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CHAPTER SIXTEEN.On faith.
Thus far the external means of our salvation; there follows the internal, namely FAITH: a fiduciary assent and acknowledgment of the truth which is according to godliness, unto hope of eternal life which God who does not lie promised before the ages and manifested in His times (Tit. 1:1-3).
Paul calls it the faith of the elect; Hebrews 11:1 describes it as the hypostasis of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
Latin
CAPUT DECIMUM SEXTUM, De fide. Atque haec de mediis salutis nostrae externis: sequitur internum, nempe FIDES, quae est assensus fiducialis atque agnitio veritatis quae est secundum pietatem, in spem vitae aeternae quam promisit qui non mentitur Deus ante tempora saecularia, et manifestavit temporibus suis (Tit. 1:1-3). Ordo postulat ut hic agamus de fide (cf. lib. IV cap.7). Hanc fidem appellat electorum, tum quia electis communis est, tum quia est de communi salute (Jude 3). Huc referri potest Apostolica descriptio Heb. 11:1: Fides est hypostasis eorum quae sperantur, elenchus rerum quae non videntur.