Were it so, the stronger the testimony, the more adequate the faith.

Yet who says, I have faith in the existence of George II., as his present Majesty's antecessor and grandfather ?--If testimony, then evidence too;--and who has faith that the two sides of all triangles are greater than the third?
In truth, faith, even in common language, always implies some effort, something of evidence which is not universally adequate or communicable at will to others.

"Well! to be sure he has behaved badly hitherto, but I have faith in him." If it were otherwise, how could it be imputed as righteousness?
Can morality exist without choice;--nay, strengthen in proportion as it becomes more independent of the will?
"A very meritorious man! he has faith in every proposition of Euclid, which he understands." Ib.p.

41.
"I could as easily create a world (says Dr.Hawker) as create either faith or repentance in my own heart." Surely this is a most monstrous confession.

What! is not the Christian religion a 'revealed' religion, and have we not the most miraculous attestation of its truth?
Just look at the answer of Christ himself to Nicodemus, 'John' iii.