.36o 0 f the lrnportance and DifficuifJ'· {pecrtlati'ons, mctaphyfical niceties, perplex– ed notions, and joof~fh que(l ions, 7uhich in– g·eNder fl rife *; but .let ns }peak t/;e thi~gJ· --whicb bec~me found drJc'lrine. Let us fre- ·quendy inculcate the great and uncontro· ·verted truths of our religion, and trouble .:our .people no · further with controverfy :t han ncceffity cloth require. r:er us fludy ~to acquaint then1 with .the tenor of the · ;gofpel-cevenant, and ·what they lntifi do -to be faved; to inform them of the ·particu– Jar duties they O\>ve both to God and n1an: fo r the ApofHe had before been -fpeaking ,.of the duties to be recomtnended to.every -:one according to :their feveral ~apacities · and ·,relations. And indeed it were not amifs,_ ·that, -in catechizi,ng, _Minifl:ers ..would bring ,;home -the articles of f~ith by praCtical i1n– 'Provcments, ·both teaching ·n1en their par– ·:ticula:r duties, and preffing ·them to th.e· perforn1ance. But it is not enough to fpeak <thefe things, ~o tcll1nen what is incumbent ~upon then1; \VC mufi befides endeavour to ~excite and ftir then1 up .by the tnoft power– ful and effectual perfuafions: the judgment , ,.being inforn1ed, wen1u(l: do all to influence :the affeCtions. And this is the proper ufe -"0f our preaching; which, though it be o- ·:ver- ~ 2 t Tim. ii. ~3 · \ '
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