The work of the Holy Spirit - pagina 430

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:

:

XXXVI. Brakel and Comrie.* " If in anything ye be otherwise minded,

God shall —Phil.

We

call the attention of

reveal even this unto you."

iii.

15.

our readers to the two lines which in

the last century were most correctly drawn by Brakel and Comrie respectively

more

;

and we do not deny that of the two, Comrie was the

correct.

This should

is

not intended to hurt the friends of Brakel, for then

wound

Brakel "

is still

However, altho the name

ourselves.

precious to us

;

altho

we

of

"

we

Father

appreciate his courageous

protesting against church tyranny, and heartily acknowledge our

indebtedness to his excellent writings infallible, neither

does

it

;

yet this does not render him

alter the fact that in the matter of faith

Comrie judged more correctly than he. To do justice to both men, we will cite their respective arguments, and then show that Comrie, who did not always see correctly either, was more strictly Scriptural, and therefore more strictly Reformed, than Brakel. In the chapter on Faith (" Rational Religion," ii., 776, ed. 1757), Brakel writes

"The

question

is

:

What

is

the essential, fundamental act of faith?

Is

the assent of the tntnd to the Gospel and its promises, or is it the trusting of the heart in Christ for justification, sanctifcation, and redemfi' it

tion ?

Before

we answer

" First, that

this question

we wish

to say

by trusting we do not understand a Christian's assurance and confidence that he is in Christ and a partaker of Christ and of all His promises nor his peace and rest in Christ, for that is & fruit of faith which some have more than others but by trusting we understand the act of the soul, whereby a man yields himself to Christ and accepts Him, '

'

;

;

entrusting • Brakel

Him

with body and soul,

as, e.g.,

one

man

entrusts his

and Comrie were celebrated Dutch theologians

teenth century.

Trans.

money

in the eigh-

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