A Body of Practical Divinity

Resp. 1. Our keeping the Commandments must be Fiducial. Our Obedience to Gods Commands, must Profluere à Fide, spring from Faith, therefore it is called the Obedience of Faith, Rom. 16.26. Abel by Faith offered up [Greek or Hebrew], a better Sacrifice than Cain, Heb. 11.4 Faith is a vital Principle, without it all our Services are Opera Mortua, dead Works, Heb. 6.1. Faith doth meliorate and sweeten our Obedience, and make it come off with a better Relish. Quest. But why must Faith be mixed with Obedience to the Commandment? Resp. Because Faith eyes Christ in every Duty, and so both the Person and Offering are accepted. The High Priest under the Law laid his Hand upon the Head of the Beast slain, which did point to the Messiah, Exod. 29.10. So Faith in every Duty, lays its hand upon the Head of Christ. His Blood doth expiate the guilt, and the sweet Odours of his Intercession perfume our works of Obedience, Eph. 1.6. He hath made us accepted in the Beloved.

Resp. 1. Our keeping the Commandments must be Fiducial. Our Obedience to Gods Commands, must Profluere à Fide, spring from Faith, therefore it is called the Obedience of Faith, Rom. 16.26. Abel by Faith offered up 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, a better Sacrifice than Cain, Heb. 11.4 Faith is a vital Principle, without it all our Services are Opera Mortua, dead Works, Heb. 6.1. Faith doth meliorate and sweeten our Obedience, and make it come off with a better Relish. Quest. But why must Faith be mix'd with Obedience to the Commandment? Resp. Because Faith eyes Christ in every Duty, and so both the Person and Offering are accepted. The High Priest under the Law laid his Hand upon the Head of the Beast slain, which did point to the Messiah,