A34165:993
A Complete collection of farewell sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl…A Compleat collection of farewel sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl…
A Complete collection of farewell sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl ... [et al.] ; together with Mr. Ash his funeral sermon, Mr. Nalton's funeral sermon, Mr. Lye's rehearsal ... with their several prayers.A Compleat collection of farewel sermons preached by Mr. Calamy, Dr. Manton, Mr. Caryl ... [et al.] ; together with Mr. Ash his funeral sermon, Mr. Nalton's funeral sermon, Mr. Lye's rehearsal ... with their several prayers.
London : s.n., 1663
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But secondly, The second Branch of the Object is, the Profession of our Faith. It seems, Beloved, it is not enough to hold fast our Faith only, but the Profession of it: why so? truly there is this in it: the profession of faith, is as necessary as the faith it self; mark that. See this from the mouth of that great Apostle, I may say from the mouth of God himself, Rom. 10.9, 10. That if thou shalt with thy mouth confess thy Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thy heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved; for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation: An unprofessed Faith hath no salvation annexed to it; you see the Scripture maketh it as necessary to our salvation, to profess our believing, as to believe. Now beloved, if it be necessary to believe, and necessary to profess, its then necessary to hold fast Faith; and consequently as necessary to hold fast the profession thereof; without Faith there is no salvation, ⟨image 120⟩faith the Scripture; and saith this Scripture, without the profession of this Faith, there is no Salvation: now to say, I will keep faith, I will only part with a little profession, it is all one in Scripture, as to part with Faith it self; for why, the Scripture faith, If thou believe with thy heart, and confess with thy mouth, thou shalt be saved: so that as long as faith continues, profession is to continue, or there is no salvation; faith without profession, will do no more for you, than profession without faith: therefore observe what the Apostle speaks, Heb. 3.13. saith he, We are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end: not else.
But secondly, The second Branch of the Object is, the Profession of our Faith. It seems, Beloved, it is not enough to hold fast our Faith only, but the Profession of it: why so? truly there is this in it: the profession of faith, is as necessary as the faith it self; mark that. See this from the mouth of that great Apostle, I may say from the mouth of God himself, Rom. 10.9, 10. That if thou shalt with thy mouth confess thy Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thy heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved; for with the heart man believeth unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation: An unprofessed Faith hath no salvation annexed to it; you see the Scripture maketh it as necessary to our salvation, to profess our believing, as to believe. Now beloved, if it be necessary to believe, and necessary to profess, its then necessary to hold fast Faith; and consequently as necessary to hold fast the profession thereof; without Faith there is no salvation,