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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: PART SECOND. The most remarkable account we have of saving faith, in the book of Gfod, is contained in these words: "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things riot seen." And the most accurate definition of that grace, which is to be found in the writings of men, is the following:—"Faith in Jesus Christ is a saving grace, whereby we receive' and rest upon him alone for salvation, as he is offered to us in the Gospel."t Guided by this inspired account, and assisted in our views by this high human authority, which is perfectly agreeable to Divine revelation, we shall now proceed in our general observations on faith, which are intended to describe to us the nature of that grace. Obs. VI. The object of faith may be considered in different points of view. By the object of faith, we must understand that upon which faith acts. It is that particular object, person, or thing, which the Christian by faith believes, or receives, in which he" trusts and confides, and upon which he rests and depends. This is the object of faith. Now this object, which the believer embraces in the exercise of his faith, may be considered in different ways. The word of God—Christ the Mediator betwixt God and man—God essentially considered as in Christ. This is the proper and complete object, on which the faith of Christians is acted. The word of God Hcb 11 : 1. f Shorter Catechism, Quest. W. is the object of faith. This truth is confirmed in that description which we have of the exercise of the Israelites in the wilderness. "Then believed they his word." If the word of God is not believed, it is impossible for us, in any respect, to exercise faith upon its object. The word of God contains precepts, threatenings, doctrines and promises, all of which are the object of faith...