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The Application.
1. For Information. These In∣ferences follow.
First, If Faith acted upon God in Christ be such a Remedy against Heart-trouble; then surely, Faith is a very precious, a very excellent thing; a Grace of very great worth and value, and of great use and efficacy: It is pre∣cious Faith indeed, the very Trial of it is more precious than Gold. Precious for its Author, the Lord Jesus; for its Object, precious Je∣sus, and all the exceeding great and precious Promises, the Pur∣chased Inheritance: For its Offi∣ces, it unites to us Christ, gives us Title to eternal Life; it sup∣ports under all Afflictions; pre∣vents, or cures all Heart trou∣bles; and precious for its End, which is the Salvation of our Souls.
This Grace of Faith is of a transforming, Spiritual Nature;