And aching soon with ceaseless doubt, it finisheth the strife by misbelieving.
Faith, by its very nature, shall embrace both credence and obedience:
Yea, the word for both is one, and cannot be divided.
For, work void of faith, wherein can it be counted for a duty;
And faith not seen in work,—whereby can the doctrine be discovered?
Faith in religion is an instrument; a handle, and the hand to turn it:
Less a condition than a mean, and more an operation than a virtue.
A moral sickness, like to sin, must have a moral cure;
And faith alone can heal the mind, whose malady is sense.
Ye are told of God's deep love: they that believe will love Him: