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 So, except the conjunction be made between thy ſoul and Chriſt, by the Holy Ghoſt, and unleſs thou getteſt the Spirit of adoption, faith will never bring thee to the laſt point; and if it bring thee to the firſt, ſhall bring thee to the laſt. So faith begins in thee life, but it makəsmakes [sic] nothing complete till the reſurrection, when ſoul and body ſhall be caught within the clouds. So look what faith works in thy heart; for if thy living faith have not a work of grace here in the ſoul, it ſhall never have a work of glory hereafter.

Now, the laſt thing which faith brings, which is Salvation, it ſtands in two points.

1ſt, In an immunity and freedom from perdition.

2dly, In fruition and poſſeſſion of eternal life: and both theſe we have here. Now, I will tell you what both theſe are. What is the cauſe that makes the world count ſo little of Chriſt, and of the love of God in Chriſt? It is this, They know not what it is to exiſt for evermore, and what it is to live forevermore; for if they knew this, they would eſteem more of Chriſt, and of the love of God, than ever they did: Whoſoever believes, ſhall not periſh. Then it is certain, that there is a perdition, there is a hell, wherein is endless perdition, Whosoever believes, ſhall not periſh. There is life