CHAP. XXIII. Of Saving Faith and Vnbelief.
THey that believe Jesus to be the Messiah, their King, but will not obey his Laws, and will not have him to rule over them, they are but greater Re∣bels, and God will not justifie them for a Faith, which doth but increase their Guilt, and oppose diametri∣cally the Kingdom and Design of the Messiah, who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all Iniquity, and purifie to himself a peculiar Peo∣ple, zealous of good Works, Tit. 2. 14. And there∣fore St. Paul tells the Galatians, That that which availeth is Faith; but Faith working by Love, and that Faith without Works, i. e. the Works of sincere Obedience to the Law and Will of Christ, is not suf∣ficient for our Justification, St. James shews at large, Chap. 2. Only those who believe Jesus to be the Mes∣siah, and take him to be their King, with a sincere Endeavour after Righteousness, in obeying his Law, shall have their past Sins not imputed to them, and shall have that Faith taken instead of Obedience. Mr. Lock's Reasonab. of Christian. p. 213, 214, 215. None are sentenced or punish'd for Unbelief, but only for their Misdeeds. They are Workers of Iniquity on whom the Sentence is pronounced. Every where