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A35171 Caleb's spirit parallel'd in a sermon preach'd at the funeral of the late Mrs. Constancy Ward of East-Smithfield, London, at the meeting-house in Devonshire Square, April 7, 1697 / by Walter Cross ... Cross, Walter, M.A. 1697 (1697) Wing C7257; ESTC R22527 45,737 48

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Worship of an unknown God and a blind Sacrifice are both alike unacceptable to him What a Nullity does Christ put upon the Samaritan Worship when he told them they worshipt they knew not what And as it cannot do good it cannot receive Good Faith is the Soul's Hand but a Hand without the Conduct of an Eye may lay hold on that which never will support it It 's by Knowledg many are justified it 's by Knowledg eternal Life is begun It is necessary in our Days if we would be able to defend the Truth or withstand the Gainsayers to be not only acquainted with the Fundamentals of Religion and the way of a Sinner's Salvation but to extend our Pains to the uttermost Compass of things contained within Sacred Writ for surely what God thought fit to reveal and record in a peculiar manner for our use it becomes us to study we cannot count it mispent time to learn when Omniscience condescends to be Teacher But besides there is this peculiar Reason for it because the Deists and they who deny the Divinity of the Scriptures derogate so far from them as to leave uncertain what 's Divine what not of this kind are Eben Esra Hobs Spinosa Father Simon the Author of the Five Letters c. for the Grounds of their Unbelief are generally built upon the Circumstances in * F. Simon finds three Authors to the five Books of Moses 1. Himself Author of the Law and Ceremonies 2. The Publick Scribes Authors of the History 3. Of many Additions which he falsly concludes to be since added or altered the later Scribes who compendized the publick Records From whence he concludes we know not what is his what not Or as Du Verse divides the Scripture 1. Some Divine i. e. where it says so 2. Some Humane 3. Some Prophane as David's Curses Scripture least minded by Translators or Interpreters as being of little Moment some apparent Contradictions in Time Place Genealogies or Titles for Instance Gen. 12.6 And the Canaanite was then in the Land hence would they infer that Moses was not the Author of all wrote in these Books that bear his Name and what is superadded by we know not whom is not to be received as infallible But there is no Foundation in the Text for their Conclusion for what Absurdity is it for Moses to tell us the Canaanite was in the Land when Abraham passed through it neither is Reason wanting for it viz. to give account of God's Fidelity to him in protecting of him when he passed even through it to take Seizin of it though the Canaanite was there whom he came to disinherit A 2d Ingredient in this singular Temper of Mind was Faith ver 11. How long will it be ere they believe Heb. 3.18 To whom sware he that they should not enter into his Rest but to them that believed not But Caleb was not of that Spirit V. 9. Their Defence is departed from them and the Lord is with us fear them not Heb. 3.16 Howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses did provoke and disbelieve And Heb. 4.3 They which believed did enter into Rest He could not follow the Lord fully without Faith nor was his Courage against so powerful an Enemy founded on any other Bottom by human Eyes they were like a David before Goliah nay in their own Esteem and in the Esteem of the Anakims their Enemies they were like Grashopers Chap. 13.33 But by the Eye of Faith he saw God as a sufficient Confederate and Assistant against all the Strength of Canaan the Anakims were like Grashopers in comparison of God and the meanest Worm he assists Caleb's Knowledg was qualified or specified by Faith It is a common Axiom that Knowledg may be without Faith but not Faith without Knowledg they are related as a living Creature and a rational Creature ●●e may live without Reason but not exert Reason without Life This was a Grace in my Parallel not only well rooted but well fruited the Service she delighted in could only receive its Reward in the other Life Jesus Christ was at once the Object of her Love and Trust her Lot with the most of Believers had its wildersome Circumstances and through it she travelled leaning on her Beloved The sacred Oracles which are the Directors and Grounds of Faith were the Objects of her daily Study Peace with God as the Mediator's Purchase was the great Expectation of her Hope together with the seeing King Solomon with the Crown upon his Head glorified in his Saints and admired of all that believe through whom her Faith was finally and ultimately terminated on God as a faithful Creator from whom originally all Fulness flowed on the Head and Members of the Church which she longed to see presented without Spot or Wrinkle This is what of necessity we must imitate our Caleb in without Faith there is no pleasing of God they that believe not are condemned already Heb. 12.1 not only this but all the Elders from Abel are proposed as the Cloud in the Wilderness to follow nor is Adam and Eve to be excluded from being Drops of that dewy Cloud for though on Marriage he called his Wife Ishah of Man or Woeman yet after the Promise of the Redeeming Seed of the Woman he calls her Eve the Mother of him that quickens or enlivens all and the like Faith she professes and writes on her eldest Son Cain I have gotten that Seed the Man the Lord I have born Immanuel Gen. 4.1 as the most Critical do interpret the Words The only Exception about this universal Necessity at least among whom I have now to do is Infants it is supposed many of them are saved but questioned if Faith have any Instrumentality in their Salvation since Faith supposes Knowledg nay the Apostle Rom. 10. says it comes by Hearing which supposes not only the Exercise of a Spirit but of bodily Organs I shall say the more to it having just now received a Letter about it and two days ago another beside Visits I do profess it to be my Opinion but not a necessary Foundation no not to any Doctrine I then proposed for Charity for their Salvation through the Righteousness of Christ which the Letter grants is sufficient for all the Intents I mentioned it for however I shall shew my Opinion is neither singular nor wants Probability As to the first it 's the common Opinion of the Papists as we may see from Bellarmine and Gregorius de Valentia on Baptism so Suarez on Thomas and the Conference at Ratisbon they deny that Infants have actual Faith but grant habitual which is sufficient for my Intent but if we go to the Lutheran Churches they universally ascribe an actual Faith to Infants their Arguments are that the Spirit of God which asserts that they that have not Faith are in a State of Condemnation Mark 16.16 John 3.18 does assert that little ones have Faith Mat. 18.6 Whoso shall offend one of those