The young man's guide through the wilderness of this world to the heavenly Canaan…

3. Faith comprehends under it the resigning up our selves to the government and guidance of the truth of God, our actual living under the power of truth; not only our holding the truth, but our suffering the truth to take hold of us, to rule us, and order us in our whole course. 'Tis the same state that both are in, both those that believe not the truth, and those that obey not the truth. Faith is not only a resting on Christ as our Saviour, but a resigning our selves to him as our Lord and King.

Thou sayest thou dost believe the Gospel, but wilt thou obey the Gospel? hath it gotten the command and government of thee? Is thy life a life of obedience to the Faith? If Sin and the Devil have still the Government of thee, and thou livest under the power of thy flesh, it will no way avail thee to say, I believe in Christ. But of this more in the next particular.

Thou sayst thou dost believe the Gospel, but wilt thou obey the Gospel? hath it gotten the command and government of thee? Is thy life a life of obedience to the Faith? If Sin and the Devil have still the Government of thee, and thou livest under the power of thy flesh, it will no way avail thee to say, I believe in Christ. But of this more in the next particular.

2. Conversion is our return from our enmity and rebellion against God, into friendship and obedience to God; our coming in, and laying down Arms; the ungodly world are all in Arms against God, they are Rebels against the Almighty, their word is the same with those Heathens words, Psal. 2. 3. Let us break his bonds asunder and cast away his cords from us. The root of this rebellion is that enmity that is in their hearts against God, Rom. 8. 7