neglectedtodoso，andputthequestiononaregularbasis，Imightjustlybesaidtohavepromisedtoolavishly，forthatanyonemight，bymyshowing，introduceanydoctrinehelikedintoreligion，underthepretextthatitwasanecessarymeanstoobedience:especiallywouldthisbethecaseinquestionsrespectingtheDivineattributes。
23Inorder，therefore，tosetforththewholemattermethodically，Iwillbeginwithadefinitionoffaith，whichontheprincipleabovegiven，shouldbeasfollows:-
24FaithconsistsinaknowledgeofGod，withoutwhichobediencetoHimwouldbeimpossible，andwhichthemerefactofobediencetoHimimplies。
25Thisdefinitionissoclear，andfollowssoplainlyfromwhatwehavealreadyproved，thatitneedsnoexplanation。26TheconsequencesinvolvedthereinIwillnowbrieflyshow。
27I。Faithisnotsalutaryinitself，butonlyinrespecttotheobedienceitimplies，orasJamesputsitinhisEpistle，ii:17，\"Faithwithoutworksisdead\"seethewholeofthechapterquoted。