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

First: True saving Faith, is a doing Grace, an active, working, doing, operative Grace: the more Spirits any thing hath, the more active it is: Faith, true saving Faith, hath the Spirit of the Gospel in it; the Gospel is the Ministration of the Spirit, and true saving Faith, it hath the Spirit of this Spiritful Dispensation; and therefore it must needs be a very spiritual, and a working Grace. It is called a work it self, in 1 Thes. 1.3. Remembering without ceasing, your work Faith; and in 2 Thes. 1.11. The work of Faith with power. Our Lord and Saviour Christ saith, it is the Work of God; This is the Work of God, that ye believe; it is in it self a work. And,

First: True saving Faith, is a doing Grace, an active, working, doing, operative Grace: the more Spirits any thing hath, the more active it is: Faith, true saving Faith, hath the Spirit of the Gospel in it; the Gospel is the Ministration of the Spirit, and true saving Faith, it hath the Spirit of this Spiritful Dispensation; and therfore it must needs be a very spiritual, and a working Grace. It is called a work it self, in 1 Thes. 1.3. Remembring without ceasing, your work Faith; and in 2 Thes. 1.11. The work of Faith with power. Our Lord and Savior Christ saith, it is the Work of God; This is the Work of God, that ye beleeve; it is in it self a work. And,

Secondly: It is a friend to work: true saving Faith, it is a Work, and it is a great Friend to work; it is not an idle Housewife. What is our Sanctification, but our Faith incarnate; it works Love, and it works by Love; and Love is very inventive, active, and expensive: it is a friend to work; a work in it self, and a friend to work. And