doe othewise, CHRIST teacheth vs another way, which is for our health and safety: I can∣not stand to presse that.
But I shall endure persecution, and losse of friends; nay, perhaps losse of life.
I, but thou shalt receiue an hundred fold, thou shalt haue no losse by that bargaine, thou shalt finde Christ worth all that thou giuest him. More I should adde, but I come to the last point.
The righteousnesse of CHRIST is reuea∣led from faith to faith.
The first poynt yee haue heard; that,
Righteousnesse is reuealed and offered in the Gospell to as many as will take it. As also,
The second, That it is by faith by which we are made to partake of this righteousnesse, it is reuealed from faith to faith; that is, it is so reuealed as that it is taken by faith.
The third point, that we are now to han∣dle, is this, that,
Faith admits degrees, and wee ought euery Christian to grow from degree to degree.
In this proposition faith admits of degrees, and that we ought to grow from one degree to another, I finde two parts:
- First, that there are degrees of faith.
- Secondly, that we ought to grow from de∣gree to degree.
For the first, that I may run through them as briefely as I can, There are degrees in faith in these foure respects: as there are