in Jehovah on account of His miracles; for they were external men, and these are only moved to divine worship, by things external, such as miracles which strike their minds. A miraculous faith was also the first faith with those with whom the new church was to be established. It is also the first with all in the Christian world at this day, wherefore the miracles performed by the Lord were described, and also are preached. The first faith with all is an historical faith, which afterwards becomes saving when man by his life becomes spiritual.
It is first of all to be believed, that the Lord is the God of heaven and earth, and that He is Omnipotent, Omnipresent, Omniscient, Infinite, and One with the Father; these things are necessary to be known, and so far as they are only known, they are historical. Historical faith causes the Lord to be present, because it is an intuition of the Lord from the quality of His Divinity. That faith does not save, until man lives the life of faith, which is charity, for he then wills and does the things which he believes, and to will and to do is of the love, and love conjoins him whom faith causes to be present.
Again, in Matthew: "Jesus said, verily I say unto you, if ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say to this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place, and it shall be removed, and nothing shall be impossible to you" (xvii. 14-20). In Mark: "Have the faith of God; verily I say unto you that whosoever shall say to this mountain, be thou lifted up, and cast into the sea, and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass, he shall have whatsoever he saith: wherefore I say unto you, all things whatsoever ye desire when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall receive them" (xi. 22, 23, 24). In Matthew: "Jesus said unto the disciples, if ye have faith and doubt not, ye shall not only do that which is done to this fig-tree, but also
