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Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity…
Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity and duty of Gods children by the late Reverend and Faithful Minister of Jesus Christ, John Preston ...Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity and duty of Gods children by the late Reverend and Faithfull Minister of Jesus Christ, John Preston ...
London: printed by J.T., 1658
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The choiceness hindered not the truth, nor the pleasantness their uprightness. So Ministers must make their words as pleasant as they can, yet they must have no flowers but out of Gods Garden, no honey but out of his Hive, no physic but out of his Shop, and they must be as eloquent as they can make them. It is commended in Apollo that he was an Eloquent man, but it was in confuting the Jews; so long as it runs in a right channel, let it run with as strong a stream as it can, yea the Ministers are bound to this, for cursed is he that doth the work of the Lord negligently; and therefore they must use all their art to this purpose: And this made Paul cry [Greek or Hebrew] Who is fit for these things?
The choicenesse hindred not the truth, nor the pleasantnesse their uprightnesse. So Ministers must make their words as pleasant as they can, yet they must have no flowers but out of Gods Garden, no honey but out of his Hive, no physick but out of his Shop, and they must be as eloquent as they can make them. It is commended in Apollo that he was an Eloquent man, but it was in confuting the Iews; so long as it runs in a right channel, let it run with as strong a stream as it can, yea the Ministers are bound to this, for cursed is he that doth the work of the Lord negligently; and therefore they must use all their art to this purpose: And this made Paul cry 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Who is fit for these things?
But some may say, What must they do that their words 1must be pleasant?
- 12 Cor. 2. 16. Object.