FAITH's PLEA
UPON
GOD's WORD.
II. SAMUEL. vii. 25.
— DO AS THOU HAST SAID.
DAVID was a ſtrong believer; and it were our great advantage to follow him in his faith: and in the word that I fix upon to ſpeak a little to, there are two ways wherein his faith works,
I. By believing the divine word, Thou haft ſaid. The object and ground of faith is the divine ſaying; and faith reſts upon a Thus faith the Lord; it is not upon a Thus faith a man, or thus faith a miniſter; nay, nor thus faith an angel. — Divine faith can ſtand only upon a divine teſtimony, Thus faith the Lord, thou haſt ſaid. If you have faith, then you have received the word, not as the word of man, but as it is indeed the word of God, which effectually works in you that believe. Faith acts by taking God'sword
