of Faith. 221 raged by Mr. Firmin, ,can darken. I conic to fome Ufe. SECT. VI. Some Ufes of the Point. T is, I fuppofe, clear, that the Heart muff be fomeway wrought upon by. the Spirit of God, before it can believe. This fhows us, in the firft Place, That there is little found Faith amángft the moil Part of Profeilors ; becaufe the Hearts but of very few, have been rightly difpofed fár receiving the Lord .jefas by Faith. There is much talking of Faith, andmany are pretending to this precious Gift,. of . God; but the Arm of the Lord, in working it, hath been revealed to few : And I Mall f©r this Effe& give - difcoveries of {-even Sorts of Perlons, who cannot be conceived to have had true faxing Faith wrought in their Souls; becaufe their Hearts were never prepared aright for Chrift to receive Chrift. Fiffi, .7ke Ignorant Sinners, that never knew their Sip, Mifery , and woful Condition by Nature, that,all their Lifetime hath been La- odicea like, in a Dream, imagining themfelves . rich, and increafed inali Things, and never law their Poverty and Nakednefs; but as thefe yews, we were never in Bondage ; to whom, beçanfe the Law never came, are therefore without the Law
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