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A Body of Practical Divinity
A body of practical divinity consisting of above one hundred seventy six sermons on the lesser catechism composed by the reverend assembly of divines at Westminster : with a supplement of some sermons on several texts of Scripture / by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Thomas Parkurst, 1692
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(5.) True Faith is Obediential. Rom. 16.26. The Obedience of Faith. Faith melts our Will into the Will of God. If God commands Duty, (tho cross to Flesh and Blood) Faith obeys. Heb. 11.8. By Faith Abraham obeyed. Faith doth not only believe the Promise, but obey the Command. It is not having a Speculative Knowledge will evidence you to be Believers: The Devil hath Knowledge; but that which makes him a Devil is, he wants Obedience.
(5.) True Faith is Obediential. Rom. 16.26. The Obedience of Faith. Faith melts our Will into the Will of God. If God commands Duty, (tho cross to Flesh and Blood) Faith obeys. Heb. 11.8. By Faith Ab•aham obeyed. Faith doth not only believe the Promise, but obey the Command. It is not having a Speculative Knowledge will evidence you to be Believers: The Devil hath Knowledge; but that which makes him a Devil is, he wants Obedience.
6. True Faith is increasing, Rom. 1.17. From Faith to Faith: (i. e.) From one Degree of Faith to another. Faith doth not lie in the Heart as a Stone in the Earth, but as Seed in the Earth, it grows. Joseph of Arimathea was a Disciple of Christ, but afraid to confess him, afterwards he went boldly to Pilate, and begged the Body of Jesus, John 19.36. And a Christians Increase in Faith is known two ways.