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enjoy_v in_o due_a time_n qu_n 9_o wherein_o do_v the_o faith_n of_o believer_n now_o differ_v from_o that_o faith_n which_o be_v in_o adam_n in_o his_o innocency_n answ_n in_o answer_v hereunto_o observe_v that_o the_o object_n of_o that_o faith_n which_o be_v in_o believer_n be_v twofold_a viz._n i._o the_o whole_a will_n of_o god_n reveal_v unto_o we_o in_o his_o word_n contain_v all_o history_n doctrine_n threaten_n and_o promise_n of_o what_o kind_n soever_o this_o be_v call_v legal_a faith_n ii_o the_o particular_a promise_n of_o remission_n of_o sin_n and_o everlasting_a life_n by_o the_o death_n of_o christ_n this_o be_v call_v evangelical_n faith_n now_o in_o this_o distinction_n between_o legal_a and_o evangelical_n faith_n we_o must_v not_o conceive_v or_o conceit_v two_o distinct_a habit_n for_o it_o be_v but_o one_o gracious_a quality_n of_o the_o soul_n dispose_v it_o to_o believe_v or_o to_o the_o belief_n of_o all_o divine_a truth_n which_o for_o the_o substance_n of_o 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