Monday, February 06, 2006

The sixth act of faith.

Herman Witsius has written:
“But because the soul thus apprehending Christ for salvation, does at the same time recline and stay itself upon him, therefore this act of faith is explained by this metaphor also, as Psalm lxxi. 6. “by thee have I been holden up” (stayed). Isa. xlviii. 2. “stay themselves upon the God of Israel,” pretending to and feigning a true faith: he is stayed, is another term used, Isa. l. 10. stay upon his God; add Isa. x. 20. 2 Chron. xvi. 7, 8. If you would subtily distinguish this act of the believing soul, thus reclining and thus staying itself upon Christ, from the act of receiving Christ, and make it posterior thereto, I shall not oppose it. Let us therefore call this the sixth act of faith.”
(Witsius, Herman. The Economy of the Covenants Between God and Man, Volume I, Kingsburg, CA: den Dulk Christian Foundation, 1990, p. 382-383)

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