Reformed Covenanter
Cancelled Commissioner
... Take away unbelief from faith, and then not a single doubt will remain behind: Unbelief creates all the doubts that are in the believer, his faith hath no part in them. The general doubtful faith of the Papists is not faith, but unbelief; and therefore no wonder that our forefathers abjured it in our national covenant. Behold the sure ground and firm bottom that faith stands upon, even the mutual meeting and embracement among the divine perfections in Christ. If you break and separate the meeting by unbelief, then your confidence is broken, and your peace with God marred; but, if you keep them together in your view by faith in Christ, then you have boldness confidence and affiance on this ground: yea, then God in Christ and you meet together, and kiss each other. ...
For more, see Ralph Erskine on the answer to unbelief and the National Covenant’s rejection of popery’s doubtsome faith.
For more, see Ralph Erskine on the answer to unbelief and the National Covenant’s rejection of popery’s doubtsome faith.
