...6. " Without faith it is impossible to please God ; for he that cometh. to God,. must believe tliat he is, and that he 'is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him." The perfections of God may be proved from the nature and reason of things, Rom. i. £0. " The invisible...

...engaged and resolved either to give his mercies, or to deny them. " He that cometh to God, must believe that He is, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek himc." " He that calleth on the name of the Lord shall be saved : but how shall they call on him, on...

...practice of the very first principles of religion. For, " he that cometh to God, must believe that God is, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him." And it is diligently seeking him that they hate and set themselves against. 4. Do not they judge heaven...

...saved who knew not the person of Christ, determinately. For he that cometh to God must believe that God is, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him; who is no respecter of persons, but in every nation, he that feareth God and worketh righteousness...

...pleased God. But without faith it is impossible to please him; for he that cometh unto God, must believe that he is, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him." Hence it must follow, either that none but the regenerate are capable even of that lowest exercise...

...unto prayer, which without it is but vain babbling. Whoever cometh unto God hereby, ' must believe that he is, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him.' (2dly.) There is in it also a representation of our wills, affections, and desires of our souls, unto...

...be like the Athenians, who erected an altar to the unknown God. " He that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him." Next to the belief of his existence this must follow. " There are three that bear record in heaven;...

...Heathen, and much more for a Christian, to work righteousness without believing in some degree ' that God is, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him,' as well as the punisher of them that presumptnously sin against him. — ' For without faith it is...

...principal'end of it, which is the glory of God, as a revvarder; for ' he that comes unto God, must believe that he is, and that he is the rewarder of them that seek him ;* Heb. xi. 6. The end of legal obedience was the glory of God, as a rewarder according to...

...for' without faith it is impossible to please God.' Even the Heathens who come to God, must believe that he is, and that he is the Rewarder of them that diliVOL. I. T gently seck him ; for there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek, the same...