Faith is a firm and certain knowledge of God's benevolence toward us, founded upon the truth of the freely given promise in Christ, both revealed to our minds and sealed upon our hearts through the Holy Spirit.
Protestant reformer
Institutes of the Christian Religion, Book III, Chapter 2, Section 7
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