(67) And herein lies the whole Christian Doctrine: He that teaches otherwise, does not know what he teaches, for his Doctrine has no Foot, Ground or Foundation, and his Heart always totters, wavers, and doubts, and knows not what it should do.

(48) Christ said, “He that believeth not,” or will not or cannot believe, “shall be damned.” It is so of a truth; for a man, while he is in this present time, hath not knowledge; and he cannot attain unto it, unless he first believe. And he who would know before he believeth, cometh never to true knowledge. We speak not here of the articles of the Christian faith, for every one believeth them, and they are common to every Christian man, whether he be sinful or saved, good or wicked; and they must be believed in the first place, for without that, one cannot come to know them. But we are speaking of a certain Truth which it is possible to know by experience, but which ye must believe in, before that ye know it by experience, else ye will never come to know it truly. This is the faith of which Christ speaketh in that saying of His.

(42) For it lies not in thy Unbelief to hinder it; thy Unbelief does not take away or make void the Truth of God: but Faith blows up the Spirit of Hope, and testifies that we are God's Children. The Faith is generated in the Flash, and wrestles to long with God, till it overcomes and gets the Victory. [Or Ignorance.]