$44 Defire thePeoples edification by oiberg: what Phyfician we will commit our health and lives to, and are not conf rained to ufe one that we judge to be ig1 otant or falfe, furely it woald be no heinous fchifm, if the like liberty be gran- ted and ufed for our fouls. The very Papifts give the people liberty to choofe theirC'onfeffoars, without removing their' dwellings for it : And furely my.confciencewould tell me at !all, that I am very felfiih andproud if I thought none fo fit to inflrua and edifie any of thepeople as my Pelf? No nor tolerable in endeavouring it. Have I not heard many, do I not know many, who preach more convincingly, mire plainly and more pow- erfully than I ? And what harm is it then if the people hear them ? So Chrift be preached , and the people inflru&ed, fanaiíied and faved, whit if it be done by another rather than by me ? Have not I liberty to do my belt .? Shall I be anenvier at the Gofpel and its fuccefs . God forbid that Ior any faithful Minifler, fhould e. ver be guilty of fo odious a fin , I fpeak without refpe6of perfons : It is eatïe and ufual both in publick allowed Churches, and in privater af- femblies, to preach our felves while we feem to be preaching Chrifl and by our perve:fe preach- ing to fee( difciples and efteensers for air felves, when we art preaching up felf- denial, and feem to be moll zealous for the Paving offouls.4cs 20, 30. I I. DIRECT.
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