Gospel reconciliation, or, Christ's trumpet of peace to the world

CAHP. 52. How to know what kind of Ministry God speaks most in.

Now you will say, How shall I know, what kind of Ministry it is wherein God did speak most?

NOw you wil say, How shal I know, what kind of Ministry it is wherein God did speak most?

For the Answer to that, I appeal to your consciences; what kind of preaching do you think in your consciences there would be if Christ himself were preaching to you? How do you think that Christ himself would preach if he were here upon the Earth? That which comes nearest to what Christ would preach; that you must favour certainly. Christ would not preach to defend superstitious vanities; for Christ (when he came to preach) preached so, as the people many times derided him, and scorned him: One time when he had done his Sermon they carried him to the brow of the hill of the City, and would presently have broken his Neck. Do but read that Sermon of Christ in the 5, 6, 7. Math. What ⟨p. 300⟩preachers would you think your Courtiers to be if Christ were preaching to you? that, that comes nearest to that; that Christ would preach, that you must most favour, and affect.

For the Answer to that, I appeal to your consciences; what kind of preaching do you think in your consciences there would be if Christ himself were preaching to you? How do you think that Christ himself would preach if he were here upon the Earth? That which comes neerest to what Christ would preach; that you must favor cerrainly. Christ would not preach to defend superstitious vanities; for Christ (when he came to preach) preached so, as the people many times derided him, and scorned him: One time when he had done his Sermon they carryed him to the brow of the hil of the City, and would presently have broken his Neck. Do but read that Sermon of Christ in the 5, 6, 7. Math. What