of Faith. 209 guilty before the Lord, and who were hum bled under the mighty Hand of God, while they were in the Place of the breaking forth ofChiles dren. Lez Mr. Firmin produce us one In- fiance in all God's Word, where a proud, quarrelling Sinner with God, by a devil-like Fiercenefs reifCeth him, and judgeth his Ways unequal, (for this is the Man of whom. '1r. Shepherd faith, His Crop mull downy and Mr. Firmin, when in a good Rumour, grants this proud Q9arrelling muff not be. Let me fee, fay I, where fuck a rood, guar, yelling Creature, whilft in that Frame, or till it was humbled, got any Mercy, And then Than I fay Mr. Firmin hath proven his Point. Obj. 4. 'God's Ends in preparatory Work. elnd DifpoJtions may be, and have best at tained, without thi5 Condition of .igumillation and Contentednefs to be damned :For there is no more, required than to make Folk willing .'to come to Chiif, and no more is required than what makes' Folks willing to clofe with Chri¡l ; but Hundreds., yea 2houfands have been made willing to re ceive Chrifl; who never witneffed any fling o f. this Humiliation,' who never couldfay they were fo far humbled c to be content, in cafe Chrili damned them. Anf. The Lord's End in preparatory Works, 'tis true,is to bringFolk to Chcift,hu: to bring them in 41) a fit Pollute, co Chtilb as may;
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