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 good works are so much valued, that Jesus Christ himself promises, that a cup of cold water shall not lose its reward; and that the Apostle testifies, that a momentary pain endured in this world shall produce an eternal weight of glory; nevertheless, God forbid that a Christian should trust or glory in himself, and not in the Lord, whose bounty is so great to all men, that he will have those gifts, which he bestows upon them, to be their merits."—Ib. c. 16, p. 39.

The merits of Jesus Christ, though infinite in themselves, are not applied to us, without a right faith in him; which faith is one, entire, and conformable to its object, which object is Divine Revelation, that is, the truths taught by Christ, and to that revelation, or to those truths, Faith gives an undoubting assent.

Mark, xvi. 15, 16. “Go ye into the whole world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth, and is baptized, shall be saved: but he that believeth not, shall be condemned.”

Acts, iv. 12. “ Neither is there salvation in any other.