THE INCREASE OF FAITH "And the Apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith." William Lu SECOND EDITION -LUKE xvii. 5. WILLIAM BLACKWOOD AND SONS EDINBURGH AND LONDON MDCCCLXVIII PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. THE following work treats of the infancy, growth, and maturity of Christian Faith. The doctrine on which it is founded,namely, that faith in Christ (like the Christian life upon the whole) admits of gradual progress from less to more perfect development-may almost be said to be unknown to the science of Theology. If, however, this doctrine is not found in a definite and systematic form in the ordinary systems of doctrinal Christianity, it appears to be uniformly recognised by every writer of any authority, as one which enters essentially into the teaching of Holy Scripture. With regard to the aim of the book, I must warn the reader that I have not here undertaken the task of writing a theologi |