must be regarded as an act of favour, while the appointment exercises both our humility in the habit of submission to men of like infirmities with ourselves, and our love in this cementing bond of reciprocal interest.* “Thus every step in the way of our salvation hath on it the print of infinite majesty, wisdom, and goodness; and this among the rest, that men, sinful weak men, are made subservient in that great work of bringing Christ and souls to meet; that by the foolishness of preaching” (or what