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A sermon preached July 2, at the funeral of Mr. John Wells late pastor…
A sermon preached July 2, at the funeral of Mr. John Wells late pastor of Olave-Jury, London by Thomas Watson ...
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1676
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.
His disposition was not Morose, but Affable: a man of that Candour and Courtesy, as did oblige and win the affections of many to him. When Grace and sweetness of Nature meet, it is like a Pearl in a Gold-Ring.
His disposition was not Morose, but Affable: a man of that Candor and Curtesy, as did oblige and win the affections of many to him. When Grace and sweetness of Nature meet, it is like a Pearl in a Gold-Ring.
For his Preaching, 1. He did frame himself, ad captum populi; he Preached intelligibly to the capacity of his Auditory. Sure that Minister will never hit the hearts of his hearers, who shoots over their heads. Ministers should be Stars to give light, not Clouds to darken the Truth▪ Clearness is the grace of Speech. Gregory Nazianzen Preached plain to the ignorant, ⟨p. 34⟩yet was admired by the learned.
2. He was elaborate and painful in his work. Sloth in a Minister is as bad as Sleep in a Sentinel. He would not offer that to God which cost him nothing. Christ bled for Souls, well may we sweat. This good man, like a Taper, wasted himself, while he gave light to others.
2. He was elaborate and painful in his work. Sloath in a Minister is as bad as Sleep in a Sentinel. He would not offer that to God which cost him nothing. Christ bled for Souls, well may we sweat. This good man, like a Taper, wasted himself, while he gave light to others.