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Excerpt from Essays and Inquiries: Respecting the Gifts and the Teachers of the Primitive Churches
For after that, in the wisdom of God, the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God, by (what was reckoned) the foolishness of preaching, to save them that believe. How much also on the state of public teaching de pends the benefit which we derive from other divine ordinances. The propriety and fervour of our pray ers to God, our delight and animation in the singing of his praise, and our discernment and consolation in showing forth the Lord's death. As well as our general regard to the commandments of God, will ordinarily correspond to the measure of spiritual understanding and enjoyment which he is pleased to impart to us by means of public teaching. Take heed unto thyself and unto thy doctrine continue in them: for in do ing this, thou shalt both save thyself, and them that bear thee. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
