The Light of Faith, Part 1 – Part 2
THE FIRST PART.
§. 1.
THe ſumme of faith, or what it is in the profeſſion whereof we are to liue & dye, reſpecteth the Articles the ſeales of Gods couenant.
The Articles are briefly comprized in the Creed, commonly called the Apoſtles Creed, where we conſider,
1 The ſubſtance of Chriſtian doctrine, which concerneth God the Father in the 1. Article, God the Sonne in the 6. following, God the holy Ghoſt in the 8. The Church in her qualities, the 9. in her prerogatiues in this life the 10. in the life to come, the 11. and 12.
2 The anſwere of a good conſcience to all that God reuealeth and promiſeth: in the word I beleeue, which is carried to eueryevery parcell of the Creed.
The ſeales of this couenant
are two
Baptiſme.
The Supper of the
Lord.
For, the ſubſtance of Chriſtian…1 doctrine to be beleeued, as euer we would be ſaued; and for which faith we muſt lay downe our liues if God call for it: I will lay it downe in words of Scripture, according to the order and meaning of the Articles; ſaue that theſe Articles preſuppoſe we hauehave receiued the Bible, for the word of God, as being an abridgement of faith, giuen to beleeuers, not to Infidels. Wee muſt ſee there what God commandeth we ſhould bl…eue and hold concerning the Scripture, out of which the Creed was taken; then what of himſelfe, and of his Church.Credenda.
God commandeth that I and eueryevery one doe beleeue in our hearts, and profeſſe with our mouthes, and be ready to ſeale it with our deareſt bloud:
That all Scripture is by inſpiration, 1 Of the Scriptures. 2 Tim. 3. 16. 17. Their authority.or, the imbreathing of God: (namely, the bookes of the old Teſtament, as of Moſes and the Prophets and the Bookes of the New Teſtament:) and is profitable for doctrine, for reproofe, for correction, for inſtruction in righteouſneſſe, that the man of God may 2 Pet. 1. 18. 19. 20. Vſe.be perfect, throughly furniſhed vntounto all good workes. A more ſure word for vsus to take heed vntounto, then a voyce from heauen.
Further, that no man may adde Perfection Reu. 22. 18 19. 2 Cor. 4. 4. Pſal. 119. 130. Perſpicuity.ought thereto, or take ought therefro: and that they are plaine and cleare to all Gods elect in all truths abſolutely neceſſary to ſaluation: the very entrance into them, giueth light, yea, vnderſtanding to the ſimple.
§. 11. Thus of the Scriptures, out of2 Of God. theſe the Creed was taken; according to the order thereof our faith is carried vntounto God as the chiefe obiect, and firſt it lookes vponupon God the Father on this wiſe.
I beleeue in God the Father Almighty,
HE that commeth vntounto God Heb 11. 6.muſt beleeue that God is, and that he is a rewarder of them Deut. 6. 4 1 Ioh 5. … Eſa. 48. 16. 17that diligently ſeeke him; that hee is one onelyonly Lord, who is three in perſons, the Father, the Sonne, and the holy Ghoſt: the Father God, the Sonne God, the holy Ghoſt God: yet not three Gods, but one onelyonly. Notwithſtanding, the Father is not the Son, the Sonne is not the Holy Ghoſt, nor is the holy Ghoſt, the Father or the Sonne; the Father is of himſelfe, the Sonne is begotten of the Father before all worlds: the Holy Ghoſt proceedeth from the Father and the Sonne, altogether worſhipped and glorified. That this one God who is Father, Sonne, and holyGen. 17. 1. Ioh. 4. 24. 1 Tim. 6. 15. 16. Exod. 34. 6. 7. Ghoſt, is the Almighty, a ſpirit, eternall, al-ſufficient, al-knowing, vnchangeable, infinite in wiſedome, iuſtice, holineſſe, truth, and mercy: and therefore, moſt Glorious, Bleſſed, and onelyonly good.
Maker of heauen and earth:
Who alone created all things 3 Of the creation. Gen. 1. Col. 1. 16. Reu. 4. 11.viſible and inuiſible, heauens and their hoſts, earth and their hoſts in the beginning, of nothing, by his word onelyonly, and all of them very good, his owne will moouing him thereto, and not any need he had of them.
Who alſo made man after his 4 Of mans innocency. Eccleſ. 7. 29. Gen. 1 27. Epheſ. 4. 24. 5 Of Gods prouidence. 1 Pet. 4. 19 Pro. 15 3. Heb. 1. 3. …ol. 1. 17. Pro. 16. 1. 33. 1 Tim. 4. 10. Lam. 3. 37. 38. 2 Sam. 16 1…owne Image and likeneſſe, both male and female, in knowledge, righteouſneſſe, and holineſſe of truth.
Who likewiſe is that faithfull Creator ſtill, that ſeeth, and ruleth, vpholdeth and diſpoſeth all things from the greateſt to the leaſt, hauing care, eſpecially for man, & among men now chiefly for the righteous and beleeuers: ſo that neither good nor euill befals any man without Gods prouidence; yea, hee diſpoſeth of euen the euill actions of men, yet all this moſt wiſely, powerfully,Act. 4. 27. Epheſ 1. 11 Eccleſ. 3. 14 The neceſſity of a …edeemer. 6 Of the Fall. Gen. 3… Eccleſ. 7. 29. 7 Of ſinne Originall. Rom. 5. 19. & 3. 12. 13. and righteouſly.
Then was man made righteous: but Chriſtian faith compels vsus to beleeue,
That our firſt Parents, Adam and Eue, by their owne voluntary diſobedience, fell from that happy eſtate wherein they were created: thus, by the diſobedience of one, all were made ſinners, and are defiled, and depriued of the glory of God from their conception and birth, being blinde in their vnderſtandings, vaine in their imaginations, defiled in conſcience, rebellious in their wil, fraile in their memories, corrupt in heart and life, and alienated from the life of God.
And if they come to yeares,8 Of ſinne Actuall. Eccleſ. 7. 20. Pſal. 19. 1…. 13. 14. Eph. 2. 1. Rom. 8. 7. guilty of many tranſgreſſions that make them abominable in the eyes of God, and not able to doe any thing that may pleaſe God, dead in treſpaſſes and ſins, whoſe mindings are not ſubiect to the law, nor indeed can bee. Now by 9. Of the puniſhment of ſinne. Rom. 5. 12. & 6. 23.ſinne, death entred into the world, and is the wages of ſinne, both the firſt and ſecond death.
In God the Father
Man in this eſtate the childe of wrath.
God ſo loued the world, that hee 10 Of …le …. Ioh. 1. 16. 1 Pet. 1 …0. Epheſ. 1. 4. 5. 6.gaue his onelyonly begotten Sonne, that whoſoeuer beleeued in him, ſhould not periſh, but hauehave euerlaſting life. This Sonne of his louelove before euer there was a world, he ſore-ordained to be our Sauiour and Redeemer, and in him, choſe ſome men, called therefore his elect, that they ſhould bee holy and without blame before him in louelove, hauing predeſtinated them to the Adoption of children by Ieſus Chriſt that Sonne of his louelove, according to the good pleaſure of his own will, to the Rom. 8. 29 30.praiſe of the glory of his grace, wherin he hath made them accepted in his beloued: for whom he foreknew, them he predeſtinated to be conformed to the Image of his Sonne, whom he predeſtinateth, them hee calleth, whom he calleth, he iuſtifieth, whom hee iuſtifieth, hee gloriſieth.
§. III. Secondly, our faith looketh vponupon the Sonne of God, the Meſsiah, concerning whom we are to beleeue and profeſſe, and to liue and dye in that profeſsion and beliefe.
And Ieſus his onelyonly Sonne,
THat Ieſus of Nazareth is the Meſſiah, and Sauiour of the world, being very God, the onelyonly 11 Of Chriſts perſon & natures. Ioh. 11. 27. & 6. 6.begotten Sonne of the father, and true and very man, yet but one Chriſt,
Who is Ieſus.
Ieſus
The alone Sauiour of his people 12 Of his office in the whole. Mat…. 21. 1 Tim 2. 5. 2 Tim. 1 9. Tit. 3. 5. Epheſ. 2. 8. 9. Eſa. 49. 8. Gal. 3. 18. 22. Ier. 31. 3…from their ſinnes, and the onelyonly mediator betweene God and man: in whom we are ſaued according to the grace of God, and not according to our workes, or ought in vsus; …or through this our Mediator, a new couenant God made with vsus, wherein he of his free grace promiſeth to be a God, and to giuegive remiſſion of ſinnes, and life euerlaſting to eueryevery one that beleeueth in Chriſt, and repe…teth of his ſinnes.
Who is the Chriſt alſo.
Chriſt our Lord,
That is, this Ieſus is the annointed 1 Of his offices in the parts. 13 Propheticall. Deut. 18. 15.of God, to be Prophet, Prieſt, and King to his people.
He is that great Prophet of the Church, in whom are all the treaſures of wiſedome and knowledge, Act. 3. 22. Col. 2. 3. Ioh. 1. 18. Eccleſ. 12. 11. Eph. 4. 9. 10. Mat. 28. 10. Eſa. 48. 17. 1 Cor. 3. 6. Eſa. 50 4. Mat. 11. 28who hath plainely opened and reuealed the whole counſell of his father touching our ſaluation: and hath inſtituted and ordai…ed a miniſtery of men in the Church, for the building vp thereof, and for the perfecting of the Saints: whom he will be with to the end of the world, in this worke, by his ſpirit, through their miniſtery teaching to profit: for to teach the heart within, by inlightning the minde, and working a beliefe of the doctrine recorded in Scripture, or thence taught vntounto men, is his worke alone, and ſuch, as none but hee can do…; it is alſo one ſpeciall part of his office, as he is our Prophet to giuegive comfort to diſtreſſed conſciences, and to ſpeake a word in ſeaſon to the weary ſoule.
Hee is conſecrated a Priest for 11 Prieſtly Pſal. 110. 34.euer to his Church, after the order of Melchiſedech.
Our Lord,
He is the King, and law-giuer, 15 Kingly. Eſa. 33, 22. Luc. 1, 33. Ioh. 18, 36 Pſal. 2, 8.whoſe kingdome is ſpirituall, and not of this world, and perpetuall, and ſuch as reacheth to all Nations.
Now that wee may know how the Sonne of God became fleſh, we beleeue and profeſſe to the death,
Which was conceiued by the Holy Ghoſt, borne of the Virgin Mary,
That in the fulneſſe of time, for 16 Of his I…e rnation. Gal. 4, 4. Heb. 2, 16, & 4, 15.vsus men, and for our ſaluation, the Sonne of God tooke on him the true nature of man, and was in all points l…ke vsus, ſinne onelyonly excepted.
He was conceiued, not as other men, but by the Holy Ghoſt, and was borne of the Virgin Mary, Mat. 1, 18, 20.vponupon whom the Holy Ghoſt came, and whom the power of Luc. 1, 30, 31, 3…. Eſa. 7. 14.the moſt High did ouer-ſhadow. This is that great myſtery of godlineſſe, God manifeſt in the fleſh: Hee is God and man in one perſon.
This is that lambe of God without 17 Of his actiue obedience. 1 Pet. 1, 19 Rom. 5, 19 & 8, 3, 4, & 10, 4.ſpot or blemiſh, who for vsus, and for our ſakes, who doe or ſhall beleeue in his name, kept the law, that he might be the end of the law for righteouſneſſe vntounto ſuch.
He ſuffered vnderunder Pontius Pilate,
Who ſuffered alſo vnderunder Pontius 18 Of his p…ſſiue. Gen. 49, 10. Act. 4, 27, 28. Mat. 26.Pilate, an heathen Gouernour, the Scepter failing from Iudah, but for this Shiloh: to which ſuff…rings he was deliuered by the determinate counſell of God.
Was crucified, dead,
He was wounded for our tranſgreſſions, Eſa. 53, 4, 5, 6.and on him were laid the Rom. 3, 25 Epheſ. 5, 2. Phil. 2. 8. Gal. …, 13. Heb. 1, 3, & 9. 26, 28.iniquities of vsus all; and hereby he appeaſed Gods wrath, and made expiation for all our ſinnes. For hee became obedient to the death, euen the death of the Croſſe, and was made a curſe for vsus, thus hee alone trode the wine-preſſe of Gods wrath, and once for all by the ſacrifice of himſelfe, tooke away ſinne.
And buried: he deſcended into hell:
He was buried and laid in the graue three dayes, and three nights in the heart of the earth: yet his ſoule was not left in hell, neither did God ſuffer his holy One to ſee corruption.
The third day hee roſe againe
For hauing ouercome the19 Of his reſurrection. Rom. 4. vlt. power of death, hell, and Sathan, he roſe againe the third day from 1 Cor. 15. 3the dead, for our iuſtification.
He aſcended into heauen,
And went vp into heauen, the20 Of his aſcenſion. Pal. 68, 18 Mar. 1…, 19 Acts 1, 9, 10, 11. & 3. 21. Heb. 6, 20. Ioh. 14, 3. third heauen, farre aboue all theſe heauens that are viſible, whom, in reſpect of his bodily pr…ſence, the heauens muſt receiue till the time of the reſtitution of all things: and hee aſcended as o… fore-runner to prepare a place for vsus.
And ſitteth at the right hand of God,
And ſits at the right hand of21 Of his ſeſſion, and intereceſſion. God the Father Almighty, exerciſing the office of King and Iudge for his Church: being as God-man, made Lord of all, and crowned with glory and honour, and ruling in all fulneſſe of Maieſty, power, and Soueraignty, beingAct. 2. 34. 35. 36. Ph…l. 2. …. Heb. 8. 1. & 1. 3. Rom. 8. 34. Ioh. 17. 9. 20. ſet farre aboue all principality and power, and eueryevery thing that is named, all things whether in earth, heauen, or hell, being in ſubiection vnderunder his feet, ſauing alone that God did put all things vnderunder him. Where alſo he euer liueth to make requeſt for vsus that are not of the world, but hauehave beleeued through the word taught by his Apoſtles.
From thence hee ſhall come to iudge both the quicke and the dead:
This Ieſus Chriſt ſhall come2… Of the laſt iudgment Act. 1. …1. & 17. 31. Mat. …4. 30 from thence, that is, from heauen, into which he aſcended after his r…ſurrection, and not from thence, that is, from ſitting at the right hand of God (for n…uer ſhall his kingdome and power be more manifeſt, then at this day:) to iudge the world at the laſt day: for wee beleeue the world ſhall hauehave an end, and at the laſt day, Chriſt as hee is the Sonne of man, ſhall iudge the world, deſcending from heauen in the ſame viſible forme, in which hee went vp, and comming in power and great glory; at which day all ſhall be iudged, 2 Tim. 4, 1 Mat. 12, 36 Eccleſ. …2, 14.both thoſe that ſhall be found then aliue, and remaining till that day, and thoſe that hauehave beene dead from the beginning of the world to that day; and they ſhall be iudged of all that they hauehave done in their bodies, while they liued in them, of eueryevery idle word, and of eueryevery ſecret thing, and eueryevery one ſhall receiue, without reſpect of perſons, according to 2 Cor. 5. 10that he hath done, while he liued here, whether it be good or bad.
§. IIII. Wee beleeue alſo and profeſse, and ought to hold till death
I beleeue in the Holy Ghoſt,
THat the Holy Ghoſt is God,23 Of the Holy Ghoſt. Ioh. 1…, 26 2 Pet 1. 21. Eſa. 59, 21. Gal 4. 1 Cor. 12, 12, 13. Ioh. 14, 26. … Ioh. 2, 27 equall with the Father and the Sonne, proceeding from the Father and the Sonne, who ſpake by the Prophets in the Old Teſtament, and by the Apoſtles in the New Teſtament: and ſtill worketh in and by that word, who is alſo ſent into the hearts of Gods children, and is that one ſpirit, that knitteth all Chriſtians to Chriſt their head, and ſan…ifieth them by applying the ver…ue of Chriſts death and reſurrection, and comforteth and preſerueth in the eſtate of holineſſe, the true members of Chriſt, and abideth with them for euer.
This ſanctification is to dye24 Of Sanctification. Rom. 6. 1, 2, 3, 4. 1 Theſ. 5. 1 Ioh. 1. 8. Eſa. 64. 6. 1 Ioh. 3. … ▪ Ioh. 3. 5. 2 Cor. 5, 17. Ioel 2. …8 Act. 2. & 10 to ſinne, and riſe againe to newneſſe of life; it is a work wrought in the whole man, in ſoule, and body, and ſpirit, yet but vnperfect in this life: neuertheleſſe the graces of this ſpirit wrought in vsus at our new birth, can neuer wholly or finally be loſt: and it is of abſolu…e neceſſity that wee hauehave this ſpirit of Chriſt, and find the worke thereof in regenerating vsus, and making vsus a new, or elſe we are not Chriſts, nor ſhall euer come to heauen. This is the priuiledge of the Chriſtian Church, aboue the Iewiſh, The graces and gifts of the Holy Ghoſt are powred forth on the Church in more plentifull meaſure in the time of the New Teſtament, then they were in the Old.
§. V. Concerning the Church of God, we beleeue
The Holy Catholike Church:
THe Church is a company of25 Of the Church. Ioh. 17. 9. 14. Mat. 16. 18 Epheſ. 1. 3. 4. 5. men ſeparate from the world, gathered by the voyce of Christ, in the miniſtery of his ſeruants which are his Cryers, which company doe worſhip God in ſpirit and truth.
There was, is, and euer ſhall be to the end, a true Church of God on earth. Redemption, Iuſtification, Sanctification, and Saluation, with all ſpirituall bleſſings in heauenly places in Chriſt Ieſus promiſed in the word, belong onelyonly to the Church.
This Church and eueryevery memberEſa. 26. 1. 2 thereof is holy, and ſhee is Catholique, that is, vniuerſall, ſo that in eueryevery nation he that feareth Acts 10. 34God, and worketh righteouſneſſe, is accepted of him.
Chriſt Ieſus is the head of thisEph. 1. 22. & 5. 23. Can. 1. 5, 6 his body, and the husband of this his ſpouſe.
This Church on earth is militant, liable to tentations, croſſes, afflictions, and oppoſitions of all ſorts.
Now whereſoeuer the word of Eſa. 59. 21. & 2. …. Eph. 5. 26. Mat. 2…. 19 20.God is truely preached and embraced, and the Sacraments rightly according to Chriſts inſtitution adminiſtred, there the Lord hath his Church.
Concerning her prerogatiues in this life.
1 Communion of Saints… Of the communion of Saints. Can. 6. ….
There is a communion and fellowſhip of Saints, they being knit all together into one, with Chriſt, by the holy Ghoſt that one 1 Cor. 12. Eph. 4. 4. 5.ſpirit, and by faith, and one with another by louelove: whence ariſeth a glorious partaking mutually of all good things: for, as members of the ſame body, they hauehave alike care one for the other, and a fellow-feeling of wrongs, and honour, and labour to be of one minde, and heart, that there may be no ſchiſme in the body, and they employ their gifts for the good of the whole ſociety.27 Of the forgiueneſſe of ſinnes. 1 Ioh. 1. 10 Pſa. 18. 22. & 51. 5.
2 Forgiueneſſe of ſinnes,
EueryEvery man euen of this Church, while hee is in this life, needs forgiueneſſe of ſinnes, and all the members of this holy Church here doe feele this need by reaſon of ſinne dwelling in them, of ſinnes committed by them, and of ſinnes to which by nature they are more prone.
The Lord for his Sonnes ſake Ieſus Chriſt, forgiueth the iniquity, tranſgreſſions, and ſinnes Exod. 34. 6. 7. Pſal. 32. 1. 3. 4. Iob 33. 27. 28. 1 Ioh. 1. 9. Act. 3. 19. Rom. 4. 6. 7. & 3. 20. 28.of all that truely repent, ſo that he will neuer impute them, nor puniſh them for them in this world, nor in the world to come: it is Gods free mercy that our ſinnes are pardoned: we are iuſtified freely by his grace, through the bloud of Ieſus Chriſt, and the redemption which is in him; of which righteouſneſſe and bloud-ſhedding o… Chriſt, wee are made partakers by faith onelyonly without the workes of the law, for by the deeds of the law, can no fleſh be iustified in the ſight of God. Now being iuſtified by faith inRom. 5. 1. the bloud of Chriſt, wee hauehave peace with God.
The Miniſters of the Goſpell are ſent by Chriſt with this authority, that whoſeſoeuer ſinnes Ioh. 20. 23. Mat. 18. 18.they doe forgiue according to the word of God, which they are ſent to diſpenſe, they are forgiuen in heauen, and whoſeſoeuer ſinnes they doe retaine, according to the ſame word, they are retained.
The reſurrection of the body, and life euerlaſting.
At the laſt day, the dead bodies 28 Of the reſurrection. Act. 24. 15. 1 Cor. 15. Iob 19. 13. 26. Ioh. 5. 28. & 6. 44. 29 Of life eternall. Rom. 6 23of men, the very ſame bodies, in which both iuſt and vniuſt liued here, though now laid in the duſt, and turned to corruption▪ ſhall riſe againe out of the duſt of the earth, and their own ſoules enter into them againe: thoſe that hauehave done euill, to the reſurrection of condemnation, and thoſe that hauehave done well, to the reſurrection of life, euen of life euerlaſting: which is the gift of God, through Ieſus Chriſt our Lord, and not the merit of our workes, or any thing in vsus.
§. VI. Theſe are the Articles of our beliefe: to theſe God hath annexed two ſeales, viz. Baptiſme, and the Lords Supper. For wee are to beleeue and hold,
THat Chriſt hath ordained… Of the Sacraments: whole number, nature, two Sacraments alone, and theſe two neceſſary to ſaluation, Baptiſme, and the Lords Supper, and that Sacraments are Signes giuen of God to bee ſeales of the righteouſneſſe of Faith, euen of that righteouſneſſe of Ieſus Chriſt, brought in by his obedience to the death, made ours by faith onelyonly: Vſe. they are to be vſed by vsus as bands and vowes, and ſolemne profeſſions of our deſires and endeauours, after the beginnings and perfecting ofIn ſpeciall of Baptiſme, the ſigne. our faith and repentance.
The outward ſigne in Baptiſme, is the Miniſters waſhingMat. 28. 19 or dipping, or ſprinkling the beleeuer with water, in the name of the Father, of the Sonne, and of the Holy Ghoſt. The thing ſignified, and ſealed hereby to the beleeuingThe grace Eph. 5. 26. Tit. 3. 5. penitent, is the waſhing of the new birth by the Holy Ghoſt, and the purging of the conſcience from dead workes, by the ſprinkling of Chriſts bloud thereon by the ſame ſpirit of faith: aſſuring vsus of our adoption, ingrafting into Chriſt, deliuerance from Gods wrath, forgiueneſſe of ſinnes, communion with the Saints, and reſurrection of our bodies, to life eternall.
The outward ſigne in theOf the Lords Supper, the ſigne, Lords Supper, i… Bread & Wine, bleſſed, broken, powred forth, and giuen by the Miniſter, and taken and eaten, and drunke by the faithfull.
The thing ſignified and ſealedThe grace to vsus, is the giuing of Chriſt by God the Father, and Chriſt himſelfe willingly giuing himſelfe, his body and bloud, broken and ſhedde on the Croſſe for our ſinnes and tranſgreſſions, that they might be forgiuen vsus. which we muſt take, eate and drinke by the hand and mouth of faith ſpiritually, as it is offered to vsus in the word of promiſe; which ſaith▪ This is my Body which is broken for you, This is the New Teſtament in my bloud, which is ſhed for you, and for many, for the remiſſion of ſinnes; whereby our faith is ſtrengthened, and we grow in the aſſurance of Gods louelove, in the graces of his ſpirit, in the life of holy duties, in repentance towards God, in louelove of the communion of Saints, in aſſured faith and hope of reſurrection to life eternall.1 Cor. 11. 28. 31. Mat. 5. 1 Cor. 10. 16.
Vſe. Now it is required of eueryevery one that would receiue worthily, and not eate and drinke damnation, that hee diſcerne the Lords body▪ that hee examine himſelfe, and iudge himſelfe for his ſinnes, that he forgiue thoſe that hauehavePſal. 26. treſpaſſed him, and that he grow in louelove to the fellowſhip of the Saints, and in hatred of all aſſemblies of wicked Idolaters and prophane perſons.
§. VII. The anſwere of a good conſcience.
I beleeue
THe Anſwere of a good conſcience, 31 Of faith. 1 Pe…. 3. 20. Ioh. 1. 1…. 12. Hab. 2. 5. Ioh. 17. 3. Rom. 10. 10is in this word, I beleeue, which is the receiuing eueryevery one for himſelfe, of all and eueryevery one of theſe truths into our mindes, to know them, and into our hearts to aſſent to cleaue to, and reſt vponupon them for our iuſtification, and eternall ſalu…tion, and into our mouthes to confeſſe and profeſſe them, and into our whole man, to liue the reſt of our life in the power of them▪ ſo thatGal. 2. 20. we may li…e by the faith of the Son of God, who loued vsus, and gaue himſelfe for vsus.
Such is the ſubſtance of our faith,
The pathes of holy life, which guide men as they are Chriſtians all their daies, and eueryevery particular day, follow.