Of justification four disputations clearing and amicably defending the truth against the unnecessary oppositions…

Now the Jews did generally and gladly acknowledge that the Messiah or Mediator must be Received, Welcomed, Honoured, Loved, submitted to: but they could not Believe that Christ was he; And this was foolishness to the Gentiles also, as well as a stumbling-block to the Jews; that one that lived and walked among them, and seemed a poor contemptible man, and at last was crucified, should be God and the great Redeemer and Lord of the world. I tremble sometimes to think, if we had lived our selves in those times, how hard it would have been even to us to believe; so that when the great Difficult act is named, the other (Consent and Affiance) are still implied, and included. I will end with Amesius true observation to this purpose, Medul. l. 1. c. 3. Quamvis in scripturis aliquando Ascensus veritati quae est de Deo & Christo, Joh. 1.50. habetur pro vera fide; includitur tamen semper specialis fiducia: atque adeo omnibus in locis ubi sermo est de salutari fide, vel praesupponitur fiducia in Messiam, & indicatur tantum determinatio, vel applicatio ejus ad personam Christi; vel per Assensum illum designatur, tanquam effectum per suam causam, Joh. 11.25, 26, 27. (§ 20.)

Now the Jews did generally and gladly acknowledge that the Messias or Mediator must be Received, Welcomed, Honoured, Loved, submitted to: but they could not Believe that Christ was he; And this was foolishness to the Gentiles also, as well as a stumbling-block to the Jews; that one that lived and walked among them, and seemed a poor contemptible man, and at last was crucified, should be God and the great Redeemer and Lord of the world. I tremble sometimes to think, if we had lived our selves in those times, how hard it would have been even to us to believe; so that when the great Difficult act is named, the other (Consent and Affiance) are still implyed, and included. I will end with Amesius true observation to this purpose, Medul. l. 1. c. 3. Quamvis in scripturis aliquando Ascensus veritati quae est de Deo & Christo, Joh. 1.50. habetur pro vera fide; includitur tamen semper specialis fiducia: atque adeo omnibus in locis ubi sermo est de salutari fide, vel praesupponitur fiducia in Messiam, & indicatur tantum determinatio, vel applicatio ejus ad personam Christi; vel per Assensum illum designatur, tanquam effectum per suam causam,