6 But without » faith, 77 2s impoſſible to plea! him, for he that / cometh to God, muſt 7 believe ith: he 1s, and zh2t he is z a rewarder of them thar dil: gently ſeck him.
7 The Spirit here proveth, that Enxch pleaſed God by Faith, thoush it was not expretly written in his Text by Moſes, becauſe of the im- poſſibility of pleaſing God without Faith; but without Faith up m G1.! in Chris, whom Each pleaſed ; it is abſolutely impoſſible to do an! thing acceptable to God, fo as to be juſtified by kim; for infticlity 0; ant of Faith makes God a Liar, r 7-hn 5.40. Chriſt is a Vanics, 7obn 5. 40. and God's Will a Deceit, which peremptocrily ſ:ith,ti:cre is no pleaſing of him but by Faith in Chriſt, 7»bn 14. 6, The cited catinot exiſt without its Cauſe, as is proved in the next word:, ſ For whoever he be, every particular Soul that cometh off from Sin to God, fo as to be under his condu& and influence, makes out |, ſpiritual motions of his Mind, Will, Affections and Members, in Thouglits, Defires, Reſolutions and Operations to enjoy God, fo as to he accepted with, juſtified by, and blefſed of him; and at pretent makes his acceſs to him with liberty and boldneſs in Prayery or any other Duty through Chriſt. # He muſt really, fully, and ſupernatu- rally receive all that which God revealeth in his Word is pleatin to him, eſpecially concerning himſelf ; as, that he #s the prim:tive jei'- felt Being, and the Cauſe of all ; thit he is three in Relatims, ant one in Fiſence, mo excellent in al! hs Attributes, Infinitely Wiſe, Powerful, Juſt, Good and Eternal, &c. The Supream Creator and Governour of, and Law-giver to all. « And that he will recompence al Men according to their Works, but will eminently and freely give 1imſelf to he the reward of his, and whatever he can be to, or do for them for their good, Gen, 15. 1. But to thoſe onlv, who with an intent Heart and Spirit purſue him by Faith, Love, and longing after him as their ſupreameſt Good, I/a. 45. 22. Rom. 2. 6, 12. Rev.
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ned the world, and became heir £ of * the righteout- ::. nels which is by faith. Phi. 3-3 w By the ſame Divine Faith, Noah the laſt example of it in the Old World, and the Father of the New World, being warned ( by an immediate revelation from God, Gen. 6. 13, 21. larzely rehearſed by Moſes ; ) fo thit God's Word is the ground or foundation of Dt- mine Faith in all Ages of the World; of things not yet ſcen, but on- ly by Faith on God's Revelation : which things were the periſhing of the World by a Deluge of Waters above 100 vear: ater ; and that himſclf and Familv, with ſome Creatures ſhould be fived from tht Deluge, to repeople the World, and to repleniſh the Atr and
Earth, none of which things did #2i! under Noah's ferfe Then. X EunaſenFac 1mports nita right receptim of God's revelation, whicit made him afraid, and carctul 'not to offend God, aid to a Godly | . carriage to him who had revealed the jimnir 1 danger cf the in- | ful World, aint his own deliverance iro”, nr: 7 AP. 5 Jo BETE:
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a71inſt the time of the Deluge for the preſervation of himſelf and Fa- | mily from 1t, Gen. 6. 14, 15, 15, 22, compare 1 Pet. 3 3. 20. Oy. ver- tacrf F116 Art, that water which drowned the [rd javed ther. SG | that #/o9d vas a Tull Type oy the 4 urer of Biptiln, his 4h, oi | Chri$t or Ar: ils Fami'y, of Ch r:ft's ſmall Fun iy in comperiton 0! the World : Their Salvation rom Water, of a Etern.l Saiv.ition 0, theſe from the Deluge or dire, 2 Pet.3.6,7, 11,14 Thee fame Dr: wins Faith 10 Noth, and 1n Chriſtians, mnaketh them to obey God's Precept, retire to, and entcr God's ark, and ſo enjoy his Salvation. , oY this Faith diſcovered 1 11 his work about tne fro he tettiftied
20!t the tinfu! World of Mankind for their Unbelicf and Diſobedt- enc « ho tor above 120 Years together, being by AGON Preaciiing and Bu « the Ark, called to Re pertince, 2 Pef. 2.5. ana to pre- 37 God threatned on ti CM, and fo ne pag tem vertuily by its Word and Doctrine, judictally by decliriny God » Sentence cn them : See Matth. 12.41, 42. and Jobn 12. 43. x B) this Fart! he received the Promiſe of Ric Lhteouſncſs, which mage him an iicir of 1t,and of that eternal Life and Salvition tor which 1t nttud him, as well asto which it entitled him, and by 1t ha {cnt our all the Emits of Rightcouinels that are to the Praiſe and Glory of God, Am. $5. fo 709, I. 12.
S$ By iaith Abrihim @ when he was cattcd to 80 out into a place which he ſhould after receive for a: Inheritance, obeved ; ana he þ went out, not knorw- ing whether he went.
a Here begins inſtances of this Divine Faith after the Flood from ! Abraham to 41/es time, verſe8. to 23, Thefirit 1s the Fath-r of Be- | hevers fo entitled by God, eminent inthe exerciſe'of this Grace, of wioſe anceſtry and their deſcent trom him theſe Febrews did great- ly lory. He had an expreſs Diſcovery of the Will of God unto him, that he ſhould leave the |
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(dolatrous place where he lived, Gen. 11.31. and 12, 1, 2, 3, compare 7ofh. 24. 2. and Afts 7. 2, 3. and vith his b amily thould travel to a Land which God would ſhew him, and which he would give him as an Inheritance for him and his, which was the Land of Canaan, as deſcribed, Gen. 13. 14, t9 17, and 25. 12, 19, 21. Tins Command of God, ftrengthencd tv a Pro- miſe, he obeyed, Gen. 12. 4- As 7. 4. through Faith realy, free- Iy, and fully retigninz up himſelt and his to God's diſpoie, 5 He went forgh with Mis Father Terah from his Country, Kindred, and Friends, in Ur of the Chaldees to Charran, and there they divclt till Terah died, Gen. 11. 31. and Ags. 7. 4 Atter which, he purſued God's Orders in motion from place te place, thou»h he knew, neither the way, nor the place in which, and whether he was ro move, reſting himſelf on God's Word and Guidance, and relying wholly on his Provifion for him, and Protettion of him i in all his Way's. 9 By faith he c ſojourned in the land of promiſe as