That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord
Jesus,
&c.] That is, if a man shall make a good, sincere, and hearty
confession to God, before the church and people of God, and
before the world, that Christ is his Lord and Saviour, whom he
desires to serve, and to be saved by; and this as arising from a
comfortable experience of the grace of God in his soul, and from
a true faith in Christ in his heart, wherefore it follows,
and shall believe in thine heart, that God hath raised him
from the
dead, thou shalt be saved;
for this article of Christ's resurrection includes the several
other articles of faith: it supposes his death, and that supposes
his life, and the obedience of it; and his life implies his being
here on earth, and that his coming down from heaven to do the
will of his Father; and this is the rather mentioned, which is
here ascribed to God the Father, though not to the exclusion of
the Son and Spirit, because that Christ is risen again for our
justification, with which true faith is principally concerned;
for such a faith is intended, not which lies in a mere assent to
the truth of this, or any other article of the Christian
religion; but which is concerned with Christ for righteousness,
life, and glory; and with such a faith salvation is certainly and
inseparably connected.