Whojbever he be of you that forfaketh not all
that he hath, he cannot be my difciple. 79

Repentance is requifite to the perception of chriftian truth :
for the flate of mind of the natural man is fuch as bars it
againft. the reception of truth. — The duty of repentance is
not abfolute. The mortification of evil propenfity implies,
not a feparation from all falfe notion ; but denial of conceit :
and this, not in one a<5t ; but habitual. What is faid of fen-
fual prejudice is alfo to be applied to intelleftual conceit :
and, in Uke manner, to the conceit of moral excellence. —
Reformation is effedted gradually.
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SERMON V.
Faith.
Gal. II. 20.
T^he life I now live in the jlejh I live by the
faith of the fon of God, who loved me, and
gave himfelf for me. — — 105

Faith is a duty peculiar to revelation : but moral qualities
are rendered doubtful by the words that exprefs them. What
was Abraham's faith ? What Jacob's. What the confeffion
required by Christ ? Faith lies in aiTent, but is not bounded
therein : affent is the faith of the convert ; but the faith of
the chriftian is conformity. — The virtue has been varioufly
defined. It is a moral virtue : a reafonable fervice, and alfo
inclufive of all chriflian virtue.
SERMON VI.
Profeffional Faith.
2 Pet. III. 18.
