The dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in several treatisesThe dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in severall treatises

3. Faith doth beget in a man Soul-establishing-Principles. The Principles of Grace and Holiness: The Graces of God, which are ([Greek or Hebrew]) Without Repentance: i. e. God doth never behave himself to those upon whom he hath bestowed these Graces,¹ as though he repented of the bestowing of them. Whom he hath enlightened, he doth not blind; whom he builds, he doth not destroy; and whom he plants, he doth not pull up.

3. Faith doth beget in a man Soul-establishing-Principles. The Principles of Grace and Holiness: The Graces of God, which are (〈non-Latin alphabet〉) Without Repentance: i. e. God doth never behave himself to those upon whom hee hath bestowed these Graces,¹ as though hee repented of the bestowing of them. Whom hee hath inlightened, hee doth not blinde; whom hee builds, hee doth not destroy; and whom hee plants, hee doth not pull up.

1. 1Sine mutation stabiliter fixa. So Aug. renders it, and hence he saith on that place. Nec quae illuminavit obcaecat, nec quae aedificavit destruit, nec quae plantavit avellit.Sine mutatione stabiliter fixa. So Aug. renders it, and hence he saith on that place. Nec quae illuminavit obcaecat, nec quae aedificavit destruit, nec quae plantavit avellit.

And Faith hath a great influence into this, to preserve and establish the heart from falling. It is said, — We are kept by the Power of God, through Faith to Salvation, 1 Pet. 1.5.

And Faith hath a great influence into this, to preserve and establish the heart from falling. It is said, — Wee are kept by the Power of God, through Faith to Salvation,