success, doth want much to the completing of his knowledge.

4. The historical knowledge of the Scripture matters of fact, and how God in all ages (since Scripture times) hath fulfilled his Word, both promises and threatnings, and what Christ, and Satan, Grace and Sin, have been doing in the world. Therefore the Scripture is written so much by way of history; and therefore the Jews were so often charged to tell the history of Gods works to their children,