1 Cor. i. 21. It pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.

iii, 5, 6. Who is Paul or Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man. I have planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase. Ver. 7.

xv. 2. I have delivered unto you the gospel by which ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.Ver. 11. So we preach, and so ye believed.

2 Cor. i. 14. Not that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy.

Eph. ii. 20. Ye are all built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets Jesus Christ himself being the chief

corner stone.

iv. 11-13. Christ gave some apostles, and some prophets, and some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers; for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ. Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man.

Phil. i. 25. I shall continue with you, for your furtherance and joy of faith. ii. 17. If I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy and rejoice with you all.

1 Thess. ii. 3. We sent Timotheus, to establish and comfort you concerning your faith.-Ver. 10. Praying that we might see your face, and perfect that which is lacking in your faith.

Heb. xiii. 7. Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God, whose faith follow.

1 John i. 3. That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you.

THE GOSPEL CALLED FAITH, AND THE LAW OF FAITH -Rom. iii. '17. Boasting is excluded by the law of faith.

x. 8. The word of faith which we preach.

Gal. i. 23. Paul preached the faith which once he destroyed.

iii. 2. Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? Ver. 5.

Ver. 23. Before faith came, we were shut up unto the faith that should afterward be revealed. Ver. 25. See 1 Tim. i. 4. v. 8. Jude ver. 3. Rev. ii. 13.

XX. Promises to faith. Justification promised to believing in God. Gen. xv.

6. Abram believed in the Lord, and he counted it to him for righteousness. Rom. iv. 3. 9. Gal. iii, 6. Jam. ii. 23.

John v. 24. Jesus said, He that heareth my words, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation, but is passed from death unto life. See Luke i. 45.

XXI. Justification to believing in Christ promised. Acts xiii. 39. By him all that believe are justified from all things, from which they could not be justified by the law of Moses.

Rom. iii. 21, 22. The righteousness of God (i. e. justification) without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets: Even the righteousness of God, which is by faith of Jesus Christ, unto all and upon all that believe.

Ver. 25, 26. Jesus Christ hath God set forth, to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins: To declare his righteousness; that he might be just, and the justifier of them that believe in Jesus.

Ver. 28. Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law.-Ver. 30. God shall justify the circumcision by faith and the uncircumcision through faith.

iv. 5. He that worketh not but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted to him for righteousness, (or justification.)

v. 1. Being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

x. 4. Christ is the end of the law for righteousness (or justification) to every one that believeth.

xi. 20. Thou standest by faith. 2 Cor. i. 24.

Ver. 23. The Jews, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be grafted in.— Ver. 26. And so all Israel shall be saved. Ver. 30, 31, 32.

Gal. ii. 16. A man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ.-Ver. 21. If righteousness came by the law, then is Christ dead in vain.

iii. 8, 9. The scripture forseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gos

pel to Abram, saying, In thee shall all nations be blest. (Gen. xii. 3.) So they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.

Ver. 11. But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God is evident; for, The just shall live by faith. Hab. ii. 4. Rom. i. 17. Heb. x. 38.

Ver. 12. And the law is not of faith; but, The man that doeth these things shall live in them.

Ver. 22. The scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to

them that believe.

Ver. 24. The law was our schoolmaster to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

v. 5. We through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness (or justification) through faith.

Ver. 6. In Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but faith which worketh by love.

Phil. iii. 8-10. I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but dung, that I may win Christ, and be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith; that I might know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable to his death.

XXII. Adoption, or being the sons of God, promised. John i. 12. To as many as received Christ, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name.

Gal. iii. 26. Ye are all the children of God by faith in Jesus Christ. Rom. viii. 17.

Rom. iii. 25. Him hath God set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins.

XXVI. The holy Spirit is given to believers. John vii. 38, 39. Jesus said, He that believeth on me, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living waters. spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive.

This

Gal. iii. 13, 14. Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles, through Jesus Christ, that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.

XXVII. They have light and direction John xii. 36. Believe in the light: (that is, in Christ.) Ch. i. 9.-viii. 12.-ix. 5.

Ver. 46. I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me

shall not abide in darkness.

XXVIII. They have grace and peace. 2 Pet. i. 1, 2. To them that have obtained like precious faith with us, grace and peace be multiplied. Rom. v. 1.

XXIX. They have joy and comfort. John. xiv. 1. Let not your hearts be troubled; ye believe in God, believe also in me.

1 Cor. xv. 12. The God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing. 1 Pet. i. 8. In whom [Christ] believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory.

1 John v. 10. He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in him

is precious.

XXIV. Christ prayeth for believers. John xvii. 20. Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall be lieve on me through their word.

XXV. The sins of believers pardoned. Acts x. 42. Whosoever believeth on me shall receive the remission of sins. Ch. xiii. 38.

XXXII. Sanctification by faith. Acts xv. 9. God purifying their hearts by faith.

xxvi. 18. That they may receive an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.

XXXIII. Salvation by faith in God. Dan. vi. 23. No manner of hurt was

found upon Daniel, [in the lion's den,] because he believed in his God.

XXXIV. Salvation to Christians by faith in Christ. Isa. xxviii. 16. Thus saith the Lord God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation, a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner-stone, a sure foundation; he that believeth shall not make haste. Rom. ix. 33.-x. 11. He that believeth shall not be ashamed. 1 Pet. ii. 6. He that believeth shall not be confounded.

Mark xvi. 15, 16. Jesus said, Preach the gospel: He that believeth and is baptized, shall be saved; he that believeth not shall be damned.

John iii. 14-16. As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up; that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Ver. 17, 18. God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth is not condemned he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

Ver. 36. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.

vi. 35. Jesus said, He that believeth on me shall never thirst.

Ver. 40. This is the will of him that sent me, that every one that seeth the Son and believeth on him, may have everlasting life and I will raise him up at the last day.-Ver. 47. He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.

xi. 25. He that believeth on me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. Ver. 26. Whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die, [or shall not die for ever.]

xx. 31. These are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing ye might have life through his name.

Acts xvi. 31. Paul and Silas said to the jailor, Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.

xxvi. 18. That they might receive an inheritance among them that are sanctified by faith in me.

Rom. x. 9. If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. Eph. ii. 8. By grace ye are saved, through faith.

2 Thess. ii. 13. God hath chosen us to salvation, through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth.

1 Tim. i. 16. I [Paul] obtained mercy, that in me Jesus Christ might shew forth all long-suffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.

vi. 12. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life.

2 Tim. iii. 15. The scriptures are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

iv. 7, 8. I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord the righteous judge shall give me at that day, and not to me only, but unto all them that love his appearing.

Heb. iv. 3. We which have believed do enter into rest.

vi. 12. Be ye followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

x. 39. We are not of them that draw back unto perdition, but of them who believe to the saving of the soul.

1 Pet. i. 5. We are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation.— Ver. 9. Receiving the end of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

1 John v. 13. These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God, that ye might know that ye have eternal life.

XXXV. Things extraordinary promised to the faith of some primitive Christians. Matt. xxi. 21. If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this that is done to the figtree, but also if ye shall say to this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea, it shall be done. Luke xvii. 26.

Ver. 22. And all things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. Mark xi. 24.

John xiv. 12. He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also, XXXVI. These promises were fulfilled in the following instances. Acts ii. 4. The disciples of Christ spake with new tongues.

iii. 2 to 8. and xiv. 10. They cured the

lame.

xvi. 18. They cast out unclean spirits. Ch. v. 16.-vii. 8.

xix. 11, 12. They healed the sick. Ch. xxv. 8.

ix. 36, 37, 40. Ch. xx. 12.

They raised the dead.

v. 5. 10. Lying hypocrites die at their rebuke,

xxviii. 3. 5. Paul shakes a viper off his hand, and is not hurt by it.

xiii. 11. Enemies of the faith are struck with blindness.

ix. 12. 17, 18. They restore sight to the blind.

viii. 15. 17. The Holy Ghost is given at laying on of their hands.

v. 12. They do great miracles, signs, and wonders. Ch. vi. 8.-xv, 12, 2 Cor. xii. 12.

viii. 6. The people gave the more heed to them, and embraced the faith. Ch. v. 4.

XXXVII. Instances of miracles wrough for persons of eminent faith. Matt. viii. 8. 10. 13. Luke vii. 9. At the centurion's faith his servant is healed.

ix. 28, 29, 30. Two blind men restored to sight. Mark x. 52.

Mark ii. 5. One sick of the palsy cured. Matt. ix. 2. 6, 7.

v. 34. A woman cured of a bloody issue.

ix. 20. 25. A dumb spirit is cast out of a child at the faith of the child's father.

v. 36. At the faith of the ruler of the synagogue, his daughter, who had been dead, is restored to life.

Luke xvii. 19. A leper cleansed. John v. 50. At a nobleman's faith his son is healed of a fever.

xi. 40 to 46. At Martha's faith her

brother Lazarus is restored to life.

Acts iii. 16. At the faith of a Tame man he is healed by Peter.

xiv. 9. A cripple from the womb healed by Paul.

XXXVIII. Other instances of approved faith. In Abraham, Gen. xv. 6. com

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20. The virgin Mary, Luke i. 45.The woman who washed Christ's feet with tears, Luke vii. 37 to 50.-The disciples, John ii. 22.-The_Samaritans, John iv. 39.-The Jews, John viii. 31.

xi. 45.-A man born blind, John ix. 35. 38. The chief rulers, John xii. 11. 42.-Those given to Christ, John xvii. 8.-About five thousand, Acts iv. 4. 32.

Many priests, Acts vi. 7.-Stephen, Acts vi. 8.-The eunuch, Acts viii. 13.

They of the circumcision, Acts x. 45. -A great number, Acts xi. 21.—xiv. 1. 23.-Many at Lystra, Greeks and devout women, Acts xvii. 4.-Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, Acts xviii. 8. Ver. 27.-Many in Achaia, Acts xix. 18.

Many thousands of Jews, Acts xxi. 20. ̧ Ver. 25.-The Gentiles: some among all nations, Rom. i. 5. 16. &c. &c.

INFIDELITY.

XXXIX. Want of faith reproved. Matt. vi. 30. Jesus said, If God so clothe the grass of the field, will he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith ?

Mark xvi. 14. Jesus upbraided the disciples with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not those who had seen him after he was risen.-Christ upbraided the disciples Matt. viii. 26.-Peter upon the sea, Matt. afraid upon sea, with their want of faith, xiv. 31.-The disciples solicitous about bread, Matt, xvi. 8, 9, 10.-The disciples at their not being able to cast qut a devil, Matt. xvii. 17. 19, 20.

Matt. xiii: 58. Jesus did not many miracles there because of their unbelief. Mark vi. 5, 6.

XL. Exhortations against unbelief. John xx. 27. Jesus said to Thomas, Be not faithless, but believing.

Heb. iii. 12. Take heed lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief.

iv. 11. Let us labour to enter into the rest that remaineth to the people of God, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.

Numb. xx. 12. The Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.

Deut. i. 32. Moses said, Ye did not believe the Lord your God.

Ver. 34, 35. And the Lord was wroth, and sware, saying, Surely there shall not one of these men, of this evil generation, see that good land which I sware to give unto their fathers. Heb. iii. 19.— iv. 6.

2 Kings xvii. 14. 18. 20. Because they did not believe, the Lord rejected the seed of Israel.

Isa. vii. 9. If ye will not believe, ye .shall not be established.

liii. 9. Who hath believed our report? See Ps. lxxviii. 21, 22. 32, 33.-cvi. 24. 26. 29.

XLII. Unbelief towards Christ; threats. Matt. xxi. 31. Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, The publicans and harlots enter into the kingdom of heaven before you.-Ver. 32. For ye believed not John the Baptist, but the publicans and harlots believed him.

Mark xvi. 16. He that believeth not shall be damned.

Luke xii. 46. The Lord of the wicked servant will appoint him his portion with unbelievers.

John iii. 18. He that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed on the name of the only begotten Son of God.-Ver. 36. He that believeth not the Son, shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him, 1 John v. 10.

viii. 24. If ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.

Ver. 48. He that rejecteth me and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken the same shall judge him in the last day.

Rom. ix. 31, 32. Israel hath not attained to the law of righteousness; because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law.

xi. 20. Because of unbelief the Jews were broken off.

xiv. 23. He that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith, is sin.

2 Thess. ii. 10-12. They received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. For this cause God shall send

them strong delusion that they might believe a lie; that they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

1 Tim. v. 8. If any provide not for his own, he hath denied the faith.

Ver. v. 11, 12. They have begun to wax wanton against Christ. Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith.

Tit. i. 15. To them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure, but even their mind and conscience is defiled.

Heb. iv. 2. Unto us was the gospel preached as well as unto them; but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. Ch. x. 38, 39. The just shall live by faith; but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. We are not of them that draw back unto perdition; but of them who believe to the saving of the soul.

xi. 31. By faith Rahab perished not with them that believed not.

1 John ii. 23. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father.

Rev. xxi. 8. The fearful and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death, See Isa. lxvi. 24.

XLIII. The following causes of unbelief are assigned in scripture by Christ and his apostles. Luke viii. 12. The devil taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.

John v. 44. How can ye believe which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only.

Ver. 46, 47. Had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me, for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words? 2 Cor. iii. 14, 15.

viii. 45. Because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not.

x. 26. Ye believe me not because ye are not of my sheep.

2 Cor. iv. 3. Because the god of this world hath blinded their minds.

1 Tim. iv. 4. Giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils.

vi. 10. The love of money.-Ver. 20, 21. Vain babblings, and professing false science. Hence is applied to unbelievers the prophecy of Isa. vi. 9, com