A practical commentary, or an exposition with observations, reasons, and uses upon the first…A practicall commentary, or an exposition with observations, reasons, and vses upon the first…

1 From the removal of all other causes, for a man to look up to him, as the Christ, the anointed of God, this is above the reach of flesh and blood, ⟨p. 345⟩and this kind of faith makes a man blessed, Mat. 16.16, 17. The hand of faith is a work of Gods Spirit; for take the state of nature, it reaches no further then this, Flesh and blood looks to satisfy by the works of the Law; and this was the stumbling block of the Jews, they sought righteousness by the Law, Rom. 9.3. this is natural ever since Adam, for his principle being given to Adam, Do this and live, this still cleaves to us by nature, and this is the Religion of all the Nations, to look to be saved by the works either of the natural or moral Law.

1 From the removal of all other causes, for a man to looke up to him, as the Christ, the anoynted of God, this is above the reach of flesh and bloud, ⟨p. 345⟩and this kinde of faith makes a man blessed, Mat. 16.16, 17. The hand of faith is a work of Gods Spirit; for take the state of nature, it reaches no further then this, Flesh and bloud looks to satisfie by the works of the Law; and this was the stumbling block of the Jewes, they sought righteousnesse by the Law, Rom. 9.3. this is naturall ever since Adam, for his principle being given to Adam, Doe this and live, this still cleaves to us by nature, and this is the Religion of all the Nations, to look to be saved by the works either of the naturall or morall Law.

2. Suppose you convince flesh and blood, that all his righteousness is unclean, why, yet far off was it from men in St. Johns time, to look for salvation in a crucified Saviour; this was a stumbling block to the Jews, and to the Greeks foolishness,