of Faith. 24$. S E C To IL What is that Work or Action, by which the Lord produceth Faith. evOD's Work in general, by which he caufeth us to believe, is holden out to us by the Expreffion of Drawing. yohn vi. 45. and xii. 32. When I am lifted up, I will draw all Men after me. So God worketh true faxingFaith in the Hearts of all his Elea, by drawing them to Chrifi, and this Drawing comprehends a fixfold or fevenfold Work. (i ) Step, The Lord draws by a Work of Humiliation, whereby the Soul is emptied of it felf, and Creatures,; and its own Righ- teoufnèfs ; and fo made a Subject capable of receiving Chrift, and all his Benefits, fo as it is walling and glad to be Paved in the Gofpel-Way As if ye uve:e to fill a Veffe! with Oyl, Wine, or any other Liquor, you muff firft empty it of what was in it for- merly, ere you can make it capable to con- tain what you would have it to receive : And as the Work-Man firfi hollows the Piece of Timber which he is to make UTfe of, as a Veifel to contain any Thing in fo cloth the Lord by an Ad of Humniliation,firft hol- low and empty the Soul, as it were, of ito Sins, Comforts, and Duties, ere can be fit Q.
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