Recently I came upon a Spurgeon quote that left to itself sounds like he didn't believe that regeneration precedes faith.

I am well aware that much like Scripture taking a quote by someone without understanding the full context can result in error. So with that in mind, I am posting the quote in the hope someone can shed some light on the quote.


Quote
"If I am to preach the faith in Christ to a man who is regenerated, then the man, being regenerated, is saved already, and it is an unnecessary and ridiculous thing for me to preach Christ to him, and bid him to believe in order to be saved when he is saved already, being regenerate. Am I only to preach faith to those who have it? Absurd, indeed! Is not this waiting till the man is cured and then bringing him the medicine? This is preaching Christ to the righteous and not to sinners." [Sermon entitled The Warrant of Faith].

Tom