Rev. John Purves, Free Church, Jedburgh, Sermons Touching Some Points Much Controverted at Present (Edinburgh: W. P. Kennedy, 1846), Sermon XI, "Peace First Found in Believing," p. 240

Faith there must be, not to purchase, entitle, merit, or procure peace, but simply to let it in. Just as there must be the opening of the eye to let in the light already made. Faith is just the opening of that eye. But t…