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Show __E __, . ,EEaL TheFREFAce. The PREFACE. mous Crimes, by the intercefsion and mediation of his c H Law, and to confign Us to as great, if not greater E‘Cizc then was intended us in our firit Creation, and that the hao» jettive in our Conception; And becaufe we may vainly at» py eltabliihment of the Gofpel enac'ted by the Holy fES‘DS, might be preferved, God prowded in mercy that all his hol produced, as they are fet fOrth under divers terms relating to things ,- Therefore Faith is fiyled by this Great Apoitle, a fub» Ordinances, Precepts, Promifes and Examples fet forth in flame of things to come, which though now only in pofsibility, $55?" prehend the obiect of Faith to confifl' of Entities never to be and in their Caufes,yet in due time will be as truly reduced into Faith' Holy Writ as f0 many Sacred Rolls, ihould be recommended from Age to Age to the utmofi period of the World. Now the Laws of Nature referring to Religion, Juitice Thcprimi: Fifth??? and Sobriety, are not at all cancelled or repealed, but reinforced Act, as if they did now, according to God's determination, fubfift in the nature of things. And upon this account Faith is named an Evidence of things unfeen, becaufe it hath a greater £1,623?! and refined by the more excellent Sanctions of the, Gofpel; evidence then that of Senle,which is obnoxious to Error; but this 2-: mm" and our prefelSion of Piety to God, groweth more fpiritual by of Faith cannot err, as it is founded upon a better evidence then that ofoutward Objec‘tsflaecaufe they being apprehended by lien- ixliiiééiii Evangelical Precepts, which is fiyled by our Saviour, War, vangelical .//9ipping (jod in Spirzt and Twit/9, in which we ought to pay of Pmph' Devotion to our Maker in all knowledge and fincerity in oppo, iitive faculties,are liable to deception) Quatmm nitimr aurborimte TC‘I/‘L‘lflfll'lii, who is faithful and cannot deceive, and infallible fition to Ceremonial Rites, and Hypocrifie, and all fond repre, flentations of God, a molt pure Spirit, in ridiculous material and cannot be deceived. Faith is a fupernatural Grace in; fufed into us by God's Spirit, giving a certain and clear apz Forms, which run counter to all Reafon and Religion, and prehenfion of Divine things, and therefore fiyled an Evidence . ' of things unfeen by the Eye of Senle and Reafon too, unlefs :fi‘jll‘jlféff‘ are inconfiftent with the perfec'tion of his Effence, and the moll Glorious Majefty of his Perfon. Ianyer The Holy fcfw, the teat Law/giver, hath given us his 2.033333 Commands to lift up ouriands without fear and doubting, that momcnl we may fpeak excellent things of his great and glorious Name, pur nerds 311313}. for his Wonderful works of Creation, Prelérvation, Redemp, my, _ tion, and the daily fupernatural aids of his Spirit, and all Temporal blefsings, for which we mutt for ever pay him our enlightned by Supernatural Rays, and f0 Faith giveth a full 33‘"; 0f aifent and confent to the Word of God, as being of Divine GodRevelation. And although thofe high crcdcnda, the great My; fieries of the Incarnation ofour Saviour, and the unity of Effence in the Trinity of Perfons, and the Refurreétion from the Dead, are incredible to natural reafon, which being elevated by fiipernatural Principles, may upon good grounds give a duty of Euchariit, Adoration, and Obedience, always re; firm alient to any propofition fet forth by God,who is all Power figning our felves by Faith and Patience into the gracious con; due": of his Providence, humbly prolirating our felves at his and Veracity 5 for Faith is a fubmifsion ofour Underl'tanding feet, to be wholly guided and governed by his holy Will : And thefe are many explicatory Initances of the natural Law to fuch Dictates, as God (which is Truth it felf) hath thought fit to reveal to us, and is an Omnipotent Agent full of Honor and Truth, who will certainly make good whatfoever he hath gaggle; relating to Religion, advancrng it to greater degrees of fpiri' faid unto us, in his Holy Writ, in order to our Eternal Fe, msuppm tuahty, as new modelled by more exact Evangelical Rules, licity, if we obferve Faith and Repentance, the conditions of the Covenant, and pay a duty of thanks and obedience to him. Easi‘llfd And I confels the Incarnation ofour Saviour feemeth a thing not range are Egglgsrirgf as {6 many Suppletories making good the defects of the Law 22:53:05 of Nature, whofe inl'truments being infufficient to eitate us into that Happinefs deligned us by our Maker in our firfl- Crea' tion, God gave us fupernatural principles advanced above the ordinary fphaere of Nature, and are the object of Our Faith, which is thus defined by the great Author to the Helzrcnar, ta '5 aismin dumTiWyiw'mr :rsrxoétmmv. Faith is a fubltance of things hoped for, and an evidence of things not feen - Faith is no ihadow, no meet notion, whofe clience is not meerly ob» jeé‘cive confonant to natural reafon, that God and Man fhould be united conditions ofthe New in one Perflan : What think ye of our union of Soul and Body 1' $331330 But it feemeth very difficult to our apprehenfion how fuch differ; Egg?" ent Natures, the one a Spirit, .Immortal and Incorruptible, the Other 21 Body, Material and Corruptible (as being grand opp0r fires) {hould be united in one Potion, and afsift each other in na- tural operations : This is true in Nature,and the other in Faith, which rendreth all things credible to awilling mindithat do "or 0 imply |