What is "to believe on"

Believe \Be*lieve"\, v. i.

1. To have a firm persuasion, esp. of the truths of religion; to have a persuasion approaching to certainty; to exercise belief or faith.

   Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
   --Mark ix. 24.

   With the heart man believeth unto righteousness.
   --Rom. x. 10.

2. To think; to suppose. I will not believe so meanly of you. --Fielding. To believe in.

   1. To believe that the subject of the thought (if a person or thing) exists, or (if an event) that it has occurred, or will occur; -- as, to believe in the resurrection of the dead. ``She does not believe in Jupiter.''
      --J. H. Newman.

   2. To believe that the character, abilities, and purposes of a person are worthy of entire confidence; -- especially that his promises are wholly trustworthy. ``Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.''
      --John xiv. 1.

   3. To believe that the qualities or effects of an action or state are beneficial: as, to believe in sea bathing, or in abstinence from alcoholic beverages.

      To believe on, to accept implicitly as an object of religious trust or obedience; to have faith in.