10. Only beware thou do not deceive thy own soul, with regard to the nature of this faith. It is not (as some have fondly conceived) a bare assent to the truth of the bible, of the articles of our creed, or of all that is contained in the old and new testament. The devils believe this, as well as I or thou, and yet they are devils still. But it is, over and above this, a sure trust in the mercy of God through Christ Jesus. It is a confidence in a pardoning God. It is a divine evidence or conviction, that _God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not imputing to them their former trespasses_: and in particular, that the Son of God hath loved _me_ and given himself for _me_: and that I, even I, am now reconciled to God by the blood of the cross. 11. Dost thou thus believe? Then the peace of God is in thy heart, and sorrow and sighing flee away. Thou art no longer in doubt of the love of God: it is clear as the noon-day sun. Thou cryest out, _My song shall be always of the loving kindness of the Lord: with my mouth will I ever be telling of thy truth, from one generation to another_. Thou art no longer afraid of hell, or death, or him that had once the power of death, the devil: no, nor painfully afraid of God himself; only thou hast a tender, filial fear of offending him. Dost thou believe? Then thy _soul doth magnify the Lord, and thy spirit rejoiceth in God thy Saviour_. Thou rejoicest in that thou hast _redemption thro’ his blood, even the forgiveness of sins_. Thou rejoicest in that _Spirit of adoption, which crieth in thy heart, Abba, Father!_ Thou rejoicest in a _hope full of immortality_, in reaching forth unto the _mark of the prize of thy high calling_; in an earnest expectation of all the good things which God hath prepared for them that love him. 12. Dost thou now believe? Then _the love of God_ is now _shed abroad in thy heart_. Thou lovest him, because he first loved us. And because thou lovest God, thou lovest thy brother also. And being filled with _love_, _peace_, _joy_, thou art also filled with _long-suffering_, _gentleness_, _fidelity_, _goodness_, _meekness_, _temperance_, and all the other fruits of the same Spirit: in a word, with whatever dispositions are holy, are heavenly or divine. For while thou _beholdest with open_, uncovered _face_, (the veil now being taken away) _the glory of the Lord_, his glorious love, and the glorious image wherein thou wast created, _thou art changed into the same image, from glory to glory, by the Spirit of the Lord_.