Faith is owed to God because he does not know how to deceive or how to be deceived. He is truth and wisdom. Truth does not deceive; wisdom is not deceived. Faith is demanded of us in two ways: first, in God’s Word to us; then in our words to him. We should have faith in the words of God, and thereby have a proper trust both in God and what relates to God, those things that he himself has deigned tp reveal in the sacred scriptures.
There is also a faith of obligation in our promises and vows offered to God. By this we are required to refuse impiety and worldly desires and serve God alone in faithful obedience.
from The Commendation of Faith by Baldwin of Forde, CF 59, p. 53
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