necfouo ,Faítd. fiitutions made by Archbifhop Stephen, Preach- ing is enjoined, ne canes muti merito judicen- tue. Nay, the very Council of Trent, faith, that Preaching is pr,ecipuum mun:u Epfcüpi, the chief work, of a Bifhop. Such an Ordinance is this, and fo highly efteemed in all Ages, no wonder if Bilhop Morton faid,Thecuftorn of note Preaching but a Babe in Chriflianity, and the defence thereof a new point of Learning in Chrifls .school. iúut to return to the Point in hand after this long digrellìon ; the Believer may experience this Ordinance tp be of God.That it is fo , is in part expermented before Con- verfion. Whilefl Sr. Paul but 4 Prifoner preached of Righteoufnef ,Temperance and judg= ment to come, Felix though a Judy trembled, f eling moral bonds call on his Confeience by. the Power of that Word which is never bound. It is yet more fully experimented in Converfion, in which there is a wonderful change wrought ; the dead being raifed, new Creatures formed, Lyons turned into Lambs, and hearts of Stone into Fleih; all proclaiming that the Finger of God is in it of a Truth. Johannes SSeiceruç, as 3cultetio relates, Preach- ed fo powerfully, That the very Strumpets leaving their le1vdnef, returned, home unto God, After Converfion the Experiment is yet more eompleat ; the Word works e ffetuary in therm that believe, i 7heff 2. 13. The glory of the lflivine Attributes break forth in this Ordi- nance; out of the Teeming weaknef a Maje(fy ¡ppea s in forne fort, much as Chrifis Deity áparkled 379
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