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CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St.…
CXLV expository sermons upon the whole 17th chapter of the Gospel according to St. John, or, Christs prayer before his passion explicated, and both practically and polemically improved by Anthony Burgess ...
London: printed by Abraham Miller for Thomas Underhill, 1656
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Fifthly, The ground why justifying faith must needs comprehend both, is, Because that in the promises of the Scripture, there is a two-fold object to move our faith; for every promise hath in it that which is true, and so it requireth assenting acts, and then it hath that which is good, and so it requireth fiducial and embracing acts. Wonder not then, if faith extend it self to two distinct powers of the soul, seeing it also reacheth to two distinct objects, truth being the object of the understanding, and good the object of the will. The Apostle comprehends both in that speech, 1 Tim. 1.15. This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation; a faithful saying, there is the truth to be believed, and worthy of all acceptation, there is the good to be embraced. Therefore believing is not a bare speculative assenting to the truth, but it is also a sweet quieting and composing of the heart to receive the good promised: Hence it's called receiving, Joh. 1. and eating and drinking, Joh. 6. it's compared to the branches receiving moisture from the vine, Joh. 15.
Fifthly, The ground why justifying faith must needs comprehend both, is, Because that in the promises of the Scripture, there is a two-fold object to move our faith; for every promise hath in it that which is true, and so it requireth assenting acts, and then it hath that which is good, and so it requireth fiducial and imbracing acts. Wonder not then, if faith extend it self to two distinct powers of the soul, seeing it also reacheth to two distinct objects, truth being the object of the understanding, and good the object of the will. The Apostle comprehends both in that speech, 1 Tim. 1.15. This is a faithfull saying, and worthy of all acceptation; a faithfull saying, there is the truth to be believed, and worthy of all acceptation, there is the good to be imbraced. Therefore believing is not a bare speculative assenting to the truth, but it is also a sweet quieting and composing of the heart to receive the good promised: Hence it's called receiving, Joh. 1