I. Scripture-light the most sure light ... delivered in three sermons on 2 Pet.…

But yet, that is not all: A man that doth repose upon God in Christ, trusting in him, doth trust unto him for some good thing that lies out of sight; and therefore the Apostle saith, That Faith is the Evidence of things not seen, Heb. 11. where he gives divers Instances of Abraham, Sarah, Moses, and others, who all did repose upon God for somewhat that lay out of view; and this indeed is only worthy of the name of Faith. I will trust a man that is most unworthy, I will trust a Thief, I will trust a Liar, so far as I can see him. But as Parisiensis saith well, this is Fides Deo digna, Faith worthy of God, to repose on God for somewhat that lies out of sight, and out of view: and when a man doth thus stay himself upon God in Christ, for somewhat that lies out of ⟨p. 330⟩sight, then he is said to trust in God; and when a man doth continue thus, then he is said for to wait on God. This is the First. But then,

But yet, that is not all: A man that doth repose upon God in Christ, trusting in him, doth trust unto him for some good thing that lies out of sight; and therefore the Apostle saith, That Faith is the Evidence of things not seen, Heb. 11. where he gives divers Instances of Abraham, Sarah, Moses, and others, who all did repose upon God for somwhat that lay out of view; and this indeed is only worthy of the name of Faith. I will trust a man that is most unworthy, I will trust a Thief, I will trust a Lyer, so far as I can see him. But as Parisiensis saith well, this is Fides Deo digna, Faith worthy of God, to repose on God for somwhat that lies out of sight, and out of view: and when a man doth thus stay himself upon God in Christ, for somwhat that lies out of ⟨p. 330⟩sight, then he is said to trust in God; and when a man doth continue thus, then he is said for to wait on God. This is the First. But then,