A practical commentary, or an exposition with observations, reasons, and uses upon the first…A practicall commentary, or an exposition with observations, reasons, and vses upon the first…

Use. 2. You may hence see the reason, why such as read the Word of God diligently, it may be once or more every day, yet notwithstanding not being accompanied with the preaching of the Gospel, few, or none such as are converted and brought to the true knowledge of the truth, but such people are fit to be led into Popery or Heresy; no wonder, for God never blessed the Apostles Writings, while they were living, to the conversion of unbelievers, therefore we see the necessity of preaching to every Congregation, or else the body of the please will sit in darkness and shadow of death; therefore it is a false Assertion of those that say, Reading and Preaching are of like efficacy, for it is certain, had the Apostles Writings been as effectual to conversion as their presence in preaching, they would have wrote most to such Churches as were most remote, 2 Chron. 15.3. a long time they were without a God, and without a Teaching Priest; implying, they that are without a Teaching Priest are without God, 1 King. 13.33. the reason, because he set up base fellows, that wanted both learning and grace, and so only read, but they had not a Teaching Priest, and therefore lived without God.

Ʋse. 2. You may hence see the reason, why such as read the Word of God diligently, it may be once or more every day, yet notwithstanding not being accompanied with the preaching of the Gospel, few, or none such as are converted and brougt to the true knowledge of the truth, but such people are fit to be led into Popery or Heresie; no wonder, for God never blessed the Apostles Writings, while they were living, to the conversion of unbeleevers, therefore we see the necessity of preaching to every Congregation, or else the body of the pleace will sit in darknesse and shadow of death; therefore it is a false Assertion of those that say, Reading and Preaching are of like efficacy, for it is certain, had the Apostles Writings been as effectual to conversion as their presence in preaching, they would have wrot most to such Churches as were most remote, 2 Chron. 15.3. a long time they were without a God, and without a Teaching Priest; implying, they that are without a Teaching Priest are without God, 1 King. 13.33. the reason, because he set up base fellows, that wanted both learning and grace, and so only read, but they had not a Teaching Priest, and therefore lived without God.