The sound believer, or, A treatise of evangelical conversion discovering the work of Christs…The sound beleever, or, A treatise of evangelicall conversion discovering the work of Christs…

To conclude; this is the direct and compendious way of living by Faith, so much urged and pressed of Gods servants, for to live ⟨p. 213⟩by faith properly is to live upon the promise in the want of the thing, or to apprehend the thing in the promise, Heb. 11.1. now the promises are not given to the elect immediately without Christ, but first Christ is given, i. e. offered in the Gospel and received by Faith, and then with him all things also; and therefore the Scripture runs thus, Isay 55.1, 2, 3, 4. Come unto the waters and drink, and then, I will make an everlasting Covenant, (which contains all the promises) even the sure mercies of David: the Apostle expressly disputes the case, and saith, Where there is a Testament, (containing Evangelical promises) there must first be the death of the Testator, Heb. 9.15, 16. to whom we must first come by Faith, before we can have right to any promise; Heb. 7. 22.25. and 10.16, 17, 18.22. Being justified by Faith, now we have peace with God, nay, we have access to God, nay now we are sure of standing, now we hope in God, and glory to come; Rom. 5.1, 2, 3, 4. all follows the first.

To conclude; this is the direct and compendious way of living by Faith, so much urged and pressed of Gods servants, for to live ⟨p. 213⟩by faith properly is to live upon the promise in the want of the thing, or to apprehend the thing in the promise, Heb. 11.1. now the promises are not given to the elect immediately without Christ, but first Christ is given, i. e. offered in the Gospell and received by Faith, and then with him all things also; and therefore the Scripture runs thus, Isay 55.1, 2, 3, 4. Come unto the waters and drinke, and then, I will make an everlasting Covenant, (which containes all the promises) even the sure mercies of David: the Apostle expressely disputes the case, and saith, Where there is a Testament, (containing Evangelicall promises) there must first bee the death of the Testator,