An humble apology for non-conformists with modest and serious reflections on the Friendly debate…

Quest. Do these Nonconforming-Ministers cheat the People, by making them believe that they preach experimentally what they have heard and seen, and experimented themselves. Deb•• p. 35, 37. Edit. 4.

Answ. I have heard that it was the Saying of a Learned Man, no Nonconformist, That the way to be a good Preacher, was to get a good Heart. Doubtless that which comes from the Heart, is most likely to go to the Heart. He that hath tasted the sweetness of Honey and Sugar, can better speak of it, knows better by his experience the sweetness of Honey and Sugar, than he that hath only heard and read of it in a Book. Holy David, a King and a Prophet, called to others to hearken, and he would tell them what God had do•• for his Soul. He that hath been persuaded and ⟨p. 71⟩converted himself, is likeliest to persuade and convert others.

Answ. I have heard that it was the Saying of a Learned Man, no Nonconformist, That the way to be a good Preacher, was to get a good Heart. Doubtless that which comes from the Heart, is most likely to go to the Heart. He that hath tasted the sweetness of Honey and Sugar, can better speak of it, knows better by his experience the sweetness of Honey and Sugar, than he that hath onely heard and read of it in a Book. Holy David, a King and a Prophet, called to others to hearken, and he would tell them what God had do•• for his Soul. He that hath been perswaded and ⟨p. 71⟩converted himself, is likeliest to perswade and convert others.