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

The first part is commonly called the Impetration, the second the Application (or rather, the Communication) As God did first do himself the work of Creation, and thence result his Relations of our Owner, our Ruler, and our Chief Good (or our Love, or End, or Benefactor;) so Christ first doth the works which make him our Redeemer towards God; and then he is also our Owner, our Ruler, and our communicative Benefactor, hereupon. And this seemeth intimated by those phrases, Heb. 5.8. & 2.9, 10. where he is said to learn obedience by the things which he suffered, that is, as a subject exercised obedience, and so learnt to know by experience what obeying is. And that (the Captain of our salvation was made perfect by sufferings, and for suffering death was crowned with glory) because his sufferings did constitute him a perfect Captain or Redeemer in performance; though before he was perfect in ability. As he that undertaketh to redeem some Turkish galley-slaves by conquering their Navy, is made a perfect Redeemer, or Conqueror, when he hath taken the ⟨p. 193⟩fleet, though yet the prisoners are in his power, to release them on such terms at seem best to him. And as a man is a perfect Chirurgeon, when (besides his skill) he is furnished with all his instruments or salves (how costly soever) though yet the cure is not done: Or as he that hath ransomed prisoners is a perfect Ransomer, when he hath paid the price, though yet they are not delivered, nor have any actual right themselves to claim deliverance by. I here mention this, because the building upon that foundation, which is supposed to be already laid and finished, and the seeking of the further salvation which yet we have no possession of, nor perhaps any title to, are works so very different, that he that doth not discern the difference, cannot exercise the Christian faith: Because it is to be necessarily exercised by two such different acts, or different ways of acting and applying our selves to our Redeemer.

The first part is commonly called the Impetration, the second the Application (or rather, the Communication) As God did first do himself the work of Creation, and thence result his Relations of our Owner, our Ruler, and our Chief Good (or our Love, or End, or Benefactor;) so Christ first doth the works which make him our Redeemer towards God; and then he is also our Owner, our Ruler, and our communicative Benefactor, hereupon. And this seemeth intimated by those phrases,