Prefer fuller definitions — English Confession 1647: whole Word, chiefly receiving Christ
Le Blanc prefers fuller, clearer definitions of justifying faith.
English Confession 1647: saving faith believes whatever God reveals, on God’s speaking authority, and is differently moved by each part — obeys commands, trembles at threats, embraces promises for this life and the next.
Chief acts: accept and receive Christ, and rest in him alone for justification, sanctification, and eternal life, by the covenant of grace.
Latin
LXXXVIII. Itaque magis probamus definitiones illas, quae naturam fidei justificantis plenius & distinctius exponunt & declarant. Qualis est descriptio Fidei quae reperitur in Confessione Anglicana Anni 1647. dum dicit fidem salutarem esse per quam Christianus verum credit quicquid est Verbo Dei revelatum, propter Dei ipsius in Verbo loquentis authoritatem, & differenter agit ac afficitur super singulis quae continet istud Verbum; mandatis scilicet, obsequens, ad minas contremiscens, & amplectens Dei promissiones, tam quae ad hanc vitam, quam quae ad futuram pertinent. Sed fidei illius, praecipuos actus esse, acceptare & recipere Christum, & in eo solo acquiescere ad justificationem, sanctificationem, & vitam aeternam, virtute foederis gratiae.